Massive recruitment announcements
The 2018 banking overview recorded many bright spots when numerous banks announced impressive profits, far exceeding the set target. In particular, many banks have reached 10 billion dong in pre-tax profit such as Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) and Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank). In addition, many banks are granted permission to expand their networks and add transaction offices in provinces and cities nationwide..
With prosperous business and optimistic growth prospect in 2019, human resource development continues to be one of the key strategies of banks. Only the first two months of the first quarter of 2019, many banks have massively announced recruitment with a few hundred to thousands of personnel for positions from staff to managers.
Specifically, Saigon Thuong Tin Joint Stock Commercial Bank (Sacombank) announced 800 openings in transaction offices and branches throughout the country. Most opening positions are individual customer specialist, corporate customer specialist, consulting specialist, and teller. Asia Joint Stock Commercial Bank (ACB) also announced to recruit one thousand employees in many different positions. Meanwhile, Vietnam International Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VIB) has a recruitment campaign with attractive remuneration; the highest salary it offers is nearly 100 million dong per month. Recently, the bank announced plans to find candidates for more than 250 positions in Hanoi, HCM City and nearly 30 provinces and cities.
Approved by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to open 35 new business units from the end of 2018 to the middle of 2019, Nam A Bank has recently recruited two thousand employees nationwide in timely response to its strong development. Most of the recruited positions include individual/corporate customer relationship specialist, direct sales specialist, credit card sales specialist, consulting specialist, and digital banking business development specialist.
Back to the golden age?
The fact that banks recruit a great number of employees in the beginning of the year opens career opportunities for those who love finance and banking industry to work in a professional environment. However, income is still a top concern of many people wondering whether bankers are returning to their heyday.
Le Huynh Hoa, director of Human Resources of Nam A Joint Stock Commercial Bank (Nam A Bank), said that in this bank, in addition to the basic salary, business staff were able to participate in many attractive policies to increase productivity and income. For many employees, the income is usually up to hundreds of millions.
‘In Nam A Bank, employees like me are often encouraged and mentored by the Board of directors to do best in our jobs. My goal in 2019 is to continue to achieve good business results to win an overseas travel,’ said Nguyen Minh Chau, customer relations officer at Nam A Bank Hoa Binh branch.
According to Hoa, in 2019, human resource is the core element in Nam A Bank’s development strategy in order to meet the need to expand its network and develop its business. In addition to promoting professional development and effective management of each staff, Nam A Bank also focuses on rewarding and recognising individuals and units with outstanding achievements, motivating employees to contribute to the overall development of the bank.
With the goal of developing quality and sustainable human resources for its growth strategy, ACB launched the ‘Career Partner’ Programme nationwide with one thousand employees. The post-recruitment training programme is designed by ACB to make it easy for candidates to access specialised banking knowledge and to combine it with their own capabilities to build a successful career at the bank.
