The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Construction Construction Of Buildings And Infrastructure Engineering Civil Engineering 42 - Civil engineering
240 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 September 2021
Employment effect (start)
18 October 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
Sweco, a Swedish engineering and consultancy company, is currently recruiting over 1,100 new employees. Out of the 1,100 positions, 240 are located Sweden.
The Swedish company manager, Ann-Louise Lökholm Klasson, warns of a significant shortage of sustainability experts needed to carry out the green transition. According to her, the number of graduates with the right competencies is too small. The shortage of engineers is particularly noticeable in areas linked to the industry’s green transition where the demand for skills is enormous.
Sweco is a leading European architecture and engineering consultancy company. The company operates in 14 countries and has around 17,500 employees in Sweden. Each year, Sweco implements projects in 70 countries around the world.
Eurofound (2021), Sweco , Business expansion in Sweden, factsheet number 105410, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105410.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
