Graduates and students

You’ll focus on:

• Building networks and relationships with teammates, leaders and technical experts.
• Resilience and emotional awareness, caring for yourself and others, connecting effectively with a diverse range of people.
• Personal and professional skills development to support your life-changing transition from the academic to professional environment.
• Our strategy, values, and behaviours.
• Our value chain and expertise of our commercial, technical, and functional groups.

GradTok

Unlock your potential

This short-form digital learning series is a set of bespoke, on-demand video modules specifically crafted for Rio Tinto graduates to develop the essential skills and knowledge needed to succeed in your first professional role.

One-on-one coaching

Practical support

You will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with an experienced external coach who will give you practical support and tools to help you achieve your personal and career goals.

GradConnect – phase 1

Insights from our leaders | From the ground to the end product | Local and global connections

Get together with fellow graduates locally and virtually to network and learn. Starting a new role in a large and complex organisation like ours can be overwhelming. At the GradConnect, you’ll get to hear from leaders first-hand about their own experience at Rio Tinto, and learn about our strategy, values, and projects in action. The event also includes subject matter experts from across the business who will deliver interactive sessions on key disciplines like closure, automation, orebody knowledge, processing, tailings, water and more.

You’ll focus on:

• Collaborating with others, sharing ideas, innovating and developing new ways of working
• Building your understanding of innovation at Rio Tinto, by developing knowledge on intellectual property and technology transfer
• Creating solutions to real business challenges our organisation is facing
• Developing creative problem-solving skills
• Being courageous, thinking and acting strategically, learning how to anticipate change, and seize opportunity

Innovation and technology online modules

Two series of training modules designed to give you the tools and knowledge to successfully develop innovative solutions. This training is offered through our partnership with the Rio Tinto R&D and Technology community.

GradConnect – phase 2

Get ready to innovate | Insights from internal and external thought leaders

Get ready to embark on a journey where creativity meets strategy, and ideas are transformed into compelling narratives. Together with your teammates, you will be exposed to topics like globalisation, technology, innovation, and creativity. Interact with internal and external experts to learn methodologies and strategies, helping you innovate and collaborate to create the best ideas and solutions. You can then put what you’ve learned into action as part of the innovation project.

Innovation project

Deliver real business impacts

This is your opportunity to be creative and propose solutions to change the way we work – now and in the future. Work with other graduates to bring your ideas to life.

Graduate festivals

Pitch your idea

You and your team will pitch your final innovation project to a panel of internal senior leaders and experts. This is your opportunity to demonstrate what you can bring to our business with fresh and innovative thinking. Your idea could even be adopted by the business!

There are a range of resources available to you throughout the program:

Learning resources

Access to world-class digital learning resources via LinkedIn Learning and our Graduate Insights.

Networking

Collaborate with fellow grads via MS Teams channels, Graduate Champions network or through our Coffee Roulette, where you can grab a (virtual) coffee with people from all around our business.

Mentoring and job-shadowing opportunities

There are opportunities to connect with subject matter experts to help grow your network, add to your knowledge, and learn new skills.

Technical resources

In addition to learning on-the-job, you can also access online courses, webinars, and tap into our internal technical expert networks to deepen your technical knowledge.