Each year the Universum company conducts the Career Barometer Survey in which it
has young professionals rank Swedish employers. Those who respond are up to 40
years of age and have one to eight years of work experience after completing
university studies. In the 2008 Career Barometer, the Volvo Group is once again
ranked by the country’s engineers as Sweden’s most attractive employer.
“The ability to attract and recruit people with the right competence is critical for our
business. Accordingly, the competence supply issue is very high on our agenda. Both
the Group management and our units are involved and engaged in our efforts to be an
attractive employer – and against that background, a ranking such as this one is of
course extremely positive,” says Kerstin Renard, Senior Vice President Human
Resources at the Volvo Group.
A total of slightly more than 14,000 persons participated in the survey, including
nearly 5,500 engineers. Factors that the respondents highlighted as reasons for
selecting the Volvo Group included confidence-inspiring management, strong ethics
and high morals, strong corporate culture and financial strength.
“This shows that the Volvo Group’s long-term efforts in employee branding and the
efforts that have been made through Volvo’s trainee program have paid off.
Furthermore, many young people associate Volvo with an international career,” says
Martin Strömqvist, Vice President, Universum Communications.
Since the Career Barometer survey was first carried out in 2001, the Volvo Group has
placed high each year on the engineers’ list, and now for the second consecutive year,
the Group has topped the list.
October 13, 2008