What are graduate training schemes about?
The challenge for employers is that the knowledge gained in an academic environment and the skills needed for a contribution to real-life in a financial institution are significantly different. Graduate training programmes provide a structured way of bridging this gap, and getting employees ready for work. They are about making graduates effective from day one and ensuring they are an asset to the organisation, right from the start. The more practical and relevant the training to future careers, the better. Personal development Technical knowledge is central to any programme. However, BPP’s graduate programmes are increasingly including non-technical training too, to ensure that graduates get a formal, cultural and behavioural introduction to life in a financial organisation as well as the knowledge they need to progress. Life as a student is very different to, say, a client-facing role in an investment bank. A typical graduate programme will therefore include time management skills (h
