KUWAIT: Within its consistent endeavors to nurture young national cadres, and to attract high-caliber Kuwaiti talent to the banking sector, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) participated in the Career Day organized by the Public Authority of Manpower (PAM) at its headquarters, where it offered promising career opportunities for fresh graduates from various majors. Over a long time, NBK has been consolidating its position as one of the most socially responsible financial institutions. In this context, it continues to sponsor job fairs that aim to pave the way for young national fresh graduates to navigate their way into the labor market and build their career.

NBK regards fresh graduates as a key source to attract talent that help implement its change and transformation agenda with their high potential that need support and guidance. On the other hand, the bank provides a unique training and development environment to upskill those young talents and enable them to build a sustainable professional career. Budor AlShamass, Talent Acquisition Manager at Group Human Resources at National Bank of Kuwait, said: “Our participation in the Career Day reflects our continuous endeavors to nurture the Kuwaiti youth and to attract high-caliber national talent, and to provide them with suitable job opportunities in the pivotal banking and financial sector.”

“NBK stands out as a highly attractive employer offering equal opportunities. Our recruitment strategy is based on attracting, training and developing young national cadres through the best-in-class programs to help them build a successful career. This makes NBK widely regarded as the private sector employer of choice by Kuwaiti fresh graduates,” she added.

“We aim to boost Kuwaitization by increasing acquisition of national talent and providing them with professional training programs as per the highest international standards to help develop their skills and expertise to build a promising, sustainable career, which aligns with the objectives of New Kuwait Vision 2035,” she continued. “NBK not only provides job opportunities in one of the leading financial institutions locally and regionally, but also a promising career path and prospects. This is done thanks to its world-class professional training resources and programs, which help upskill the youth and increase their efficiency,” she emphasized.

NBK annually sponsors many career fairs for the Kuwaiti youth to introduce to them suitable job opportunities that meet their aspirations, reflecting its constant commitment to nurture the young national talent and qualify them for the labor market. It also provides unwavering support to all career fairs that help youth and fresh graduates to find the right job.

The bank’s endeavors to attract national talent go in line with its development and training plans to invest in national cadres and prepare a promising banking generation. It also offers a wide range of training courses and professional academic programs, standing out as one of the leading local banks in organizing training programs for the youth.