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What types of jobs can I get in the future with experience at a bank?

Asked by chelle21689 (7907points) May 4th, 2013

I want to know what type of jobs you can get in the future with more pay and stuff from working at a bank as a customer service associate. I might be getting a job as that…doing a bunch of stuff such as selling products, doing bank telling, etc. Anything at all?

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gailcalled's avatar

Our small, user-friendly bank has people working their way up from teller to assistant bank manager and then manager. Then they often move to larger branches.

Consider that a bank is a business that buys and sells money for a profit, just like one that sells shoes or garden supplies.It has a physical location that needs maintenance, grounds that also are maintained, machinery, computers, HR, customer service, security, and personnel. (I have seen our local manager take a screw driver herself to change a lock on a safety deposit box.)

Pay attention to everything that goes on; it will be almost like earning a MBA if you are alert.

chelle21689's avatar

What about other jobs outside the bank? I mean what if I don’t want to work at pnc forever lol.

gailcalled's avatar

If you get a managerial position in a bank, you can transfer that to most retail businesses, for just one example. Ditto with customer service and HR skills. Put on your thinking cap once you start the job.

Inspired_2write's avatar

People here are doing bookkeeping for Businesses and on there own time.
Very independant lifestyle and very lucrative.
Housewives do it part time in the evenings .
Plus they offer to do Income Tax (for a fee) in the Community at a reduced rate.
An excellant start on there own business.

gailcalled's avatar

their, I implore you.

CWOTUS's avatar

There are very few jobs that absolutely preclude other jobs.

I doubt, for example, whether a hooker could ever become the Virgin Mary (for the Second Coming, anyway – assuming the First was real), and it may be difficult to become a highly successful politician if you’re convicted of a felony (although we have no shortage of mid-level politicians who do misdemeanor crime on the side).

But as a bank teller or low- to mid-level manager you could become nearly anything else that you wanted, including an actress, midwife, nurse or doctor, a politician (if you don’t have very high ambitions) or a dog groomer or cook. You could even become a construction manager or engineer or inventor.

What else might you want to be after your career at a bank? I can’t think of anything that you absolutely could not do after that.

chelle21689's avatar

…............. thanks for the help I think

Inspired_2write's avatar

I was assumming that you had an interest in the Finances Career?
You like working with numbers?
Most people prefer numbers (Finances/statstics etc ) vs letters ( writers,creative etc).
What do you prefer?

livelaughlove21's avatar

Working at a bank doesn’t necessarily mean you’re interested in finance or that you enjoy working with numbers. I’ve been a bank teller for almost 3 years and I have absolutely no interest in a career in finance. Being an accountant or the like sounds a lot like torture to me. I wouldn’t mind working in the main office of the bank, in an office job. HR or something, away from customers and running transactions all day.

Banking is a good job. It’s considered a professional position and you could move to other businesses that could use your customer service or sales skills. That’s most businesses, by the way.

There’s no list of jobs former bank tellers can get and no job requirements outside of banking will require banking experience. It’s job history, that’s all. It won’t directly prepare you for a career outside of the bank, but it’s good work experience nonetheless.

zenvelo's avatar

As a customer service associate, you have a ton of customer facing experience. That’s great to have on a resume. But you are learning a lot about financial products andho wto talk to people about money, which is often difficult for the public.

You could become a great financial planner, reviewing people’s insurance coverage and retirement planning.

chelle21689's avatar

Inspired. I don’t think I’d mind finance cuz there’s a lot of money in that. But I guess I would prefer an office type job like HR but I have a feeling my direction won’t go that way because I keep trying to get in even at low positions but because i have no HR experience they don’t want me. It’s not a dream job. I don’t have a dream sadly lol.

gailcalled's avatar

Perhaps you need to spend six months or so at this new job to see whether you do develop a clearer idea about what might be fun or match your interests.

Don’t get into the habit of typing “cuz” instead of “because”. Refine your writing skills. It will come in handy in a thousand different ways.

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

@chelle21689 What would you love to do? I worked in a bunch of jobs, but I haven’t found my dream job. I made a living, but that’s it.

Pachy's avatar

As on any job, you can learn or improve all kinds of skills that will serve you on later jobs, including improved math skills, customer service, and the in’s and out’s of working with other people, and others you can’t yet imagine. In addition, any job at a bank would look good on your resume, I’m sure.

As a young person I presume you are, you have no idea what your future jobs will be before you settle into a lifelong career. Get whatever experience you can now. Nothing like getting on-the-jon tyraining and getting paid at the same time.

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