Stockholm, Sweden, July 5, 2023 – The info-driven Employer Branding company Universum proclaims the outcomes of its Expertise Survey 2023 within the Nordic Nations, which embrace Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
Universum surveyed 20,520 college students in Sweden, 10,946 in Norway, 11,650 in Denmark, and 13,424 college students in Finland – asking them about their profession preferences and superb employers.
Persevering with to achieve recognition worldwide, college students within the Nordics are in search of jobs with extra flexibility. In comparison with final 12 months, this attribute is likely one of the few profession necessities that’s turning into more and more vital, rising 4 locations this 12 months. Along with flexibility, college students nonetheless discover a aggressive base wage essential, with unsure financial circumstances exhibiting a shift in the direction of monetary safety.
As soon as once more, this 12 months, college students within the Nordics point out that top future earnings is crucial characteristic of a brand new job, remaining at #1 spot 12 months over 12 months, but additionally recognizing the rise in aggressive base wage this 12 months – a grim reminder of the financial circumstances which might be presently current.
College students within the Nordics need distant work alternatives – however concern can also be current:
Distant work alternatives proceed rising in significance for all Nordic international locations. The very best share of distant work preferences will be noticed in Finland with 86% of the surveyed college students saying they need to work remotely. Regardless of a big improve in comparison with 2022, Denmark stays to be the nation with the bottom share of curiosity for distant work, with 60% of the scholars saying they’re inquisitive about distant working.
Whereas distant work is gaining in recognition every year, there may be additionally concern voiced from the scholars. For instance, almost 60% of the scholars within the Nordics are afraid that they are going to miss vital social interactions if they’re away from the workplace and really feel remoted. Employers can handle these considerations by providing a transparent program through which working from house, distant work, and a focus to social cohesion is an integral a part of the working circumstances inside the firm.
” It’s clear that the Nordic college students are affected by the exterior occasions which have had such an impression on our international locations in the previous couple of years. The pandemic, the struggle in Ukraine, the inflation and the downturn of the economic system extremely affect the priorities when choosing an employer. A stronger give attention to cash, flexibility and safety come as a pure consequence of those occasions. It’s additionally fascinating to see that whereas sure developments are actually Nordic, there are nonetheless large variations between the scholars within the 4 Nordic international locations”, says Claes Peyron, Managing Director for Nordics, UK and Eire at Universum.
Enterprise Rankings:
Unchanged at 1 and a pair of respectively, PwC, and McKinsey and Firm stay the highest employers for enterprise college students’ whereas Ernst and Younger jumps up one spot from final 12 months to take third place.
Engineering Rankings:
With no motion within the prime 3 in comparison with final 12 months, engineering college students understand Microsoft (1), Sweco (2), and Siemens (3) to be the highest employers within the Nordics for the fields of engineering.
IT Rankings:
Rankings for IT college students stay steady as nicely, with no motion within the prime three employers 12 months over 12 months. Google retains its first-place standing, whereas Microsoft, and IBM observe at 2 and three, additionally preserving their spots from final 12 months.
The eBook with the survey outcomes and full rankings will be downloaded right here.
About Universum
Universum is a data-driven employer branding company. Based in Stockholm, we at the moment are lively in over 40 markets, with key hubs in Zürich, Paris, Berlin, London, New York, Singapore and Shanghai. The Universum Expertise Survey, carried out in over 60 markets worldwide, surveyed multiple million college students and professionals about their preferences amongst potential employers, their profession concepts, and communication preferences. Leveraging this, we offer our purchasers with the analysis, technique, and inventive options they should compete extra successfully for expertise.
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