How do we work on diversity?

We are a company that loves to think in a new way! WIth inspiration from a Swedish project, we started a collaboration with the Norwegian employee agency, NAV, and Folkuniversitetet Sør-Øst in 2016. Candidates were job seekers at NAV and after six months of theoretical and practical learning they were ready to begin their work as chef's assistants. Of all participants, 50% were employed.

Nordic Choice Hotels also has several projects in Sweden where unemployed people receive chef's training through the employment agency or their municipality. We offer internships and practical training within the occupation and the industry. Approximately 30% are employed with us after finishing their training.

In Norway, Nordic Choice Hotels collaborates with Ringer i Vannet, which is a recruitment strategy by Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon, NHO (Norway's main business organization, editor's note).

With this collaboration we are strengthening the company's work with helping people that have fallen out of the workplace. It can be people with physical or psychological obstacles, who do not have it as easy as others. The agreement with Ringer i Vannet has been established in many of our hotels and we make sure that the recruitment strategy is working.

Since 2015, Nordic Choice Hotels has a national collaboration with Samhall in Sweden. Samhall's mission is to create rewarding work for people with disabilities. Their employees are usually individuals who have been the furthest from the job market, but through Samhall have been matched based on their abilities to find the right jobs. Nordic Choice Hotels contributes with internships and recruits new employees through Samhall.

In 2017 we participated in Samhall's recruitment challenge where we hope to recruit new employees.