Festive Greetings!
From everyone in the Graduate Blog Team, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We hope that you have enjoyed our articles this year and please keep coming back as we have some very interesting articles and videos coming very soon!
Michael, Nikhil, Jenna, Tom, Helen, Pooria and Mohamed
So we’ve just had this year’s Children in Need, raising money for fantastic causes such as grants and projects to help disadvantaged children. Every year this initiative contributes hugely to the lives of children across the UK. This year, it has so far raised over £26million; a fantastic achievement. Raising money for causes similar to this is a continuous deliverable for HSBC. You might be jumping out of a plane More...
First of all, how do we measure performance? Most, including myself, would usually base the decision on the numbers More...
This is a post written by our colleague and previous author Richard shortly before he moved off of the Graduate Blog team. Please take a look at Richard's parting gifts! More...
Simon – HTS Management Trainee
I’ve always had an interest in boxing but gradually it has become my favourite sport. I don’t think you can appreciate it until you give at least some of the training a try. I was by no means the next Floyd Mayweather, but I reached a level that enabled me to appreciate the true athleticism and heart the sport requires. Coupled by meeting my friend Rob, the interest developed into a passion in my teenage years that encompasses all aspects of the sport. However, before I joined HSBC I was a Maths teacher at a Secondary School in Bristol. So rather than boring you with all the different weight categories and why most of my vocabulary is a direct rip-off from my idol Muhammad Ali, I thought I would culminate the teaching and the boxing; should boxing be banned in schools? More...
Many applicants often speak of having a Master’s Level Degree or are looking into studying towards one in order to gain an advantage in the highly competitive graduate job marketplace. However, do Masters really help you get the job above others? More...
Gregg Carnaffan, Head of UK Graduate Recruitment and Development, provides an overview of the graduate marketplace in the contemporary environment, and how he thinks is the best way to "make yourself stand out" from other applicants. More...