Learn about the Wealth and Personal Banking, Commercial Banking or Global Banking & Markets industry, how HSBC works and the careers we offer on this four-day insight programme.
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 four days, you’ll get to:
- Spend time with our managers, build your network, learn about different careers paths and explore our offices
- Show your skills and passion during interactive learning sessions, skills workshops, work shadowing and complete real-life case studies
- Connect with colleagues from similar backgrounds to yours who will share experiences and advice from their own career journeys
- Meet members of our Employee Resource Groups to learn more about the work they do to support employees from lower socio-economic backgrounds
- Learn more about the business of your choice, be it Commercial Banking, Wealth and Personal Banking or Global Banking & Markets
- Determine whether a career in banking would suit you, And if it would, how to take the next step
Who you are
This programme is aimed primarily at students from a low socio-economic background. We welcome applications from students of all backgrounds, and degree disciplines, 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 on this programme, you’ll need to be:
- A first-year student on a three-year degree or a second-year student on a four-year degree
- Interested to learn about the financial industry
What you'll learn
By the end of your four days with us:
- Banking will no longer be a mystery. You’ll understand the ins and outs of the industry and what roles people play so you can decide if a career with us is right for you
- You’ll have experienced our culture first-hand and learned all about our global strategy, ESG goals, Employee Resource Groups, and above all, our people
- You’ll have developed skills that will help you with future internship applications
- You may be invited to attend a fast-track Virtual Experience Day, and considered for a 10-week Summer Internship the following year