Norway's largest IT Company EVRY (formerly EDB ErgoGroup) has launched an extensive recruitment drive, and aims to recruit 300 new employees in Norway and Sweden over the next few weeks. "We know there are some talented and creative people in Norway with strong IT expertise who do not work for us presently. We would like to get these people on board to join our journey towards becoming the leading Nordic IT company over the course of 2015", says Terje Mjøs, CEO of EVRY.
This week sees EVRY launch an extensive recruitment drive to find new people for its activities throughout Norway, and the company is using some new tools in addition to the traditional recruitment methods. In parallel with this program, the company is carrying out a similar recruitment drive in Sweden. In total, EVRY is looking to recruit more than 300 new employees, with around 150 in each country.
"With the transition from EDB ErgoGroup to EVRY we have created a new and forward-looking company. EVRY intends to be best at knowing its customers, every single day. We intend to grow our market position. We will focus on continuous improvement every day, and each and every one of us will have a critical approach to how we invest our time and financial resources. All this means that we must also be best at recruiting. We want every one of EVRY's customers to be confident that our people are the brightest and provide the best advice", explains Terje Mjøs.
EVRY targets train commuters in Vestfold and the Mjøs region, and launches an app for recruitment in Trondheim
EVRY is carrying out a major recruitment initiative this week at railway stations in Vestfold, targeting people who commute to work outside the county. The objective is to recruit new people for EVRY's operations in Vestfold by pointing out how IT specialists can find an attractive workplace without having to sit on a commuter train for several hours every day. EVRY has operations in both Tønsberg and Sandefjord that are looking for talented people. Commuters will be served breakfast and given a package of information on EVRY. The program will move to railway stations in the Mjøs region the following week.
In Trondheim, EVRY is working with the student union to launch a big competition for IT students, with prizes including summer jobs at EVRY. The competition is delivered as an app that will be available for download. Students will be encouraged to take part in a competition to develop the best and most innovative new app for a specified theme within a 48-hour deadline. The theme for the new app will be kept secret until the competition is launched. EVRY is one of the largest employers in mid-Norway, with several hundred employees in Trondheim, and it needs to recruit new employees, not least to help deal with the growth in the number of assignments on which it is currently working.
"This competition will give students an exciting technical challenge with a demanding timetable, as well as the fun of competing against each other. It gives us the chance to evaluate what candidates have to offer in a completely new and much more relevant way that relying on traditional recruitment interviews", explains Terje Mjøs.
Areas with job vacancies at EVRY
EVRY is looking to recruit people in the following areas:
- Systems development, including use of:
- Sharepoint
- .NET
- AX,
- Java
- Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
- Project and test management
- Solutions architecture
- Business and infrastructure consulting
- Technical consultants with particular expertise in:
- Security
- ERP (Agresso, Oracle and SAP)
- Business Intelligence
- Citrix
- MS Exchange
- Lync
- Virtualisation technologies
- Data warehousing etc.
The company is also looking to recruit for other areas.
EVRY's 10,000 employees involved in the largest change of corporate profile in Norway in 2012
Since Saturday 17 March, EVRY and its employees have carried out a complete change of corporate profile, visual identity and market presence. Every sign on all the company's buildings at its locations in 21 Norwegian towns and cities has been replaced, and the old company logo has been removed from a whole range of products, published material and stationery to make way for the new brand.
The launch of EVRY is the largest brand launch carried out in Norway in 2012. The change of name is also the first time that a major merger in Norway has resulted in a completely new name. In other mergers, the new name has either been based on a combination of the old names or the merged company has continued with one of the existing names.
These busy days for the implementation of the new EVRY brand follow over 12 months of hard work to build and anchor a corporate culture and values for all of EVRY's 10,000 employees. Every employee has been involved in a comprehensive program to implement the company's new values, mission and vision as the basis for its future corporate culture. This process has involved around 700 meetings with employees to develop the corporate culture and values. EVRY's new foundation for its values has been built upon the results of the thoughts, views and ideas of the company's employees.
Contacts
Terje Mjøs, CEO, EVRY. Tel: + 47 06500
Torgeir Kristiansen, Information Director Corporate Communications, EVRY. Tel: 47 901 27 909
About EVRY
EVRY is one of the leading IT companies in the Nordic countries, with a strong local and regional presence in 50 Nordic towns and cities. Through its knowledge, solutions and technology, EVRY contributes to the development of the information society of the future, and so creates value for the benefit of its customers and for society as a whole. EVRY combines in-depth industry knowledge and technological expertise with a local delivery model and international strength.
EVRY has some 10,000 employees, and the company is committed to demonstrating that Nordic customers are best served by a supplier that understands Nordic business from the inside. EVRY reports annual turnover approaching NOK 13 billion. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and operates from headquarters in Oslo, with major activities in both the Norwegian and Swedish markets.
EVRY is the result of the merger in 2010 of Norway's two leading IT companies, EDB Business Partner and ErgoGroup.
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