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Getting Ready to Join the Workforce

Location: United States
Experience Type: Research Opportunities
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Build Your Professional Development Skills at Standard Bank!

Welcome to the Getting Ready to Join the Workforce Job Simulation! We are so excited to have you here!

Here at Standard Bank, we’re passionate about driving sustainable, inclusive growth across Africa, the kind of growth that will make a positive and lasting impact on all our lives. And we put Africa’s dreams, our clients’ dreams, and our people’s dreams at the heart of everything we do. 

During this programme, you will get to leverage your job search and the multitude of possibilities within the world of banking. You’ll learn how to build personal branding, locate resources to assist your search, and prepare for interviews.

We hope this programme provides a great resource to up-skill and strengthen your resume as you explore career options and a potential career at Standard Bank!

All tasks, materials, companies, and people featured in this programme are simulated and entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real persons (either living or dead) or other real-life entities is purely coincidental.

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 4-5 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • Personal Effectiveness Skills
    Reflect on and improve your self-awareness.

    • Self-Reflection
    • Emotional Intelligence
    • Research
    • Presentation Skills
  • Business Communication and Writing Skills
    Learn the proper etiquette for writing a professional email.

    • Prioritisation
    • Business Writing
    • Conflict Resolution
    • Time Management
    • Management
    • Etiquette
    • Leadership
  • Team Cohesion
    Understand how to organise a team effectively.

    • Planning
    • Leadership
    • Organisation
    • Teamwork
  • Dealing with Conflict
    Consider your meditation skills to resolve internal conflict in the team.

    • Mediation
    • Conflict Management
  • Customer Service
    Deal with an angry customer and fix an urgent issue.

    • Customer Service
    • Communication
    • Problem Solving
    • Teamwork
  • Finish Line

Experience Information

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Contact & Location

Phone
706-565-1191
Email
careercenter@columbusstate.edu
Address

Schuster Student Success Center, 2nd floor
4225 University Avenue
Columbus, GA 31907

Career Service Hours

M Monday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
T Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
W Wednesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH Thursday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
F Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Meet the Team

Patrick Keebler Meet Patrick
Laurie Aiken Meet Laurie
Theresa Donahoe Meet Theresa
Reggie Gooden Meet Reggie
Randy McCoin Meet Randy
Ash Passafume Meet Ash
Kate Vogel Meet Kate
Jacob Moore Meet Jacob
Chelsie Calixte Meet Chelsie
William Brown Meet William
Daphne Bryant Meet Daphne
Jayde Colson Meet Jayde
Ally Williams Meet Ally
Julia Ildefonso Meet Julia
Bryan Lucas Meet Bryan
Phone
706-565-1191
Email
careercenter@columbusstate.edu
Address

Schuster Student Success Center, 2nd floor
4225 University Avenue
Columbus, GA 31907

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