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Investment bank

QA has had a preferred supplier agreement with this leading investment bank for over 10 years.

How QA developed and delivered a co-ordinated and cost-effective graduate programme.

The challenge

As part of its recruitment the bank has several hundred new graduate trainees joining each year. The graduates are recruited for roles in operations, finance and business management or technology, either within investment banking or treasury & security services or asset management.

Until 2007, the bank worked with several learning suppliers to deliver a three week induction programme for all graduates. This provided some challenges - with the programme at risk of fragmentation and some duplication of content by different providers. Co-ordination of the entire programme could also be extremely time-consuming.

To better address the needs of the business, the client drew upon its longstanding partnership with to create a new QA solution.

The solution

Working in partnership with the investment bank QA developed a programme which provided:

Project management for the entire programme, and selected, after consultation with the client, a high quality partner for finance sector specific content
Design and delivery 70% of the programme with its own consultants, with involvement from key guest speakers from the bank
Integration of all modules to create a seamless programme
Inclusion of alternative ways of learning, including simulations
A cost-effective approach that met the business needs of the client

The new programme was initially piloted for 120 graduates in September 2008 and has since been delivered since by QA to hundreds more graduates.

Benefits

Key skills deployed as part of the programme include:

Understanding of financial markets, the life cycle of a trade and financial instruments
Moving from a 'campus' to a corporate environment and all the key inter-personal and team skills required to be successful in a that environment
How to work in a global environment and the importance of cultural awareness

The two-week programme concluded with a presentation to senior management, successfully demonstrating what the graduates had learnt during the course. The graduates also received recognition for completing the programme, with an internal award presentation from their managers.

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