The Standard Bank Young Talent Team is celebrating their recent successes at The SAGEA Employer Awards 2015. Being voted the employer of choice in the Commercial & Retail Banking sector and second runner up in the Investment Banking sector is a true testament to the commitment that the Standard Bank puts into sourcing and developing South Africa’s top graduates. A complete list of accolades include:
· Voted number 1 in the Retail and Commercial Banking Employer of Choice category
· Voted number 3 in the Investment Banking Employer of Choice category
· Voted number 7 in the Most Aspirational Employer category
· Voted in the top 10 for the Best Recruitment Process
· Marshal Somaroo (IT Graduate Manager) was voted in the top 10 of the Most Postive Impression category
The SAGEA Employer Awards 2015 have been developed as part of The SAGEA Candidate Insights Survey 2015. The survey was carried out on behalf of The South African Graduate Employers Association (SAGEA) by the specialist student and graduate research company, High Fliers Research Ltd.
Launched in 2010, the survey is conducted on an annual basis to help SAGEA members to review the success of their graduate campaigns and help plan their future recruitment programmes. Research took place from March to April 2015, using an online questionnaire and during this time 2,169 candidates responded.
The awards are decided entirely by successful job hunters, who have received confirmed job offers from graduate employers. Each candidate was asked to name the organisation whom they felt had the best graduate programme in specific sectors or industry groups with which they were familiar. Participants did not choose from lists of organisations – their responses were entirely unprompted – and this formed the basis of The Graduate Employers of Choice 2015.
The Young Talent Team is currently searching for the 2016 intake. Applications closed on 30 June and now applicants will be going through a series of interviews and assessments over the next few months before the final offers are made.
We look forward to welcoming the future of the bank in February 2016 and will be striving for the honourable “Employer of Choice” title once again.
