Our graduate opportunities are open to final year students, recent graduates and post-graduates. They provide the skills and experience to help you succeed and progress your career.
Our Graduate Programmes typically run in mainland China, Hong Kong, India*, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Singapore, Taiwan, the UAE, the UK and USA.
If a programme is not listed, it may already be full as we offer qualified people on our internships places on the graduate programmes near the end of their programme.
*We recruit for our programmes in India via on-campus events. Please check your campus event news for upcoming dates of our visits.
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What graduates can expect of the programme
Here are some of the learning, support and development opportunities you can expect on one of our graduate programmes:
Networking and support
- Global Graduate Induction: An inspiring event that helps graduates connect their strengths and personal skills with our purpose and values, and enables them to be successful in their future roles with HSBC
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG): Open to all employees, these networks are voluntary employee-led groups that act as a resource for members and for the organisation as a whole
- Opportunities to lead or take part in relevant networks like GradHub, Grad Climate Action Network (Grad CAN), Development Champions or focus groups with senior leaders at HSBC
- Buddy: A colleague who will support and guide you throughout the programme
Learning, training and development
- Digital and Data literacy: A series of interactive workshops on key digital and data topics relevant for all business areas
- Delegations: Opportunities to represent HSBC at prestigious summits and events such as the One Young World Summit
- Technical and business-aligned training: Delivered at the start of your programme to develop skills and knowledge for a successful transition into your role
- Emerging Talent Hackathons: Cross-business initiatives focused on innovation or sustainability where teams of graduates work towards finding innovative solutions to existing challenges and present their ideas to senior leaders
- HSBC University: Access to thousands of live courses and digital learning resources through a modern learning experience platform
- Professional qualifications: Opportunity to obtain relevant professional qualifications
- Continued professional development: Bi-monthly 90-minute sessions to build upon the technical training
- Talent Marketplace: A platform that matches individuals to part-time projects and job networking opportunities based on their skills, experience and ambitions
- Mentor: A senior manager who will support your career development and facilitate networking
Wellbeing and flexible working
- Headspace App: A suite of exercises to support wellbeing and mindfulness
- Degreed: Learning resources related to financial and mental wellbeing
- Hybrid working: We believe it’s not just where you work, but how and when you do so that you’re enabled to be at your best and deliver exceptional outcomes for our customers. Our culture promotes flexibility, collaboration, learning and wellbeing in both physical and virtual workplaces
- Employee Assistance Programme: A service that provides free, indpendent and professional counselling on a wide range of issues
Sustainability
- CSR opportunities: Participation in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives such as our Emerging Talent Sustainability Hackathon that help graduates to align with our strategic sustainability goals, improve collaboration amongst different business areas, and develop new skills and enhance their leadership qualities
- Grad CAN (Climate Action Network): Connects graduates around the world who are passionate about influencing HSBC’s sustainability agenda
