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SAAB ANNUAL REPORT 2011 29
STRATEGY > PEOPLE
SAAB ACADEMY – DEVELOPING
COMPETENCE
In the highly competitive global market where we are active, educated em-
ployees with the right competence are an important success factor. At the
same time, our employee demographics are changing. A large group born
in the 1940s is retiring and a new generation is taking their place. This will
change the demands we face as a company and employer. In several areas
we face major recruitment needs. Finding the right talents and building on
those already in the company is one of the keys to our continued growth.
We are making an ambitious effort to remain the natural choice for tomor-
row’s talents. Competition for the top talents is great, however. Two
concrete measures now being taken to ensure that Saab has the right
competence to meet the future and achieve its business goals are the
newly formed Saab Academy and a trainee programme. Saab Academy is
an international venture which will be adapted to the needs of each country
where Saab is active. Skills training will be provided on multiple fronts,
including by improving and broadening the internal programmes already in
place, developing cooperations with schools, institutes of technology and
universities, and, not least, working even harder with individual programmes
to further develop certain key positions.
FEMALE ENGINEER OF THE
YEAR – ANNA PERNESTÅL
A self-described nerd won the Saab-sponsored
award for Sweden’s female engineer of the year
in 2011. A project manager at Scania and former
Uppsala student, Anna Pernestål impressed the jury
with her dedication to engineering sciences and her
inspirational drive.
Today slightly over 20 per cent of Saab’s employees
in Sweden are female. This percentage will rise. With
the award, Saab is trying to stimulate interest in en-
gineering and to encourage women to choose it as a
career path. When she received the award in October,
Anna felt it was a strong acknowledgement that she
is headed in the right direction.
CLOSE COOPERATION
WITH SCHOOLS AND
UNIVERSITIES
We collaborate with around 50 schools,
universities and institutes of technology. The
aim is to keep children and young people
interested in education and technology,
drive research projects and show what we
can offer as an employer. Learn more on
page 43.
GUIDING VALUES
Expertise, trust and ambition. Our code of
conduct describes how we work internally
and externally. Learn more on page 38.