JOBS IN NIGERIA-BANKING

Jobs in Nigeria are now the most wanted in the world and is becoming a dream career. And mostly these countries require expert candidates and so they are recruitig lot of people from foreign countries.This sector is nearing its boom period and this is the perfect time to grab your opportunity. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa and the most populous country in Africa.This is a petroleum based economy and is a member of OPEC.Accountants and graduates have a great demand here and there many banks recruiting people for its operations and marketing departments.More and more multinationsal companies have started their business in these countries and this has resulted in migration of job seekers to Nigeria looking out for newer vacancies.

ON GOING RECRUITMENT AT FIRSTBANKNIGERIA

First Bank Nigeria has over 350 branch locations and was incorporated as a limited liability company on March 31, 1894, with Head Office in Liverpool by Sir Alfred Jones, a shipping magnate.There are lot of opportunities available for building a bright career and is largely performance driven and to some extent dependent on qualifications. There are lot of openings available for freshers who are indulged in job search although at present the positions are open for experienced candidates. More details are available here

http://www.firstbanknigeria.com/car/car_vac.asp

An employee can develop a career along two broad career path options in the bank Strategic Business Units and Strategic Resource Functions based on demonstrated skills and competencies. Strategic Business units consist of core banking functions such as Marketing Relationship Management,Credit Risk Management,Treasury and Funds Management, Branch Banking Operations, Credit Recovery whereas Strategic Resource functions consist of support functions such as Legal Services,Information Technology, Human Capital Management.

CAREERS AT STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,NIGERIA

The head quarters of SCB is in Uited Kingdom.Standard Chartered Bank in Nigeria is an equal opportunity employer staffing nearly 500 people and is the leading international bank in Nigeria.It has only locations at Asia Pacific,South Asia,Middle East,Africa, United Kingdom and Americas.And the employees get the prestigious offers to work in these locations also.It has an important role in both Consumer and Wholesale Banking customers.Consumer Banking provides debit cards, personal loans, mortgages, deposit taking and wealth management services to individuals and small to medium sized enterprises. Wholesale Banking provides corporate and institutional clients with services in trade finance,cash management,lending,custody,foreign exchange,debt capital markets and corporate finance.There are lot of benefits and the human resource provides better training to the employees to make it the best place to work on the whole earth.It specialises in consumer banking where priority is given in the introducton of newer products and services to customers and wholesale banking concentrates in shaping the markets to help the clients grow and expans their business.More details available at

http://careers.standardchartered.com/

More and more banking career notifications will be announced by the company in 2008 with the beginning of new recruitment cycles.Standard Chartered MBA Programme is a programme for tuning up MBA holders and provising opportunities in wholesale Banking, Consumer Banking, Risk, Corporate Affairs, Legal and Compliance,Corporate Real Estate Services and Human Resources. Locations include New York, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, China, India, Indonesia and Dubai.

Careers at UNION BANK OF NIGERIA

Union Bank of Nigeria Plc was established in 1917 as a Colonial Bank with its first branch in Lagos. Now this is one of the most capitalised banks in Nigeria.It has the largest shareholders funds of N100.500billion and operates through 379 branches that are well spread across Nigeria.The Bank provides in-house training and manpower development for its employees who are equally encouraged to improve on their individual technical skills, professional or academic standard.

http://www.unionbankng.com/career.htm#up

The Bank is committed to keeping employees fully informed as much as possible regarding their performance and progress and seeking their views wherever practicable on matters, which particularly affect them as employees.It is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal job vacancies to disabled persons also.It gives the best rewards and promotions to all employees based on their merit and overall performance.

OCEANIC BANK

Oceanic Bank was incorporated on March 26, 1990 as a private limited liability company with 100% equity ownership by Nigerian citizens, and licensed on April 10, 1990 to carry on commercial banking.It provides excellent personnel satisfaction packages to the best people in the industry. There are lot of vacancies arising time to time in this banking sector which deals in Retail,Corporate Banking and Public sector services and Treasuary and financial institution services.

http://www.oceanicbanknigeria.com/careers

Its HR unit continuously update themselves about developments in the industry and ensure that the bank is able to render top class service to its staff through their constant study and recommendations. There are lot of training sessions for improving the skills of every employee through Induction programmes which is an 8 week training session and formal learning interventions which involves giving detailed learning on current and future job responsibilities and the last but not the least “Performance Management” for encouraging and countinous improvement of performance every month and appraisals are done every year.So this is an interesting place to work and weave your dream job.