Career tips from the recruiter

Want to get that salary you deserve? Perhaps you would like to find a more nimble way to advance your career? In this video you'll meet Linda Apelryd, Talent Acquisition Partner at Volvo Group, who will talk you through all the things you need to think about when applying for a job. So sit back, relax, and see if you have what it takes to shape the future of transportation and infrastructure with digital and connected solutions.

Green by design for a sustainable future

Have you ever wondered how we can reduce the impact of our digital presence in the world? Meet Akshata Somangoudar, a Full Stack Developer from India at Volvo Group Digital & IT, who is integrating the principles of Green by Design in her everyday work.

 

Read how Akshata is making it happen

The 'Leaky Pipeline'

Have you heard of the Leaky Pipeline? The term is often used to depict women who passively ‘leak’ out of STEM careers – but the truth is more sinister – most women leave due to biases and barriers women face in their careers. Listen to Celine explain more in this insightful video.

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Women Empowered

Breaking barriers with reversed mentoring

What valuable insights emerged when Moa, a 26-year-old engineering student, mentored Mike, a seasoned VP at Volvo? This inspiring "reversed mentoring" journey highlights how breaking traditional roles fosters growth, challenges gender norms, and sparks measurable change. Watch the video to see how authenticity, courage, and collaboration lead to empowerment.

The definition of a successful life

MinJuan Wang is a leader in AI. She has always been passionate about data and technology. But her journey hasn't always been straightforward. In fact, when she started her career, she was following someone else's dream. In Women Empowered, she shares what she learned along the way, and how you too can achieve your goals.

Three rules to change your career

With close to 25 years' leadership in the field of design, Pernilla Johansson's background includes time as a consultant, working with Electrolux and Phillips Design and her current role as Vice President and Head of UX Design at Volvo Group Digital & IT. If her career journey has taught her anything - it's that there are three basic rules to success.

Stop being a good girl!

Listen to Cécile’s life and career advice around overcoming 'good girl syndrome'! Learn how she became a global leader, driving digital business transformation (focusing on customer, design and technology). From early life changing experiences, and facing challenges in her early 40’s, leveraging each obstacle to create a successful and sustainable career.

Tech Corner

Meet the women working with Inventions and Intellectual Property

Maliheh Sadeghi Kati, a Specialist Control System Engineer at Volvo Group Trucks Technology, is a testament to the power of perseverance, innovation, and a passion for engineering. Originally from Tehran, where she first studied electronics, Maliheh's journey to become a successful inventor in Sweden has been marked by both challenges and triumphs. Her colleague, Ulrika Krave, an Intellectual Property Expert at Volvo Group explains why diversity in the world of invention makes a difference.

 

Read Maliheh and Ulrika's story

The women shaping Artificial Intelligence

Meet some of the women at Volvo Group who work at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence, shaping it to deliver the goods for the transport industry. Daria Zotova, Data Scientist, Deepthi Pathare, PhD in Machine Learning, and Ida Elwesköld, Digital Transformation Specialist explain what drew them to both AI and working at Volvo Group.

The future of AI  according to strategic foresight

Emily Xiangxuan Xu is a senior foresight manager at Volvo Group Connected Solutions Innovation Lab. As an economist and a forward-thinking strategist, she thrives in the big picture, constantly seeking out facts, trends, scenarios, and novel business models to create the future we aspire to inhabit.

Emily's role in strategic foresight involves a systematic and forward-looking approach to understanding, anticipating, and planning the future. It involves the exploration and analysis of potential future scenarios, trends and uncertainties to help organizations and individuals make informed decisions and develop strategies that are resilient and adaptable. 

 

Read more about Emily's role and the insights she generates

Emily Xiangxuan Xu

Using telematics data to predict future electric charging networks

By Maja Feierabend, Data Scientist 

 

Have you ever heard of a Catch 22 dilemma? It is a situation where the solution to a problem requires another solution which depends on the positive outcome of the first. Sounds too abstract? Imagine you are a truck owner, and you are very eager to change to emission-free vehicles. 

 

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Maja Feierabend

Creating a single design source of truth for digital products​

By Jennifer Tendell & Christian Cromnow

 

Explore how Jennifer Tendell, a Software Engineer in UI Framework and Kingbolt and Christian Cromnow, a System Architect specializing in UI Frameworks, built a single block-based digital design source to inform a whole suite of product design UI outcomes.

 

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Smashing myths around working with cybersecurity

By Dorota Figiel, Noora Hammar, Palak Sehgal, and Shaylene Chance

 

Did you ever get the feeling that people working in cybersecurity were oddball, introverted tech geniuses, locked away in basements and garages, preferring code to human contact? Think again. Meet some women working with cybersecurity and see what they are really like. Some are not even into coding!

Meet the women who followed their dreams

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