Professional skills have taken more of a center stage in new hire training. This is because graduates often find the transition from campus to workplace challenging.
Integrating professional skills into technical training allows for the immediate application of presentation and management abilities. and participants benefit from feedback directly related to their everyday work.
One global investment bank asked us to design a professional development curriculum that could be fully integrated into the technical skills program. Their aim was to get new hires up to speed as quickly as possible to help them easily transition into the business.
We designed a program that covered the following professional development topics:
The syllabus was delivered over a few months and included individual participant feedback with coaching. Rather than using generic case examples, participants worked on client-oriented transaction presentations. This helped them to put team management skills into practice. Presentations were rehearsed, critiqued, and finally presented to senior colleagues and external consultants.
Practical exercises incorporating desk specific content made all sessions immediately applicable to the participant’s career path. In addition, teams were able to learn from each other through group recordings. The presentations also helped our clients identify further development needs.
