HSBC Brunei Recruitment Drive In UK
By Huraizah Ahmad

Bandar Seri Begawan - HSBC in Brunei has always been very active in its drive to promote job opportunities and exciting challenges for local talent, and recognises the great need to provide a rewarding career for young graduates.

In 2006, various recruitment drives were organised locally with educational institutions in the form of career presentations, visits to the bank and private dialogues with students.

One of the highlights this year was a recruitment visit to Bruneian students in the United Kingdom. It was the second overseas visit of its kind. HSBC Brunei made a similar successful trip to Queensland, Australia in 2004, when Brunei students were invited to career presentations by HSBC's Manager of Human Resources and Training at three major universities in Queensland.

In March this year, following a successful recruitment career presentation to students of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies, UBD, two HR executives from HSBC flew to the UK to conduct similar presentations to Brunei students there. Manager of HRD, Dk Fatimah PHM Jadid, and Assistant Manager of HR, Mr Teo Seh Chien, traveled all over England to meet and talk with them.

As part of a continuing commitment to offer challenging and rewarding career opportunities to graduates, the presentations was aimed at increasing the students' knowledge of operations in the banking sector and raising awareness of HSBC as "The Employer of Choice", which offers competitive employee benefits including comprehensive training, career development and the opportunity to develop to their full potential in this exciting industry.

One stop in the tour was a visit to Brunei students at Manchester University. Dk Fatimah and Seh Chien gave them a career talk and were able to provide first hand insight into recruitment, selection and development opportunities within the bank. The students had time to talk and seek advice on recruitment matters and careers directly with the two HSBC executives.

The itinerary also included career presentations and individual consultations for students from around London, over a three-day period. The presentations were very well received by student attendees and many have expressed their gratitude to the pair for the visit and for informing them of the opportunities in HSBC.

The highlight of the tour was the BruNotts Easter Games in Nottingham. Over 700 Brunei students from various parts of UK and Ireland attended the one-day event at the University of Nottingham. Students from London, Sheffield, Cardiff, Scotland, Glasgow, Belfast, Manchester, Leeds, Southampton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Leicester and Nottingham were also present.

The HSBC pair was able to spend time with many of the Bruneian students who visited the HSBC booth, where they answered their many questions about careers with HSBC-in Brunei.

The response from the students was overwhelming and many expressed a keen interest on career opportunities with a reputable, global organisation such as HSBC. Shortly after the games, Sheikh Mohamad Radzi bin Sheikh Adnan, Chairman for the Sponsorship Committee of the BruNotts Easter Games 2006, presented a token of appreciation to Mr Guy Priestley, CEO of HSBC Brunei, for HSBC's sponsorship.

In his congratulatory note, Mr Guy Priestley stressed on HSBC's strong continuing commitment in the community as part of its corporate responsibility and will continue to look for ways to provide support to educate and nurture locals towards challenging career opportunities.-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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