Management trainee programmes have a long history in Hong Kong. Once a unique practice among a handful of big companies, these programmes are being increasingly adopted by firms big and small. Today most corporate operations in the territory offer such programmes as more and more employers see such training as essential to a company's long-term success and sustainability.
HSBC was among the first in the territory to run such management trainee programmes.
July 14 is global recruitment day for HSBC. Here in Hong Kong, the bank is looking to recruit 40 fresh or recent university graduates for its commercial banking arm, under the group's management associate programme.
According to Albert Chan Leung-choi, the bank's senior executive for commercial banking, the recruits will be trained in management across most aspects of the group's commercial banking operations. These offer banking services to all sizes of corporate customer. This year sees an increased intake of management associates, reflecting expanding operations and robust growth, especially in the mainland.
Mr Chan said HSBC's traditional emphasis on long-term leadership and management development had resulted in a pool of top-notch professionals who helped the group maintain its competitive edge.
HSBC's graduate training programme has earned the group a reputation for being the 'preferred choice' among the best and brightest university graduates from around the world, he said.
