Today there are more than 45,000 EY people with technology backgrounds and AI scientists, mathematicians and cryptographers are among EY teams as well as more than 20,000 data specialists.
Chapter 1
Future-facing skills
Digital credentials to differentiate in the market.
Today’s fast-changing world means that we can’t just rely on periodic training and traditional work experience to keep people up to speed. EY Badges lets EY people earn digital credentials in skills that differentiate them in the market, such as data analytics, AI, data transformation and information strategy.
EY Badges builds on a commitment to equip EY people with the necessary skills to solve complex problems, lead the highest performing teams and stay relevant in a rapidly changing world.
This year more than 13,000 EY Badges were earned and more than 50,000 initiated, with data visualization and RPA (robotic process automation) among the most earned badges to date. Overall approximately US$530m was invested into training this year and more than 14m formal hours of learning was completed, on top of experiential development and structured mentoring.
Formal learning and skills development
EY Badges earned
13,000EY Badges were earned and more than 50,000 initiated – data visualization and RPA (robotic process automation) were among the most earned badges.
Chapter 2
Tapping into a global marketplace for talented people
Bringing in hot skills.
We continue to expand GigNow, the online portal that sources and matches qualified contractors with projects at EY and on-boards them quickly so they can begin making valuable contributions right away.
With GigNow, we're tapping into a global marketplace of people who are looking for flexibility, enabling EY, in turn, to be able to bring in hot skills in the areas of cyber, digital, robotics and blockchain. Today GigNow is live in 35 countries and 36,000 people are registered in the platform.
Chapter 3
A leading employer
Ranked by Universum and Great Place to Work.
We are a leading employer with a combined number of more than 284,000 people in more than 150 countries. This year more than 69,000 client-serving people joined EY from among 2 million global applicants – one person every eight minutes, 365 days a year.
We are proud that once again we were named the #1 professional services employer for the fourth consecutive year in Universum’s 2019 “World’s Most Attractive Employers” annual ranking – moving up one place on 2018 to become the second most attractive employer overall. We were also ranked #1 out of the Big Four on Universum’s new global ranking for the World’s Most Attractive Employers “D&I Index”.
We were also named and moved up 12 places to 7th place in the 2019 Great Place to Work (GPTW) “World’s Best Workplaces” list. Organizations ranked on the list are judged as having excellent policies and practices that support a culture of trust, and this is the fifth consecutive year EY has been named on the list.
Chapter 4
One million alumni
Nurturing leaders at EY – and beyond.
Strong relationships are key to EY – it’s what underpins our high-performing teams delivering exceptional service for clients. And EY alumni are some of the most important relationships we have.
The EY Alumni network, an on- and off-line community that is active in more than 70 countries, helps connect all of these EY people, past and present, to more opportunities, more resources and more of the people that they need to know for the future.
Today you can find EY alumni – more than one million around the world – in every sector: as entrepreneurs, academics, corporate leaders and working in charitable organizations and government agencies. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.
Summary
We enable our extraordinary and diverse people to build careers as unique as they are, by ensuring they have access to the most relevant and in-demand skills, as well as valuable experiences that will stretch their leadership abilities.
