Join Banking Courses Offered by ICICI, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra for Guarantee Banking Career
Banking is one of the fastest developing sector in India. Demand for human resources is also increasing in this sector. Institute of banking personal selections conducts national level recruitment written test for filling clerical, PO and specialist officers jobs in government sectors. SBI and associate banks follow their own selection procedure.
Pune: Private Banks are following their own procedure to select candidates for the needs. These banks are designing special courses in partnership with various educational institutions. The banks are offering jobs to the candidates who complete these courses as management trainees and probationary officers.
ICICI, Axis bank, Kotak Mahindra bank, Federal bank and other private banks are offering post graduate diploma courses in banking management. Candidates who completed their graduation are eligible to join these courses. An entrance test is conducted to get admission into these courses. The entrance test question paper will contain questions from English communication skills, logical reasoning, quantitative aptitude, general knowledge and reasoning ability.
Though the names of banking courses offered by various private banks are different, the aim of the course is same. By the time the candidate completes the course and joins duties he will have complete awareness of banking transaction and activities. ICICI is offering Post graduate diploma in Banking in association with Manipal University. Those who complete this course are inducted as probationary officers in ICICI. Axis bank is offering PG diploma in banking course with the name ‘Young bankers program’. HSBC is offering two year graduate analyst programs and the qualification to join this course is graduation.
The banking career guarantee courses offered by private banks are usually of one year duration. Financial management, accounting, relationship management, risk analysis, banking services are taught in the course. Class room teaching will be for nine months and the candidates later have to do three months internship in the related bank. The banks are also offering stipend to the students who join these courses during class room teaching and also internship. Axis Bank is offering Rs. 5000 as stipend in class room teaching and Rs. 9,000 during internship.
The banks which are offering courses are also offering loan facility to pay the specified fee for the course and for other academic expenses. Candidates can repay the loan amount after they join the duties in EMI. Repayment holiday for three to six months after completion of course is also available. The candidates who join these courses have to write a service agreement that they will work in the bank for specified period. Thus candidates must find all these details before applying to the course.
