Equinor at the top of Universum's list of Norway’s most attractive employers

Significant growth among female students

This year's survey shows an exciting development among female students in one particular subject where Equinor has not previously achieved such a high ranking: Equinor has jumped 4 places among female law students.

In this survey, girls in IT studies find Equinor to be such an attractive employer that the company has jumped 6 whole places from ninth to third place.

"This is important to ensure Equinor's future recruitment of women in IT and technology. The fact that an increasing number of female law students also rank Equinor higher among attractive employers also bodes well for the percentage of women in the company over the longer term," With says.

Complex times and the energy transition

At Equinor, we believe it is a part of our responsibility to ensure talent renewal for the energy industry. We know that we can do even more to be diverse and inclusive – but, we already have a great starting point. Key words are – collaboration, teamwork, and diversity.

For the past 3 years, we have onboarded 1,500 graduates, apprentices, summer, and academic interns - reinforcing our commitment to developing the younger generations. And, as shown in this year’s survey, we see that we are steadily increasing our attractiveness as an employer year-over-year for female students in law and IT.

Attracting young talents is important for Equinor, and this survey is confirming that we are heading into the right direction for being an attractive employer. Axel Stenerud, Executive VP of PO in Equinor (picture) points out: “We live in complex times that brings us both challenges and opportunities. We need the knowledge from those with years of experience in the company, but we also need different thinking and ideas from new colleagues who join from outside of our organisation”.

Graduate programme

Everyone hired through Equinor's Graduate programme gets a kickstart to their career and receives a thorough introduction to a wide range of areas in the company; this may include rotations both physically by spending time at different Equinor locations, and professionally by working in multiple business areas.

Emily-Jane Charlotte Gilbert and Mats Wolter (pictured) are two of our Graduates who are completing all 5 programme modules this year. Both are very pleased to have been part of the Graduate programme and are choosing to continue their careers in Equinor after the end of the programme. "It's been particularly important for me to have the opportunity to develop knowledge within several of Equinor's business areas, and if you're passionate about what you're doing, there's no end to your opportunities at Equinor," Mats says. Emily-Jane agrees and adds: "Equinor is a large company that provides infinite, varied and exciting opportunities. Taking part in the Graduate programme is a fantastic way to kickstart your career."