Here’s Why a Banking Career Means an Awesome Life

Banking is a lucrative career choice.

Every time you hear the word banking you think of some poor bloke behind a desk punching in digits, keeping score of other people’s money right? That couldn’t be further from the truth. Banking has fast become one of most lucrative career choices. Why? Because it lets you have a quality life. No kidding. Bankers have the gold standard on leading the best lives.

‘Grow Everyday’ in a job that values you Photo: iStock
‘Grow Everyday’ in a job that values you Photo: iStock

And while we’re on the subject of life goals, it pays to think your choices through. What better way to start a career than in a Fortune 500 company, that’s every bit a multi-national in its outlook but is 100% homegrown. Banks are more than just numbers but while we’re doing some crunching, how about a 200-year-old brand that is by default the benchmark for the Indian economy, with an asset base of over Rs 20,00,000 crore with over more than 17,000 branches all over India? Now that’s a place to start one’s career!

Shaping young minds (Photo: iStockphoto)
Shaping young minds (Photo: iStockphoto)

Ever thought you could earn any where between Rs 7.55-12.93 lakh? As a Probationary Officer with the State Bank of India, you totally can. And plenty of opportunity to ‘Grow Everyday’ with opportunities in various areas of banking like Personal Banking, Treasury, Mid Corporate, Corporate Accounts Group, SME, Rural businesses across India.

SBI makes your dreams come true. (Photo: SBI)
SBI makes your dreams come true. (Photo: SBI)

Boredom? What’s that? Admit it no matter how exciting you thought your career would be it does have its tough times. But some jobs are superior to others. Chances are your ideal job is a combination of interacting with new people, change in geography and getting to work with challenging new products. Banking is where it’s at. How do 190 foreign offices in 36 countries sound to you? That’s right you read it correctly. That’s exactly what working in SBI offers its employees. Imagine living in a foreign country from anywhere between two to five years! And guess what the family gets to tag along.

Keeping your money close to you. (Photo: iStockphoto)
Keeping your money close to you. (Photo: iStockphoto)

In this start-up crazed world, it’s good to know some stalwarts believe in cutting edge innovations and collaborations. SBI has revolutionized banking in India through tie-ups with Snapdeal and Flipkart to get your instant loans. SBI buddy gets your life in order by shopping, booking and transacting on the go. With sbiINTOUCH state of the art technology matches steps with a younger digitised India.

Taking banking into the digital sphere (Photo: SBI)
Taking banking into the digital sphere (Photo: SBI)

What’s the one thing that most jobs don’t have? Security is the word you’re looking for. And benefits. Most companies promise you the moon when you’re signing on the dotted line but when it comes to incentives and benefits that bag of peanuts ain’t looking so good now is it? Housing, medical and travel allowance and awesome leave policies in one job? That’s what you get when you work for SBI. Where else can you get a two-year sabbatical of up to two years for women employees and also single men so that they can take care of their loved ones?

Work-life balance is a reality (Photo: iStockphoto)
Work-life balance is a reality (Photo: iStockphoto)

Growing up we all dream of going to that Ivy League college but then real life happens and we get busy trying to earn a living and just, well, existing. What if there was a job that would let you up your career and even pay for it? What if you got the chance to be trained in the likes of Harvard and IIM? At SBI that’s a reality. To train for top management roles, employees are nominated to attend training programs at such Ivy League institutions in addition to its own state-of-art Apex Academy & Colleges.

Train and test your mind internationally Photo: iStock
Train and test your mind internationally Photo: iStock

Your chance to work at one of the best workplaces is here. State Bank of India is currently hiring for the position of Probationary Officers.  To know more about the role click here.

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