CASE-IN Championship partner is among the best companies in Russia for starting a career

United Metallurgical Company (OMK) took the first place in the "Growth Leaders" nomination of the Best Company Award 2025 ranking of career preferences of Russian students and graduates.

OMK systematically builds its work with young specialists and students. For example, last year OMK participated for the first time in the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, where the company's young specialists solved real engineering problems, and university students worked with cases prepared by OMK experts. The company pays great attention to the popularization of working professions, therefore, it regularly organizes excursions to production for students, invites them to practice and a paid internship program. In the regions where OMK operates, it systematically sets up a career guidance system, starting at school: students are introduced to working and engineering professions, and shown work in workshops.

The rating was compiled based on the results of a survey conducted annually by the Changellenge expert platform. In it, young people named OMK among one hundred Russian and international companies that they would choose to start a career, while the United Metallurgical Company showed the highest growth dynamics in 2024 compared to other employers.

To compile the rating, Changellenge experts interviewed more than eight thousand of the strongest and most motivated students and graduates of forty universities in the country: MSU, MGTU, MGIMO, HSE and others. Respondents named OMK among the best domestic employers for building careers in such fields of activity as information technology, business specialties and technical professions. For the young people who participated in the surveys, the most important factors when choosing a job are competitive salary levels, stability and reliability, work-life balance, leadership professionalism, social package, and others.

"The company has been developing career opportunities for talented young people for many years. In our opinion, metallurgy and mechanical engineering provide excellent prospects for young professionals, allowing them to grow professionally, master new knowledge, and engage in interesting and diverse tasks. We are glad that the systematic approach has yielded results and the young specialists highly appreciated our efforts. We will be waiting for graduates of the best educational institutions to join OMK's professional team," Natalia Yamshchikova, OMK's HR Director, commented on the results of the rating.

Reference. Research from the Changellenge platform and the Best Company Award rating reflect career expectations and identify companies that are most attractive to future applicants. This year, more than 200 companies from a wide variety of industries have become participants in the ranking of the best companies in Russia to start a career, actively developing the employer's brand and using advanced programs to attract talented young professionals. The survey was conducted from October to December 2024. The sample includes first- to sixth-year students, graduate students and recent graduates of Moscow State University, MGTU, MGIMO, HSE, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Federal Institute of Physics and Technology under the Government of the Russian Federation, MIPT, St. Petersburg State University, UrFU, NSU, TSU, KFU and other prestigious universities.

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