Hållbarhetsrapport 2020 eng 1
06. SOCIAL CONDITIONS - COMMUNITY COMMITMENT / LA
BOR MARKET INITIATIVES An important area for us at Hedin Bil is that we help young people into the labor market through active and continuous collaborative efforts to ensure jobs and skills relevant to the market. Just over a third of our local workshops, primarily in Sweden and Norway, are actively involved in various types of collaborations with automotive engineering colleges or vocational schools. The activities cover everything from participation in various types of labor market days, seminars, lectures and meetings with high school students and their parents as well as teachers and student counsellors before career choices. The activities cover everything from participation in various types of labor market days, seminars, lectures and meetings with high school students and their parents as well as teachers and student counsellors before career choices, to other active engagements such as participation in steering groups in vocational education with the aim of influencing education content, modern theoretical and practical professional knowledge, technical equipment and teacher competence. Vocational schools often have students from areas with high potential, i.e., where there is high unemployment today or where they are outside the regular labor market for various reasons. Therefore, even small and local initiatives from us as employers, by, for example, offering a network of contacts and opportunities for internships can make a big difference and become a bridge to the labor market. Internships and LIA (Learning at work) are included as a central part of the vehicle educations. LIA gives students the opportunity to deepen and apply the theoretical and practical knowledge that the student has acquired during the study period and provides important insights into their future professional role. Furthermore, it provides insight into what a vehicle technician's everyday life looks like and what conditions you have to adapt to. LIA is a natural way to bring new and well-trained employees into the business, as well as a channel for future employment. For us as a company, we see the benefit of the students adding to the business some of the latest findings in technology and the industry and can in some cases develop the company's own staff skills. Supervising a student often leads to development of our supervisors as well. Instructing the student can help the supervisor to see their own professional role in a new way and reflect on established routines and working methods in the workplace. GOAL The goal is to receive interns and LIA students in automotive technology in a number corresponding to 10% of the number of active automotive technicians during each calendar year. RESULTS • Number of trainees and internships in car repair (technicians) during the year: 114 • Number of trainees and internships converted to employment: 17 • Total number of recruited technicians during the year: 95 ANALYSIS Of this year's total of newly recruited vehicle technicians, approximately 18% have been employed after their internship via their LIA. The LIA is a very important recruitment channel for the company and the LIA is a success factor in our recruitment practice.