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...
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...
Jonathan from the Retail Banking and Wealth Management graduate scheme continues our Employability theme. Jonathan talks about understanding What is employability and How can it be achieved.
What is Employability and How Do I Get it?
When I first started thinking about my career, as I counted down the months to the end of my student days, I used to hear the word ‘employability’ and ask ‘what actually is it?' I knew it was something desirable; something I wanted to achieve; but how to go about becoming employable - I wasn’t entirely sure! Here’s a short insight into why it’s so important to improve your employability and my personal reflections on how to achieve this. More...
Gladwin recently completed the HSBC Bermuda Graduate Development Programme, with a focus on Retail Banking and Wealth Management. Here he tells us about his international placement in the Cayman Islands…
1. Where are you currently based, what is your role and how long have you been there?
From July – Nov 2012 I completed a 3-month short-term attachment in the HSBC Bank Cayman office. I was a business analyst for the Retail Banking Wealth Management (RBWM) department and also the project lead for the introduction of Structured Products to HSBC Cayman. More...
The Transition From Graduate Programme to First Appointment
By Pascal, Analyst in Wholesale Credit and Market Risk, Former Executive Management Trainee
The Executive Management Trainee (‘ET’) graduate programme is a generalist introduction to multiple areas of business within HSBC’s UK subsidiary, with the opportunity to travel abroad or fulfil functions in the parent holding company. It’s 23 months since I joined HSBC Bank plc as an Executive Management Trainee, and three months since I graduated from the programme and into my first appointment. I contributed to a lot of areas of the graduate community – including this graduate blog – during my time on the graduate programme. 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...
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!
Brad, a new Executive Trainee graduate, is going to be regularly blogging about his experiences as he progresses through the Executive Management Graduate Programme. Keep an eye out for video updates which will be a real insight in to what to expect from a position in 'The World's Leading International Bank' straight from Brad to you...