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Age: 27
Where and what type of degree did you read for:
University of Johannesburg, Bcomm Economics and Econometrics
Why did you choose the Standard Bank Graduate Program:
What was offered to me and what I could learn was unparalleled. Out of all the major graduate programs I have not heard of any beside the Leadership Development Program that invests as much effort and resources into their graduates.The opportunity for growth into the rest of Africa and the rest of the world is best supported by Standard Bank out of the big four banks in South Africa.
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Age: 24
Qualification: BCom (Hons) Management
Why I chose the Standard Bank program:
I chose Standard Bank for it's international opportunities and it's corporate culture. I also enjoy the freedom to move within the company with relative ease.
How has the program has helped me become a better person:
The program has helped me to work better in teams, improve my patience and understand myself on a deeper level and where I want to be in the future. (FirstStep.me notes: This chap is thinking first...good stuff!)
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Coca-Cola : Because they make soft drinks, have cool ad campaigns and you can probably find their product in places where water is scarce, now that’s cool!
NASA : They send people to the moon (even though that maybe off the cards soon)…but heck there is always Mars to look forward too.
Virgin : A company that caters for everyone’s needs, now have decided to go further and even cater for one's dreams by sending them to the moon, now that’s rad!
Check out Virgin Galactic!
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The President of a country: Who cares what nation you are in charge of but the title alone is super cool. Surely your business card would rock!
Find out more on the following presidents, Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela on their respective websites!
A professional Sportsman: Any sportsman, a racing car driver, an ice hockey player, a basketball player, even a tennis player the list goes on. Its all about having fun and getting paid to play sport!
ESPN has more on the industry!
A samurai warrior…okay just kidding but that would be so sweet! Check out the Last Samurai on IMDb.com
A superhero (okay FirstStep.me we get it…you like superhero’s!): Yeah but saving the world and cheerleaders it’s such a cool job we can’t resist!
Marvel comics has more on being a superhero!
An architect: because we like buildings and we like trends, so creating trendy buildings should be quite adventurous. Wikipedia has more on the career.
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Age: 26
Where on the planet are you currently located: Johannesburg, South Africa
So what exactly is your job and how did you go about achieving that career path: I studied a Bachelor of Social Science at Rhodes University in Grahamstown majoring in Economics and Industrial Psychology. Then moved on to the University of KwaZulu Natal to complete my Bachelor of Commerce Honours (Economics). I only decided in my last year of study that I was interested in money, not just from a consumerist point of view but in its entirety. I wanted to know how it flows through an entire economy. That’s when I applied to various financial institutions and successfully joined Standard Bank’s Investment Banking arm (Standard Corporate and Investment Bank) on their Graduate Program. I then circulated throughout the bank and was involved in projects in various departments to better familiarise myself with the inner workings of the bank, after which I joined the Credit Risk division and became a credit analyst. I worked in the division for a couple of months before an opportunity came to work for a smaller firm where I would have a far more all encompassing role at Sanlam Capital Markets (SCM) where I still am today. So things basically worked out on their own. (FirstStep.me says: well put!)
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