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Norilsk Nickel opened a new personnel support center in Norilsk

28 july 2023

Norilsk Nickel has opened a new personnel support center of the Polar Branch of Norilsk Nickel, which combined personnel support, personnel selection and a military accounting desk, the company's press service reported.

Norilsk Nickel implements large investment projects in Norilsk, which requires constant growth of personnel potential. Now the personnel services of the company are doing a lot of work on recruiting personnel for the construction and operation of the future capacities of the Sulfur Program.

"For any person who comes to work at Norilsk Nickel, this is the first meeting with an employer, the first door to the company. It is especially important for us that everything here is technological, modern, and convenient. I think it is also a matter of special pride for the people who will work here, we have been waiting for this wonderful moment for a long time," said Larisa Zelkova, Senior Vice President of the company, head of HR, Social Policy and Public Relations unit.

She visited the center together with Anastasia Perfilieva, Deputy Director of the Polar Branch of Norilsk Nickel for Personnel and Social Policy.

She thanked the company's management for the gift for the 85th anniversary of the Norilsk Combine.

"This is a kind of recognition of the activities of the personnel service on the territory of Norilsk. From 200 to 300 people visit the center every day. Employees and job seekers receive information about the employer, conditions and benefits of working at Norilsk Nickel. The capabilities of the center make all personnel processes more technologically advanced," Perfilieva said.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished