[Poshtotty]

Do banks normally employ 17 year olds for part time work?

As I want to take a maths degree and go into a finance sector, I figured I could do with some experience in the field. And since I want part time work, I may apply to some banks.

[Emily9542]

yes

[Prokaryotic_crap]

Originally Posted by Emily9542

yes

explain more please

[Belle-x]

I used to work part time for HBOS. I started the week after I turned 17 so, yes.

[ColonelStrong]

A part-time job in a bank is quite hard to get with no experience. It takes quite a bit of training at first to work there.

They will be reluctant employ you to say the least given the state of the banks at the moment.

Also, bear in mind if you are unsucessful you have to wait 6 months to try again for most banks. It's always worth a shot but I'd look else where.

Sorry If I destroyed your dream.

[Poshtotty]

Is there anything I can write on my cover letter to increase my chances?

[ColonelStrong]

Future intentions in financial sector (like you said) will look good.

Don't just say it's for experience/money. They don't need to know that or they won't take you. Keep that to yourself if you weren't planning to already.

[Emily9542]

Originally Posted by Prokaryotic_crap

explain more please

A mate of mine got a saturday job at the cash desk in loyds but she had to be taking A level maths which she was

[Prokaryotic_crap]

Originally Posted by Emily9542

A mate of mine got a saturday job at the cash desk in loyds but she had to be taking A level maths which she was

well im taking a maths degree - first year

how did she apply for it?

when i graduate i was thinking about joining the barclays graduate scheme, but if i can get experience now working part time on something bankish/similar i think that would be beneficial

[happydinosaur]

It's a long shot in this current job market but you could try agencies who supply temp staff to banks for summer work. A couple of friends have done summer's with HBOS working in the office doing general admin work and my brother worked there for a bit too.

[Poshtotty]

I assume it is better to apply to banks where I don't have a bank account? I don't really want the other staff to know me personally if they have access to all my bank details including balances.

[watermelon sugar]

what about summer jobs or temporary work? that might be a bit easier to get. i did temp work for the inland revenue(valuation office/council tax) over the summer. one of the other guys temping there had been rejected from one graduate scheme in surveying, but after a few months there he went to a temporary manager position and ended up getting on to a graduate scheme

[LuhLah]

I did my work experience in the bank, and they offered me a job for when I turned 16 (which I am now), but I didn't want to go back, it was so incredibly laborious...

[RaJz92]

Well, first of all you may consider taking a work experience at your chosen bank (don't forget to ask the manager and write cover letter for work experience), so keep working hard and sell yourself to impress the manager and talk with him/her about that you want to work longer (possibly I'm not sure) and one day, you may be offered for a part-time job to work with them (as long you got the experience, not just academic skills but experienced with people [interpersonal] skill as well).

At the moment, my school ask me to find the place to work for work experience, so I found HSBC bank, close to school for work experience. As the manager is so busy, so the employee asks for CV and covering letter for work experience. Next two days later, I got an e-mail from him that I got an interview with him on Monday 20th April, so wish me luck . All the information above, come from my career plan and advices from my brother who is going be BOFE analyst. However, most bank work experience roles is mainly based on servicing with the customers which is good actually. It seem pretty rare to do work experience at the bank because most of my school's sixth formers work retailing, designated enterprise project, mentoring etc. I hope you find my information quite useful (or not..)

Anyway, I need some help to ... does anyone know what the interview was like at the bank and what sort of questions will they ask? Thank you,