A recent investment bank recruitment drive has highlighted the importance of female graduates within front-office orientated roles, it has emerged.
According to reports by Online Recruitment, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking's (SC CIB) international programme for graduates now has a female appointment rate of 47 per cent.
What was the scope of the recruitment drive?
The bank's recent recruitment drive was conducted on a pan-Asian and European basis.
"The 2008 Graduate International Programme has generated outstanding results, as well as accomplishing our recruitment objectives to find high calibre, diverse and multi-cultural profiles from an array of European and Asian countries," said Mathilde des Dorides, head of graduate programme and policies at SG CIB.
Is there an industry average for the employment of women?
For this sector, Online Recruitment has reported an industry ratio of 20:80 women to men.
Where does the company operate?
SC CIB operates in a number of different countries across the continents of Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Americas.
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