As part of the partnership, the Volvo Group will participate in career fairs and provide mentoring opportunities for NC State students. Students will also be able to apply for co-op and internship positions with the company's various business divisions.
"NC State has a strong reputation for developing exceptional career-ready graduates, particularly in the design, management and engineering fields," said Hope Rush, Volvo Group North America director of talent strategy. "This complements our need to hire the best and brightest talent, as we continue toward our vision of becoming the most desired and successful transport solution provider in the world."
The Volvo Group uses several criteria to select prospective Academic Preferred Partners, including the university's academic standing, research capabilities, international connections, student diversity and geographic location. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, NC State is ideally situated just over an hour from the Volvo Group's North American headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina.
"Relationships with partners in business and industry provide the real world experiences that enable our students to apply what they are learning in the classroom to actual challenges and opportunities in the business environment - to think and do," said Dr. Ira Weiss, dean and Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Chair for the NC State Poole College of Management. "It also opens doors to new avenues of research and contributes to the body of knowledge."
The Volvo Group currently maintains Academic Preferred Partner agreements with eleven other universities around the globe – Chalmers University of Technology, University of Skovde, School of Business, Gothenburg University, Malardalen University Gothenburg, Sweden; EM Lyon and INSA Lyon, France; Tsinghua University and Tongji University, China; Sophia University, Japan; and The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
Volvo Group North America and North Carolina State University recently signed an Academic Preferred Partner agreement. Hope Rush, Volvo Group North America director of talent strategy (right), and Dr. Ira Weiss, dean and Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Chair for the North Carolina State University Poole College of Management (left), signed the agreement, which offers students multiple experience- and career-building opportunities.
The Volvo Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, which employs about 100,000 people, has production facilities in 18 countries and sells its products in more than 190 markets. In 2015, the Volvo Group's sales amounted to about $37 billion. The Volvo Group is a publicly-held company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. For more information, please visit www.volvogroup.com or www.volvogroup.mobi if you are using your mobile phone.
April 21, 2016
