Business Specialist Review

by HSBC

Rating

5.1/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

The role involves supporting commercial customers with a turnover of up to £2 million with general banking queries, providing lending facilities and onboarding. The role allows you to network in your local community to win new business and complete quarterly exchanges.

7/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

I have learnt new skills around team development, coaching and ways to focus on self development

6/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

I enjoyed the apprenticeship programme and feel it gave me a great grounding for my career at HSBC

7/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

I feel the programme lacked structure and as a result meant apprentices and their LM' had different interpretations of allotted time for studies, objectives and what it involved.

3/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

I had minimal support from my employer in the sense of help with the apprenticeship but with regards to other development areas, my managers were great

8/10

6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

Minimal. The support was irregular and at one point there was confusion on who our talent coach even was as someone who left the company contact us

2/10

7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

I wouldn't say it affected my role.

4/10

8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

Networking is part of my role but no other social activates

4/10

9a. Would you recommend HSBC to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

Great company to develop numerous skills and has many different routes for career paths

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to HSBC?

To look at development opportunities outside of your immediate circle