Summer School
Category
Management and Human Resources
Level
Introduction
Format
Presential
Duration
10 days
Language
French
Location
ISFB Geneva premises
Director
ISFB
Manager
Oscar Marano
Type
Collective support
Description
Prices & Admission
Content
Context
The Swiss banking sector, particularly in French-speaking Switzerland, is a key player in the economy and a natural outlet for many university graduates. Many of them struggle to find their first job due to a lack of practical experience and knowledge of banking-specific professions. This Summer School has been designed as a bridge between the academic and professional worlds. It aims to boost the employability of young graduates by providing them with knowledge applied to the field through the intermediary of practitioners active in banking and finance, real-life situations, and a better understanding of the internal workings of financial establishments.
Key objectives
- Understand the organization of the Swiss banking sector and the diversity of its professions.
- Acquire practical knowledge that can be used directly in the workplace.
- Participate in a supervised Hackathon within a formal educational framework.
- Obtain a certificate recognized by partner banks, which can be used on the job market.
- Prepare for HR interviews with simulations, real interviews and professional coaching.
- Acquire practical knowledge that can be used directly in the workplace.
- Participate in a supervised Hackathon within a formal educational framework.
- Obtain a certificate recognized by partner banks, which can be used on the job market.
- Prepare for HR interviews with simulations, real interviews and professional coaching.
Target audience
- Students at the end of their bachelor's or master's degree who wish to enter the banking sector
- Young graduates looking for a first rewarding experience.
- Academics changing careers or looking for additional professional skills.
- Young graduates looking for a first rewarding experience.
- Academics changing careers or looking for additional professional skills.
Stakeholders
Experts working for ISFB member banks and
banking HR specialists.
banking HR specialists.
Price
- Public : CHF 1'950.-
Admission requirements
Acceptance by application. Participants must hold a bachelor's, master's or doctorate degree, or be in the process of obtaining one.
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Introduction to the world of banking and finance
Contents : - Structure of the Swiss banking sector, key players and professions
- Role of finance in the economy: types of banks and main functions
- Role of finance in the economy: types of banks and main functions
Format: In-person
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Private Banking & Wealth Management (PB/WM)
Contents: - Main products and services: accounts, savings, loans and personal protection
- The role of the customer advisor in supporting individual customers
- Case studies: account opening interview and identification of needs
- Introduction to KYC obligations: customer identification and the fight against money laundering
- The role of the customer advisor in supporting individual customers
- Case studies: account opening interview and identification of needs
- Introduction to KYC obligations: customer identification and the fight against money laundering
Format: In-person
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Retail Banking
Contents: - Principles of dealing with high-net-worth customers
- Wealth management tools, management mandates and asset allocation
- Workshop: advising a fictitious customer according to his risk profile
- Integrating sustainable finance: taking ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) criteria into account in savings and credit products, raising customer awareness of responsible investments
- Wealth management tools, management mandates and asset allocation
- Workshop: advising a fictitious customer according to his risk profile
- Integrating sustainable finance: taking ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) criteria into account in savings and credit products, raising customer awareness of responsible investments
Format: In-person
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Investment products and financial markets
Contents: - How markets work, basic financial products
- Concepts of risk, diversification and performance
- Workshop: building and monitoring a simplified portfolio
- Concepts of risk, diversification and performance
- Workshop: building and monitoring a simplified portfolio
Format: In-person
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Real estate financing and mortgages
Contents : - Types of real estate loans and stages of financing
- Notions of foresight in relation to real estate acquisition
- File study: feasibility analysis and credit decision
- Notions of foresight in relation to real estate acquisition
- File study: feasibility analysis and credit decision
Format: In-person
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Coporate Banking
Contents : - Understanding the needs of SMEs and large companies
- Reading and interpreting balance sheets to grant credit
- Case study: How to finance an SME? Identifying needs and choosing the right credit solutions
- Reading and interpreting balance sheets to grant credit
- Case study: How to finance an SME? Identifying needs and choosing the right credit solutions
Format: In-person
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Sustainable finance
Contents : - Sources of sustainable finance (players, initiatives, etc.)
- ESG criteria
- Impact measurement
- Sustainable investment strategies
- Sustainable investment vehicles
- ESG criteria
- Impact measurement
- Sustainable investment strategies
- Sustainable investment vehicles
Format: In-person
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Hackathon: innovation and real-life case-solving
Content: - Team work on a real problem proposed by a partner bank
Format: In-person
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Developments in the financial world
Contents: - Fintech, crypto, blockchain, artificial intelligence
- Workshop: building a watch on a trend of your choice
- Workshop: building a watch on a trend of your choice
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Job market trends
Contents : - Analysis of the impact on banking professions
Format: In-person
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Insight profile
Contents : - Identifying your behavioral profile
- Getting to know yourself better to better position yourself in an interview
- Group coaching on your strengths and areas for improvement
- Getting to know yourself better to better position yourself in an interview
- Group coaching on your strengths and areas for improvement
Format: In-person
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Network development
Contents : - Building, activating and maintaining your network
Format: In-person
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Career orientation workshop
Contents: - Identifying your professional project in the banking sector
- Creating an effective CV and writing a targeted cover letter
- Personal pitch for use in interviews and networking sessions
- Creating an effective CV and writing a targeted cover letter
- Personal pitch for use in interviews and networking sessions
Format: In-person
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Action plan development and photo workshop
Contents : - Drawing up a post-certificate professional action plan
- Exchange with an ISFB coach
- Photo session with professional photographer
- Exchange with an ISFB coach
- Photo session with professional photographer
Format: In-person
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Role-playing and preparation for HR interviews
Contents : - Coaching to refine your personal storytelling
- Speed recruiting simulation with HR representatives from the banking sector
- Exercise in answering difficult and unsettling questions
- Speed recruiting simulation with HR representatives from the banking sector
- Exercise in answering difficult and unsettling questions
Format: In-person
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Interviews with HR
Contents : - Real-life meetings with recruiters from partner banks (BCGE, BCV, Raiffeisen, Swissquote)
- One-to-one interviews in real-life conditions, as in a real recruitment process
- Direct, personalized feedback on your profile, your pitch and your hiring potential
- One-to-one interviews in real-life conditions, as in a real recruitment process
- Direct, personalized feedback on your profile, your pitch and your hiring potential
Format: In-person
Information
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Category
Management and Human Resources
Level
Introduction
Format
Presential
Duration
10 days
Language
French
Location
ISFB Geneva premises
Director
ISFB
Manager
Oscar Marano
Type
Collective support
Information
A question about this service? Our manager is at your disposal
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