Barclays bank on local talent with scheme for polys

09 Jun 2014

The Straits Times, 7 June 2014 - British bank Barclays has for the first time opened its doors to fresh polytechnic graduates, under a new apprenticeship scheme. Open only to Singaporeans, the poly scheme took in its first batch of 11 apprentices from SP, TP and NYP. The students come from a variety of diploma courses such as business and engineering. A NYP Business Management graduate opined on her decision to join the apprenticeship. The bank’s head of learning, leadership and talent for Asia-Pacific also opined on how poly graduates have the potential to succeed and how the bank is exploring to tap on this segment.