{"id":410423,"date":"2020-06-24T12:06:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T10:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=410423"},"modified":"2020-06-24T12:06:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T10:06:32","slug":"nedbanks-awesome-graduate-programme-is-now-open-heres-what-it-includes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/410423\/nedbanks-awesome-graduate-programme-is-now-open-heres-what-it-includes\/","title":{"rendered":"Nedbank&#8217;s awesome graduate programme is now open \u2013 here\u2019s what it includes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) has opened applications for its graduate programme.<\/p>\n<p>The programme is designed to attract, develop, retain and grow the very best graduates, primarily from previously disadvantaged groups, said senior lead: Talent and Acquisition at Nedbank CIB, Pam Ramauthar.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the bank is looking to build a strong talent pipeline of dynamic young professionals who can deliver scarce skills, contribute to our business strategies, and drive the transformation of business and industry<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To deliver on this commitment the Nedbank CIB Graduate Programme gives graduates the opportunity to kickstart their career at one of South Africa&#8217;s leading financial institutions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They also receive extensive exposure to theoretical and practical training in a diversity of fields \u2013 all while being coached and mentored by industry experts with proven track records in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance and a host of other specialised financial fields,&#8221; said Ramauthar.<\/p>\n<p>Ramauthar said that qualifying graduates are employed as full-time Nedbank staff members, with all the accompanying employee benefits, for the duration of the programme.<\/p>\n<p>Successful candidates will participate in a six-week investment banking foundational programme, presented by an international service provider, before embarking on an 18-month programme that helps them hone their skills in everything from investment banking disciplines and fintech trends to personal leadership and design-thinking methodology.<\/p>\n<p>The top-performing participants will also get to travel to two international destinations, and gain valuable African and global work and industry experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to apply\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nedbank said that they are looking for candidates with the following qualifications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Computer science (data-driven disciplines);<\/li>\n<li>Engineering (core focus on computer, software and information security engineering);<\/li>\n<li>Quantitative analytics;<\/li>\n<li>Financial engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applications open on 24 June and officially close on 31 July 2020. You can find out more about applying <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nedbank.co.za\/content\/nedbank\/desktop\/gt\/en\/careers\/youth-talent\/graduate-development-programme\/corporate-and-investment-banking.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/410309\/african-bank-warns-over-increase-in-defaults-on-loans-amid-covid-19-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">African Bank warns over increase in defaults on loans amid Covid-19 pandemic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) has opened applications for its graduate programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":407569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[961],"tags":[26,1799],"class_list":["post-410423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking","tag-headline","tag-nedbank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410423"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410447,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410423\/revisions\/410447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}