Konsten att attrahera på framtidens arbetsmarknad : En studie i arbetsgivares attraktivitet inom IT-branschen

Sammanfattning: The increasing digitalisation of our society is making it harder for the IT industry to attract and recruit employees. One of the biggest assets a company has is its employer brand. This makes “employer branding” one of the most important matters for companies in the IT industry (Backhaus & Tikoo, 2004). The companies’ “employer branding” work leads to the opportunity to attract new employees with unique “value propositions” which can be adjusted to specific individuals with the help of benefits and other offers (Chambers, Foulon, Handfield-Jones, Hankin & Michaels, 2007). The IT businesses’ abilities to attract and keep their employees are more important than ever. Despite this, there's barely any research regarding whether companies are meeting the demands employees have regarding attractive employers or not.  The purpose of this study is to analyse how three different IT companies work to become attractive employers, and also what employees in those three companies are looking for in an attractive employer. In the following study, three interviews have been done, where representatives from three different companies have been interviewed to find out what companies within the IT business do to become attractive employers. After that, a survey was distributed to examine which factors employees in the three companies value regarding attractive employers. The analysis showed that the companies’ focus on building strong bonds between the employees and offering great skill development matches well with what employees look for in their employers, as well with what makes them stay within the company. Furthermore, the analysis also shows that there are some differences between what companies focus on in their work with becoming attractive and what employees wish for. For example, the companies’ main focus lays on offering benefits, even though employees don´t value benefits as an important factor in the matter of what makes an employer attractive. The differences and the similarities are then discussed to reach a conclusion regarding what companies need to do in order to raise their attractivity.