In this post we are continuing our series on employability; and we invited Danyal to share his thoughts and experiences with us. Danyal is a current graduate on the Executive Management Trainee programme, currently based in Manchester Corporate Centre on his second placement.
Danyal shares some really key points about improving your employability, including effectively using the careers service at your university to your benefit. Also, as has been highlighted throughout our employability series, Danyal stresses the importance of gaining relevant work experience; explaining how the year long work placement he completed helped him to secure a job offer.
The key message from Danyal is to always remember that your fate is in your own hands; you can make yourself more employable and you can be successful in securing your ideal graduate job.
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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...
Waiting for an important phone call is perhaps one of the most agonising things in life. And that wait was no different.
It was on a cold, but otherwise nondescript day in March 2010 that I found myself encountering the nerve-wracking and seemingly endless wait for a phone call.
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Kim lets us know what she's been up to since starting in branch...
Check out our summer Intern Chloe's third blog video and find out what she's been getting up to in the past week...
Chloe sends us an update 3 weeks in to her internship. Watch her most recent video blog to find out what she's been getting up to and the projects she's been involved in...
Kimberly gives us an update from her induction day. She's learnt a lot about HSBC's values and is now looking forward to making an impact in her branch placement. Check back here to see how her first few days go!
Chloe tells us about what she's enjoyed during her induction day and the friends that she's made. Now she's looking forward to getting started! We’ll keep you posted on how Chloe gets on...
Over the next seven weeks we'll follow the progress of Kimberly and Chloe: two of our summer interns joining us at the end of their first year at university. After completing an induction day they'll start their placements in local HSBC branches. Check back here to see how they progress!
For further information on our internship opportunities see our website at http://jobs.hsbc.co.uk/graduates/internships/default.aspx. Alternatively, if you've any queries, feel free to comment our videos.