subject: Are Banking Jobs Worth It [print this page] A career in banking offers rich career opportunities to graduates of all streams, be it science, humanities, commerce, engineering or management. It is interesting to note that the banks are offering more than 5 lac jobs annually, however many underestimate the importance of preparing for bank exams and interviews.
I would say that most bank jobs require a good analytic and numeric aptitude; counseling could help a lot to be one to get a bank job out of every 50 applicants. I would say that banks offer excellent opportunities to grow not only fast in your career, but also to make one understand about the world financial market at a very early stage in life.
Aspiring for a job in banks that offer excellent career prospects requires not just skills in reasoning, English language, quantitative aptitude or numeric reasoning, current affairs, general awareness, and computer knowledge, but also reasonably good skills in communication, banking, sales, money and marketing. I would say that you being interested in shares, mutual funds, insurance and personal loans would increase your chances to progress in your banking career.
A consideration to go in for banking programs that are conducted by various private and government organizations would be good to make one equipped with banking tools, concepts and techniques. It is true that getting a coveted position in a bank requires counseling at the preparation stage.
Counseling helps to make one aware of all the mental and emotional preparation and also about whether a banking career is right for you. Counseling would also help find out the most suitable jobs as well as if they are suited for a banking career. It is true that square pegs never fit into round holes; candidates can definitely be mentally prepared for other jobs that are connected to their aptitude and skills.
It has been observed that career prospects in banks extend when one understands the challenges of the market and this surely provides great growing opportunities to work on challenging opportunities in the country and abroad. Again career prospects of banking jobs extend to those that have good communication skills; it has been seen that in recent days big companies like American Express, Standard Chartered Bank, Max New York, ICICI, HDFC and HSBC are conducting campus interviews for jobs in their BPOs and KPOs.
Taking advantage of the bright career prospects in bank jobs in India requires displaying your mathematic, financial and accounting skills, being formally dressed for the interview, talking smartly and boldly and assuring the interviewer that you would be the best person for the job on selection.
