Since joining the Operational Leadership scheme in September it is clear there is a lot of value in seeking out and embracing opportunities within the bank, something I have expressed elsewhere on the grad blog; in this blog though I want to share 3 challenges new graduates face and how we can make the most of them. This will hopefully provide some useful insight and a flavour of grad life at HSBC!More...
If you are filling out your very first application to a graduate programme you are probably going to have it rejected. You may believe that you are perfect for the advertised role and hence you might have pored over your responses to the questions for hours trying to get the responses just right. But you will still probably face rejection.
Rest assured that this is no reflection on your ability to function in a business environment or your qualifications. It is simply the case that the majority of candidates will fall at several hurdles before receiving that all important offer letter. More...
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...
Check out our summer Intern Chloe's third blog video and find out what she's been getting up to in the past week...
As a new starter at the , I was asked to write a short piece for the blog on my time so far at HSBC. As the title suggests, my focus in this blog will be to let you know how despite working full time and studying for IFS exams, finding time for ‘extra curricular’ activities is not only possible, but a great idea. 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...
I regularly check the Forbes website mainly because there are some seriously interesting articles on there! More...
I am a placement student with the Bank based in central London, reporting to a centre manager. My day usually starts with me waking up in some apartment in Bangkok. Doug is back at the resort, Teddy is missing, there's a monkey with a severed finger, Alan's head is shaved, Stu has a tattoo on his face, and I can't remember any of it. After a cheeky bowl of Crunchy Nut, me and the guys try and retrace our steps on the streets of Bangkok trying to find Teddy before the wedding. Just joking, that was last week. More...
James - HTS Management Trainee
It is a mild morning in what is meant to be leading towards a very cold winter and it is my day off work. The alarm sounds at 6am in my flat in Shropshire, I wake up the other half and we go and get the van which I’ve rented for the day More...
I have to admit, the realisation that my university days were over and the thought of working for the next 40 years of my life, weren’t prospects that filled me with much excitement. That, combined with returning from four months in South America during my gap year, made it difficult to believe anything could be quite as fun! More...