Vita Nova St. Petersburg, Russia Personnel development in YIT St. Petersburg Alexey Ustinov (Personnel and corporate affairs director) Kuopio

Step ahead. With care. VISION: STEP AHEAD. WITH CARE. LEADERSHIP CREATING BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENTS LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES CARESTEP AHEAD COOPE- RATION PERFOR- MANCE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE FINANCIAL STABILITY RESPONSIBILITY FOR BETTER URBAN ENVIRONMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORK COMMUNITY PRODUCT AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT QUALITY OF LIVING AND CONSTRUCTION VALUES MISSION: WELL-MANAGED AND PROFITABLE GROWTH STRATEGY:

Our vision: Step ahead. With care and responsibility. Mission: Creating better living environments. Care Step ahead Cooperation Performance Career and development in YIT To stay one step ahead and to be the most wanted employer in our sector, we need continuous development. We focus on long-term development and well-being of our personnel. With this in mind, our aim is to strengthen our development culture throughout the organization. Continuous and practical personnel development – is our key success factor and a part of our strategy. Responsibility Keeping promises Professional pride Customer focus Creativity Courage Trust Positive and open mind Involving people Aiming high Passion to succeed High ethics Development is based on values

Assessment and development tools in YIT Top managersAalto University High-potential employees Head of construction site Head of Department Project manager YIT Director, YIT Manager, 360 degree assessment system, TalentQ, E-learning (WebSoft), Individual development plan ForemanAssessment Center, Competencies based interview, Individual development plan TraineesCompetencies based interview, Tutorship, Adaptation, Individual development plan Blue collarsIn a process of getting a University degree, Individual development plan

Key methods for development in YIT Learning at work Rotating positions in YIT New projects, customers, agreements, service sites Coaching Vocational education while working Class room studying Training, courses, education HR status – in YIT ST. Petersburg Competent and motivated professionals on all levels Over 300 employees received vocational training Training program for Sales Department – 43 persons Coaching Management Training - 16 persons in process (total 31) E-learning users – 137, number of courses - 10 Trainees program in action – 6

Five steps of career in YIT 1 step: Enroll 2 step: Pass the assessment 3 step: Create your individual development plan 4 step: Study 5 step: Become a leader Our aim is to offer long, interesting careers at YIT.

Talent management in Housing Unit 3-4th year student, trainee 1-2 years Construction site engineer Project manager Foreman Head of construction site Project manager 5-7 YEAR EMPLOYMENT AT YIT

Validation of competences of personnel in YIT St. Petersburg 2011 – YIT St. Petersburg joined the «Validation of Learning Outcomes in Russia (VALO)» project. YIT St. Petersburg is interested in supporting and promoting the development of education throughout life through creation of system of assessment and recognition of qualifications in Russia. It can help our company in developing competencies of our personnel in Russia. It also helps us in recruitment – qualification examination for YIT personnel in St. Petersburg at Kostromskoy 10 site. Competence area of the exam – reinforcing works. Outcome – two workers proved their qualification on the 3 rd level of the National Qualification Framework. After the exam they received an international certificates of the project.

Key factors of our successful experience in the project Cooperation with our partners in the VALO project participation in training modules, formulation of qualification requirements cooperation with educational organizations Involving personnel discussions with our personnel in office and construction sites Attention to detail researching of validation choosing the construction site for the qualification exam Communicating information within the company Seminars and presentations Intranet

Benefits of validation implementingProblems of validation implementing development and well-being of the personnel more opportunities to get qualification life-long learning and strong development culture in organization attractive HR-brand long-term employment involvement and motivation of personnel performance and high quality effective talent management and long careers competitive advantages of the company cooperation between companies and educational institutions will become more effective and close legislation problems reluctance to change problems of cooperation between companies and educational institutions implementation of validation is too slow migration problems lack of qualified labor extra expenses

YIT | 11 | Osavuosikatsaus 1–9/2011