Working in Canary Wharf (or anywhere in London for that matter) the Olympic spirit has been incredibly infectious. You could feel it all around you over the past few months, something big was happening, people were even smiling and talking on the underground! Now how often do you see that?! More...
In September 2011, a 46-strong HSBC team climbed Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro for charity, raising over £80,000 for Prince’s Trust and Kids Company. At 5,895m (19,341ft), Kilimanjaro is the world’s tallest free-standing mountain, and 34 members of the team made it all the way to Uhuru Peak at the top. Everyone had their own unique experience of the climb - Pascal, Executive Management Trainee, writes about his own.More...
Natalya - Retail Management Trainee
Startled and disorientated! Ahhh!!! I wake up with a surprise as my typical mornings start with the alarm ringing at 6:40am, with another 10 minutes being taken for me to acclimatise to being awake when it is still dark! I spend an hour having breakfast containing fruits and yogurt, watching the BBC news channel and making myself presentable for the day. More...
Pascal – Executive Management Trainee
Since joining HSBC, there have been plenty of moments where I’ve asked myself: “how on earth did I get into this situation?”. One of those was during the final ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro with some fellow graduates, where people were dropping off with temporary blindness, swollen brains, and hallucinating under the influence of altitude sickness (boulders turning into dancing pigs?) More...
Have you ever wondered what its like to work for one of the world’s largest financial services organisations? Or do you want to find out what we’re looking for during the graduate recruitment process? More...
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...
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...
I joined HSBC’s diversity Alumni Team immediately after the start of my first placement. I identified strongly with the ethos of the organisation having spent my university years following human right’s charities and developing an awareness of inequality throughout society. HSBC Graduate Diversity team has always worked closely with Visible Women and their Umbrella Organisation, Elevation Network. We aim to address gender, ethnic and disability representation discrepancies in the HSBC Graduate job market, ensuring that HSBC is a truly diverse Organisation. More...