Participate and get a head start
Sweden's engineering students have an average of 20 employers on their radar. Are you one of them? Get a head start in skills supply by getting to know the next generation of engineers.
Why participate in Tekniksprånget?
The competition for the engineers of the future is fierce. According to Universum's Student Survey 2023, engineering students are interested in an average of 20.5 employers. During their studies, employers market themselves diligently through career fairs, seminars and events, which makes it difficult to reach through the noise and capture the students' attention. Tekniksprånget offers a solution by giving employers the opportunity to build relationships with the engineers of the future before everyone else.
Benefits of participating in Tekniksprånget
- A head start in recruitment: After the internship, 8 out of 10 techleapers want to become engineers, and almost 6 out of 10 Tekniksprång alumni get the opportunity to return to their employer as summer workers, to write their diploma thesis or as employees.
- Reach out to women: Just over 50% of techleapers are young women, giving employers a valuable head start among the female engineers of the future.
- Strengthened employer branding: 80% of techleapers state that they have a more positive image of the company after the internship, which makes them young ambassadors who speak well of you.
- Positive energy and improved group dynamics: The techleapers come in with positive energy that inspires and enhances the group dynamics. They are described as quick-thinking, unpretentious and good at digital.
- Leadership development: Tekniksprånget is used as a tool for leadership development, where supervision is an appreciated way to train employees for future managerial roles. Over 90% of the supervisors experience the supervision as rewarding.
Direct and long-term benefits
In the long term, Tekniksprånget contributes to strengthening Sweden's competitiveness by more young people choosing to become engineers. The program also improves gender equality in tech industries and works actively to increase diversity through targeted communication efforts.
Easy participation
To participate in Tekniksprånget, employers need to appoint a supervisor, recruit candidates via Tekniksprånget's portal and pay an internship salary. Tekniksprånget offers support throughout the process, from internal sales and recruitment to supervisor training and support during the internship.
A unique opportunity for the engineers of the future
Tekniksprånget is a paid internship program that offers young people between the ages of 18 and 21, who have completed the NA/TE/EK/IB programs, a chance to gain practical experience in the engineering profession. The programme, which has been run by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) since 2012, aims to inspire more young people to choose a career as an engineer.
Since 2012, more than 7000 young people have done an internships through Tekniksprånget, and half of them are women. We know today that Tekniksprånget gets more young people to apply for a higher technical education and motivates them to complete their studies to a greater extent than their peers.
