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| *Ostroff, Fair and Company>>>Financial Services |
Has anyone here been a Teller and moved onto a more lucrative banking position? |
If so, how fast did you move up and what did you do to get promoted? my husband did. He became lead teller, then moved to personal banking (mortgages and such). Within 2 mos he was lead teller, then 2 mos later he had moved up. Just did his job well. Knew all products. Met all sales goals and took the extra initiative when the opportunity presented itself. Also, does not hur to let management know that it is a goal of yours to move up in the company. They might give you some pointers. Good luck! Of course you can.How long it takes is hard to predict.But being a dependable hardworking employee with a excellent attendance record doesn't hurt.Sometimes it's a simple as being at the right place at the right time but for the most part doing your job correctly and being friendly and polite is the best way to move up.Of course if a bank offers training courses that would lead to a promotion taking them is also a good bet. If your have a college degree you will be on accelerated program to become a manager. If only high school degree, your drive and selling skills will get you promoted. I started way back in 2000 as a teller with Bank of America, and within 3 years was a Branch Manager 4. Today I'm a District Compliance Manager for another LARGE bank in the US. I will tell you the truth as a fellow banking professional, retail banking in this day and age is almost totally focused on sales. What you can produce, how fast you can produce it, and with what accuracy level you're producing at. You need to focus on your product knowledge, you have to balance all the time to the penny, be at work on time, ready to work when scheduled, and above all......produce produce produce. You will be noticed if you do these things - but you also should sit down with your manager and ask them to talk with you about your career road map. Where you are now, versus where you want to be, and how you're going to get there. That way you start the conversation that makes you a partner with your manager working as a team towards getting you into a more rewarding position!!! I'm an industry insider!! Let me give it to you straight. There are of course dozens of people out there who started off as tellers and moved up the ranking like no other, to district manager or regional manager. But that happens as often as high school basketball players jumping to the NBA and thriving. Not to demoralize you at all or anything. As person stated above, retail banking is all about sales sales sales sales sales. Some people love the job, others can't stand it after a few months. It all depends on your personality. You may see others succeeding at other branches, that maybe because they are at a busier branch where foot traffic is non-stop. It mainly has to do with luck. No i am not playing, luck. I have seen some of the brightest and best sales people I know falter, why? No it is not because they weren't on the phone all day or hustling like no other, business in that area was just dead. District managers don't care if you are in a slow area, they see all areas as having the same potential, which is unreasonable. They praise those that have high and mighty number but pester those who aren't doing so well (maybe because of store location). Retail banking I believe is one of the most unethical businesses around, I have been there. Always pushing customers to get this product or that product when there is no real value to it. But a manager will always say, no there is a reason, yada yada yada. If you have high ethics this job isn't for you. You thought car salesmen were bad? No, banking in a sense is worse, at least we all know car salesman are looking to sell you something, you don't expect your banker to try to pitch you things, but they will, or shall I say, you will. That's just my two cents. By the way, that career road mapping, that is a joke. Just nonsense so you can believe that you will succeed and move on up. learntosucceed.biz offers great career advice. I bought their materials and got phone advice from the author for $30! He spent his whole career in financial services so the advice was very helpful. |
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