"We at Clarion Hotel Post choose with pride and joy to get involved in Opportunity Day! We work daily with strong values around diversity and inclusion and are convinced that our workplace is open to everyone. In order for both us and other companies in the hospitality industry to continue to grow, we must challenge traditional recruitment processes to find new talent. Opportunity Day offers us an opportunity to find our future colleagues, and we hope that our participation can inspire other companies to do the same.” 
Anders Sköld, CEO Clarion Hotel Post

"Länsförsäkringar Göteborg och Bohuslän is proud of its partnership with Opportunity Day. Our commitment extends beyond insurance and banking services. As a customer-owned company, we have a dedicated sustainability programme in which we actively take responsibility for giving back to the communities where our customers and owners live. Therefore, it is a matter of course for us to be part of the efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the labour market in our region. We are convinced that diversity is an asset that strengthens us as an organisation, fosters creative thinking and leads to more successful outcomes. We believe that by working together with other stakeholders, we can make the best use of the skills available in our local area and contribute to an inclusive and diverse labour market in the long term"
Lydia Skarrie, HR Business Partner, Länsförsäkringar Göteborg and Bohuslän

”På Scandic tror vi på kraften i mångfald och inkludering. Genom att vara en del av Opportunity Day vill vi fortsätta skapa möjligheter där alla känner sig välkomna – precis som på våra hotell!”
Kristian Sandahl, Hotelldirektör Scandic Rubinen

"Länsförsäkringar Göteborg och Bohuslän is proud of its partnership with Opportunity Day. Our commitment extends beyond insurance and banking services. As a customer-owned company, we have a dedicated sustainability programme in which we actively take responsibility for giving back to the communities where our customers and owners live. Therefore, it is a matter of course for us to be part of the efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the labour market in our region. We are convinced that diversity is an asset that strengthens us as an organisation, fosters creative thinking and leads to more successful outcomes. We believe that by working together with other stakeholders, we can make the best use of the skills available in our local area and contribute to an inclusive and diverse labour market in the long term"
Lisa Bragée, Sustainability Manager, Länsförsäkringar Göteborg and Bohuslän

At Knowit, we have for many years carried out equality work, which has led to our being a significantly more equal and inclusive workplace in terms of gender. We are still proud of the results we have managed to achieve, which were particularly noticed when we received the award "the stock exchange's most equal company" in 2019. Today, the focus is on taking the next step and also ensuring greater diversity linked to ethnicity, background, age, etc. We are sure that in this way we both create better solutions for our customers and contribute to a better society in general. Today, we support several initiatives that work with these issues and are happy to contribute to Opportunity Day's work."
/Per Wallentin, CEO Knowit AB

"With Opportunity Day as a partner, we can create more meetings and arenas where job seekers and employers meet. It is only when people meet and communicate that we can really start to bridge the gaps between all the skills available among job seekers, and the demand and needs of our employers. When skills and demand find each other, we all benefit. It's a good deal for employers, but it's also good for our city and for society at large."
Said Niklund, City Director, City of Trollhättan 

"My experience as a recruiter is that differences contribute to more perspectives in a work group. More perspectives lead to success and increased profitability. So if you want to increase the profitability of your company, you should definitely invest in diversity. I want more companies to realize this and dare to hire people with a different background, which is why I choose to become a partner to Opportunity Day. I myself have also worked as a volunteer with job matching at an event and met so many competent people. Opportunity Day fulfills an important function and has created a fantastic meeting place for employers to find new talented employees.”
/Marie Bubach, CEO, Select Executive Search 

"With Opportunity Day as a partner, we can create more meetings and arenas where job seekers and employers meet. It is only when people meet and communicate that we can really start to bridge the gaps between all the skills available among job seekers, and the demand and needs of our employers. When skills and demand find each other, we all benefit. It's a good deal for employers, but it's also good for our city and for society at large."
Said Niklund, City Director, City of Trollhättan 

"Sweden is in great need of labor in most areas. We also know that there is great potential in all those people of foreign origin who, for various reasons, do not reach the labor market. At the same time, we know that a job is perhaps the most important factor for seriously entering Swedish society, being able to contribute and feeling needed. Opportunity Day is a context where this hidden resource is made visible and given the opportunity to meet potential employers and get a real job. We at Ekan Management are partners with OD because we know that the model works and has been successful for many years."
Christopher Mathiasson – CEO, Ekan Management

"People coming to work, and employers realizing the potential in diversity, are two critical building blocks for increased integration in Sweden. We can only solve this social challenge together, and it is therefore gratifying to see all the positive power that several actors create together through Opportunity Day. Alkompis is proud to be able to contribute to this important initiative"
Julia Agha, Alkompi's CEO

"During my almost 15 years as CEO of the West Sweden Chamber of Commerce, I have spoken to a large number of companies. I always ask the question: "What is your biggest obstacle to continued growth?" and the answer has always been the same: "Skills supply". However, I have recently received a different type of response, which can be summarised as 'social exclusion'. Business leaders identify that there is a large part of the labour force that, due to their lack of networks, does not connect with businesses in the same way as many others. Greater engagement on these issues offers great opportunities for both business and society. By working for inclusion and diversity through jobs, we believe that together we can further strengthen West Sweden. For our members, this is a business-critical issue, which is why we as a chamber of commerce support Opportunity day"
Johan Trouvé, CEO of the West Sweden Chamber of Commerce.

"Right now, there are many organizations that experience a lack of skills and difficulties in recruiting, while at the same time we have groups of people who are outside the labor market and whose skills are not being used. We can't have it like that. Working more effectively with inclusion is a natural part of the solution to the challenge of skills supply. As an effect, we will get more well-functioning organizations but also a more prosperous society in general! Within Sweden's HR Association, we want to take a stand for an inclusive labor market where we can make full use of all people's skills and therefore support Opportunity Day."  
Mimi Cromberger, Chairman of the board, Sweden's HR Association West

Despite the economic situation, there are still many companies that want to recruit. It is an insane waste of resources that we then have competent people in Sweden who do not enter the labor market or do not work with the skills they have. We need to create occasions where these worlds can meet.
Rudolph Anthony, Rregional manager, Swedish Business Administration

"In our work to develop the city's particularly vulnerable areas, the opportunities for self-sufficiency are crucial. In these areas there are people with great resources and abilities who find it difficult to enter the labor market. Within the Framtiden Group, we are prepared to put in a lot of effort so that more people get work. And as a large employer, we must be inclusive and see diversity as a prerequisite for successful operations."
Terje Johansson, President and CEO, Förvaltnings AB Framtiden

"Diversity and inclusion is something that is personally close to my heart. At Eyes4work, we strive to be a social actor that makes a real difference for everyone in terms of meaningful employment. We see ourselves as the vital link between job seekers and employers. Our goal will always be to prepare jobseekers for the labour market, but just as importantly to prepare the labour market for our jobseekers. Losing the skills that exist in our society would be a significant loss. That is why Eyes4work aims to take big and meaningful steps together with Opportunity Day towards an inclusive and diverse labour market." Ida Flink, Regional Manager, Eyes4work

"Everyone is needed in the construction industry and we need more of us! As we build a sustainable society for all, we also need builders with different backgrounds and skills. This enriches our workplaces with creativity and well-being, and creates attractiveness and innovation. Diversity is important!"
Maria Strömberg, Regional Director of Construction Companies in the West. 

"Provision of expertise is one of the absolute biggest challenges for us in the municipalities, perhaps the biggest. This at the same time as there is a great deal of competence that we do not take advantage of, partly because of our way of recruiting. It goes without saying for us in Härryda municipality to both be a partner to Opportunity Day and to participate with a booth in the job matching." 
/Pia Alhäll, Municipal director, Härryda Municipality