Contact People & Culture Sweden for
additional support
1. Identify and define a
project scope
• Explore for example topics
from a business perspective:
❖ What project or problems do
you face in the future and
how can you utilize students
in exploring this?
❖ What competences do you
need to recruit for the future?
• Describe scope and/or
question question to be
investigated and describe it
as clearly as possible in a
thesis job posting. Connect it
to a specific competence or
technology. The students will
have to connect the
assignment to research.
• The Thesis project time is
approximately 3 months for
Bachelor Students and 6
months for Master Students.
2. Publish the thesis work
assignment on the
external website
• Write an appealing job posting
which will attract the right talent.
• Create a requisition in
Volvo Recruitment Online (VRO)
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• Go in to Hiring – Reqs – Add new
req – choose “Volvo Student
Requisition Template” – fill out the
form like you would with a regular
requisition
• Put “1. Sweden, Recruitment
Team ()” in the bar for recruitment
team
• Please write "Thesis work" in the
title for the ad
• If you wish to have a gateway
questionnaire, contact Recruitment
Sweden for support.
3. Appoint a 4. Payment
student/students • Pay the remuneration set by
• Review applications, available via guidelines in the
VRO, select and invite candidates process when the thesis has
for interviews been completed and
approved both by University
• Inform Recruitment Sweden when and GTT.
to close the requisition in VRO
including the name of assigned • Let the students present the
student. work to appropriate
people in the organisation.
• Appoint a contact person/mentor for
the students. It does not have to be
a manager, it can be team-
member. Mentor/contact person
needs to be available for
the students on a regular basis.
• Book regular meetings for follow up
and support, weekly or bi-weekly.
Mentor helps with network and
contact information
Thesis work can be a perfect way to attract young talents to GTT. Volvo Group has a long and successful tradition of working
on thesis projects together with students from universities across the globe. Below

• Keep in mind that The content of the Thesis work cannot be confidential since the students are publishing the material and
are examinated on it by an examinator. Volvo is not responsible for the academic content of the thesis work, that is up to the
student to ensure.

• More information can be found here.

• When a student get paid for a thesis work it's classified as similar to being employed from a Swedish tax law perspective. If
the student live abroad and is visiting Sweden less than six months he/she will be taxed according to SINK (special tax for
income for persons who live abroad). If the visit is more than six months the student is taxed according to ordinary taxation
rules. You find more information about SINK in the related article Recruiting staff from other countries.

• Please note that visas may be required for students from outside EU. Always consult with People & Culture Sweden.

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