In this blog, Sean from the Operations Leadership program looks to the World of football for clarity on what makes a great leader. An Arsenal fan who declares Sir Alex the best manager and puts light praise towards a Tottenham star, the key message is to look to lead in every situation you find yourself and not wait for somebody else to take the reigns.
Who are football’s great leaders? Who is football’s greatest leader? What is a leader?
It is easy when looking at leadership to think of the boss, the manager the decision maker, but looking into something such as football, it becomes less clear who the leader is and furthermore if such a role specifically exists. More...
Employability is a truly global concept. Job markets are no longer restrained to one country; they are now global. Therefore, businesses now have the opportunity to attract the best talent from around the world. It is important to remember that we can learn a huge amount from how different countries view employability and indeed what these countries view as the best ways to make yourself more employable.
To help achieve this, the Graduate Blog has asked Susan to give us her views on employability from a Chinese perspective. Susan works within Global Banking and Markets for HSBC China, and has been with the bank for just over 3 years. For Susan, the key to making yourself more employable is all about ensuring you have got the right experience to get the job. If you want to make yourself more employable then you need to think: experience, experience, experience.
When I was asked to think of what advice I would like to share with you regarding improving your employability, I immediately thought of one thing: experience. For me there is simply no better way to make yourself more attractive to potential employers then by gaining useful experience. The easiest way to prove to an employer all the skills and talents that you hold is to show them that you have used these skills and talents to great benefit in a previous role. If you can show that you've been able to function effectively in a relevant previous role, then employers will be more confident in your abilities and more willing to offer you the job you want. The key thing to understand is that everyone applying for a job can say that they have the right skills for the job and they can say that their skills will make them successful. But if you have got good previous experience then you can prove that you have got the right skills for the job and you can prove that your skills and experience will make you successful. 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...
Catch up with Chloe as she sends us an update from her intern volunteer day...
Pascal, Executive Management Trainee
One evening last week I volunteered to help at a charity event run by Kids Company (http://www.kidsco.org.uk/). HSBC encourages volunteering time and a fellow Executive Trainee put me in touch for this opportunity.
“So what do you do for a living?”
Waiting for our briefing, the volunteers naturally got chatting; about the weather, about our link to Kids Co, about the train delays. And then that tricky question came up… “What do you do for a living?” One girl was an anthropology student with a strong benevolent streak, another had devoted an entire year to helping Kids Company. And then the circle of kind volunteers turned their attention to me: “And so what do you do then?” Suddenly I felt an incredible urge to stare at my feet and mumble into my chest. More...
Economics degree from a top 3 placed University, internship(s) completed within a multi-national organisation and a skill-set of other well regarded competencies.... 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...
Joey – HTS Management Trainee
I write this article having been in my first placement as a HTS graduate for a duration of two months...and believe me when I say; it has flown by faster than Usain Bolt running the 100metres! More...
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...
Most graduates will understand that for a CV to stand out from the crowd it has to contain more that a list of academic achievements and a personal statement. It is fairly well known that taking part in voluntary work or fund raising will earn you extra brownie points when your submit your CV. But why is this? What are you showing to your potential employer and how can you maximise these effects? More...