YIT is the ideal construction industry employer for engineering students for the seventh consecutive year

For the seventh time in a row, engineering students have ranked YIT as the most ideal construction industry employer in Universum's annual Student Survey. This year, YIT aims to offer summer jobs or trainee positions to approximately 350 young people in Finland. 

For the seventh consecutive year, engineering students ranked YIT as the most ideal construction industry employer in the Universum Student Survey 2025. A total of 2,857 engineering students responded to the survey. YIT has also been the most ideal construction industry employer for university-educated professionals in the field of technology for five years in a row in the Universum Professionals survey. 

“It is really important that we offer young people an excellent trainee experience and an opportunity for an interesting career path in the construction industry even in challenging economic conditions. In line with our corporate culture, we want to invest in continuous learning from the first steps of young people's careers. In our YIT Path training program, we offer young people a safe and human focused environment to develop into construction professionals,” said Jennie Haasmaa, the Executive Vice President for People and Culture.  

YIT has made long-term efforts to increase the attractiveness of the construction industry among young people of different ages through active cooperation with educational institutions. The YIT Polku trainee program, which has been in use for more than ten years, has offered summer internships to students in the construction industry. The results of the Universum Student Survey reflect YIT's attractiveness as an employer, as the interest of technology students to apply for a job at YIT had increased by more than ten percentage points in this year's results, and it was also well above the average for technology employers. 

"Successful trainee experiences, enjoyment in the work community and sufficiently responsible tasks in the internship attract students. The interest in applying to YIT shows young people's trust in us as an employer and our training program as an excellent route to becoming a construction professional," said Thomas Finell, who is responsible for recruitment at YIT. 

The investment in guiding young people as a close part of the work community is reflected in YIT's annual trainee feedback even in the longer term. In the last five years, at least 97% of respondents to the feedback would like to continue working at YIT, and the result for the last two years has been as high as 99%. Based on last year's feedback, trainees' willingness to recommend (eNPS) was at an excellent level 59.  

In the annual YIT Voice personnel survey, trainees gave the highest rating for working with colleagues. The ’Relations with colleagues’ index was rated 4.3/5 and the statements ’I get support from my colleagues when I need it’ 4.5/5, ’We have a good team spirit in the team’ 4.4/5 and ’Opportunity to learn and develop’ 4.4/5.  

Learn more: 

YIT recognised as the most attractive construction industry employer for the fifth consecutive year | YITGroup.com

Further information: 

YIT Group Communications, tel. +358 44 743 7536,  press@yit.fi

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