On this competitively-paid 12-month Industrial Placement, you’ll gain valuable real-world experience and develop the skills you need to work in a strategic role with HSBC.
What you’ll do
Your HSBC journey will be built upon - and thrive with - your skills.
We know how important it is to have the right skills, both for your future and ours. By building this skillset now, we’ll help you develop the agility to keep learning new skills throughout your career.
Over the course of twelve months, you’ll get to:
- Take on the role of Business Support Officer, working with one of our teams in either Commercial Banking or Wealth and Personal Banking. Learn more about these businesses here
- Gain exposure to other areas of the business and build your knowledge of how we work collaboratively to deliver on the Group’s strategy
- Be responsible for delivering work that supports our strategic goals while meeting the needs of customers and colleagues and, of course, the necessary regulations
- Provide colleagues with crucial business support such as taking minutes and putting together meeting packs and briefing documents
- Prepare and deliver internal presentations and papers of your own to colleagues at team and executive meetings
- Prove yourself and earn a place on our Commercial Banking Graduate Programme or Wealth and Personal Banking Graduate Programme
Who you are
We welcome students from all degree disciplines and backgrounds, not just those who’ve studied finance-related degrees, or those who have knowledge of banking.
It takes a broad range of skills to be successful at HSBC. We’re looking forward to seeing the mix of skills you’ve learned so far, and hearing about the unique perspective that you’ll bring to our teams. We’ll help you learn everything else.
To join us in this role, you’ll need to be:
- A natural communicator who knows how to engage with others and build strong relationships
- Resilient and comfortable working in a fast-paced and continuously changing environment
- Keen to develop your skills and knowledge, and quick to grasp new opportunities
- Driven, proactive, and eager to take ownership of your own self-development
- Able to think for yourself, take the initiative, introduce new ideas and new perspectives
What you'll learn
We’ll help you develop the technical skills most relevant to your role. We’ll also provide plenty of opportunities to advance your non-technical skills, like relationship management and collaboration, that will help you move your career forward successfully.
During the time you spend with us, you’ll:
- Grow your knowledge, develop your skills, and gain confidence through different workshops that are designed to help improve your employability
- Spend time with senior leaders and professionals from our core business areas and learn the importance of collaboration, communication and how to build and maintain your personal brand
- Develop valuable technical and behavioural skills such as: commercial awareness, self-awareness, presentation, and project management, influencing and managing upwards, and developing a growth mindset
- Learn how to work in a professional environment and take a step closer to a career with HSBC UK
