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Employer branding at the network banks
Various initiatives were also put in place at the network
banks to position themselves as more attractive
employers and to ensure the recruitment of talented
employees.
Career Calling, © Ulrike Mikovits
Central Europe (CE)
Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. received the “Top Employer” award in 2017 for the fourth time. The bank engages in
diverse activities in the interests of employer branding, including participation in job fairs and in talent academies
held in cooperation with four different universities. The “School of Finance” is operated by Raiffeisen Polbank in
collaboration with the local employment agency and offers special “banking” courses for the unemployed who
wish to start a career in the branch bank business.
Raiffeisen Bank Zrt. in Hungary has continued its successful internship program, which last year earned it second
place in the “Colibri Internship Award Competition.” The program is promoted to higher education graduates at
job fairs and through our own promotions. There are also collaborations with universities through which individual
financial grant programs are offered to selected students.
Raiffeisenbank a.s. in the Czech Republic has
launched successful cooperation with a number of
student organizations, such as the “Prague Banking
Club,” “Investors Club” and “180 Degrees Consulting.”
Together with the Czech bank association, the bank
supports the program “Bankers in School,” in which
four top managers of the bank teach secondary
students about the importance of cybersecurity,
especially for monetary transactions on the internet.
The trainee program of Raiffeisenbank a.s. in the
Czech Republic that was introduced in 2016 addresses
talented young people at universities and offers them
”Bankers in School“ Training, © Michal Pradka Olomouc
practical work experience within the scope of a one-year program. 2016, in the first year of the program, ten
new trainees were employed, while 2017 saw this expand to a total of 40.