nowadays citibank,cimb,public,hsbc and those well known bank are high demand by the jobseekers but lack of job supply...

i think all you have to say is "The money is better"

This post has been edited by praveenmarkandu: Oct 18 2010, 12:21 PM

One of the reason !

hi ggburne, recently those companies you mentioned were here in Melbourne as well, and i did not score an interview slot with citibank because they were booked FULL! however i did speak to the VP of corporate banking from OCBC and he offered me a position as a trainee, pay is 3.2k and i took it! Furthemore, from what i heard from friends who got offered the MT position in Citibank said that most prob you'll be thrown into sales.. but it might not be true either.. but given the choice i would pick OCBC cuz the vp told me specifically my job description will not include any sort of sales work! i was put to corporate banking btw, your OCBC offer is in what? treasury?

This post has been edited by Dope-88: Oct 18 2010, 02:49 PM

yeah treasury. but yeah, if later on i'm not happy with the job, I'd go elsewhere. I was told that we will be rotated in different departments and they will assess us based on our performance and suitability.

is so good study in Australia ya...they come over your side and interview you guys...but i dun hv the opportunity like u guys...

I got the Citibank GE position as well from Graduan....not sure whether I want to take it because its Retail Banking. When I asked the interviewer about commercial banking or global banking, she said that all fresh grads in Citibank have to go through 2 years of Retail Banking before they can ask for a change to the other divisions. Unless u're in the MA program la then can enter straight.

Based on the slide show they gave the GE has its on rotations within Retail Banking la....If the GE program is purely a sales position...vomit blood...

woah you guys are lucky to have these chances~! good luck to all ^^

now I am kinda worry for the future when graduating next year =<
banking industry seems to be very competitive.

retail banking sounds like sales to me @@

Nope. It is not just retail banking. You can check it on the website itself. Retail is one of the department. Within one year period, there will be assignments and on job training at each different department.

BUT if realllly 2 years in Retail Banking, that is FML moment haha

This post has been edited by ggburne: Oct 18 2010, 06:54 PM

The pay is good so its damn tempting to take it...summore i heard contractual 2 months bonus and on top of that there's performance bonus....
I'm just afraid once go inside retail banking...cannot come out....start with such good prospects end up with a shitty outcome

I also got to the final round of BAT management trainee programme....have to go back Malaysia n interview with the director to the get job...

Damn crossroads man....go into industry or banking...probably will affect the rest of my life

BAT only went to Melbourne damn it ! hahaha. True though, tough decision. The good thing about Citibank is that you are not bonded to them but you have to give notice before leaving and probably you have to pay one or 2 month salary to them. Tough choice mate. You can get up to 6 months bonus !! 6 x 3500+ around 20k .. 2 months = 7k.. damn hahahah

This post has been edited by ggburne: Oct 18 2010, 07:20 PM

haha.. oh really? i thought BAT went to sydney as well. anyways BAT was really competitive.. congrats kycha for making it to the final round, i didnt made it that far, but i am satisfied that i chose OCBC, cuz corporate banking is pretty interesting to get into

congrate to u all that been chosen as the MT of the bank...hope i can be the junior of u guys...haha...

I should have gone to the career fair to try to get the OCBC interview as well....sighs

The funny thing is when you go to the OCBC website, it says nothing about hiring fresh graduates.....only the MAP program for MBAs and Masters

I wonder how to enter from Malaysia

yea.. i do realise it, but they do advertise jobs on websites like jobstreet.

---

Added on October 19, 2010, 4:01 pmoh, and there are a few levels for assistant manager, which are Q, R, S i think... if not then Q and R... so you will have to go from Q -> R -> S then only manager level T... something like that...

This post has been edited by eRiCCa: Feb 22 2012, 11:41 PM

Finally! an insider

So do u recommend the GE program in Citibank?
After the GE would we be able to transfer to other departments or are we stuck in consumer banking?

Well, just thank God you were not a fresh graduate in 2008. Next year should be okay as the economy is picking up and so will recruitment by banks. If you are a good candidate, need not worry too much

to be honest, i am not too sure about GE program... but i think in most cases, you can move around within the banks... as long as your current superior is letting you go and the next superior is willing to take you... SOMETIMES, the current just loves you too much and not willing to let you go then the future one is afraid to fight with the current one... hahahaa...

almost all executive are called assistant manager in citi