By now many of you will have started your new term at university and no doubt you are getting back into the swing of things (if you are returning for another year) or trying how to work out how the further education machine works (if you are a first year student).
Some of you may have noticed that your university careers service is rather active at the moment. This time of year normally features numerous careers fairs and events designed to raise your skill levels and general awareness around careers and recruitment. More...
Chris
Executive Trainee, London
After returning from an overseas placement in Hong Kong 3 weeks ago I'm working with Gregg, Ana, Jess and Simon in the Graduate Team at the moment, while I find my first post-scheme appointment. I've largely been working on a pack of new presentations and promotional materials for the alumni teams to use along with planning for the roll-out of the Discovery Day the Nottingham team ran last year. I came into work on Monday to a few photos my old manager had sent me from the leaving meal I had with my team in HK More...
Today is an important date on our calendar as we invite applications to join our programmes in 2012 and 2013. More...
Will
Executive Management Trainee
Retail Banking - Bermuda
I wake up early because I have got a team to run and need to check my figures for the previous day. Plus, I am not built for Bermudian weather, so I don't melt on the way to work if I get in early. Shall we say I winter well? More...
Last week HSBC launched a revamped careers website ahead of the new application session. This website has been designed to provide yet more content for those candidates who are interested in applying to the organisation. More...
Campus based skills sessions are an important resource at your disposal and you should make use of these whenever you can especially if you are in the midst of submitting any applications.
They can be run by graduate employers (such as HSBC) or by the careers service at your university. In either case the knowledge that you can glean from the experts on hand is immeasurable and will greatly decrease the amount that you will need to learn in order to secure a graduate position. More...
Ask someone to describe a career in retail banking and the response is usually the same. They will probably scoff at the thought of it, pointing out that the branch manager of their bank made a grievous error once-upon-a-time on one of their transactions. They will infer that because one member of the branch staff made an error at one time all branch staff must have the intelligence of an ape, and that any person who chooses to work in personal financial services clearly couldn’t cut it in “real banking” More...
I sat down this afternoon with the intention of writing a post based on a recent article featured on the BBC News website. The article in question highlights the regional variation in levels of adult education that has been uncovered by a recent study. To be perfectly honest the paragraph that grew on the page in front of me was rather dry and I thought it best not to subject you all to such a topic.
At this precise moment an e-mail from a friend and colleague based in New York City arrived in my inbox and drew my attention to a body known as the ET Forum. More...
I presume that, like me, you believe that once you have walked to the stage at your graduation and collected your certificate you will be finished with the world of education for the rest of your career. I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news but that would be a mistake almost as big as when Nelson Piquet Jr decided to obey team orders in Singapore. More...
Open Questions are a component of most applications to large organisations such as HSBC. They are a crucial part of the application process which provides a company with an insight into your personality and mindset and are designed to supplement your CV in providing context to your achievements.
Although these questions are designed to allow you to show your competencies to your prospective employer they themselves provide a candidate with two tests. Can you tailor your answer to your audience? Can you answer concisely? More...