So what is the next step after the release of A-level results? Many teenagers received their brilliant A-Level grades yesterday and universities are now ready to welcome in the freshers. In today’s society, more and more of us are holding a degree and education is not the only criteria to get an entry ticket to the career world…You need work experience! 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 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...