What classes should I take for a career in banking?

I have worked for an H.E.B. in the business center for a while, so I have some expierence in the area. For those of you who don't know, H.E.B. is a grocery store you can find in Texas, and I believe some of Louisianna and Mexico. I work in the business center where we cash checks, send money through Western Union, and other tasks handling money. I would like to know what classes I should take to develop a career with a bank. Could anyone help me with ideas or their personal expierences?

Banks are really good about offering a lot of on the job training. Business, finance, and marketing classes always help. You may also want to look into securities licensing - most banks are offering investment products to their customers now. Look on Monster.com or something like that at job descriptions. It will give you a good idea of the type of education you need for the different positions.

Aside from that, banks love customer service oriented employees that have good people skills. This is actually more important that your cash handling experience.

If you get in at an entry level file clerk or teller position, make sure you express interest in the other fields- new accounts, loans, etc. They are almost always willing to cross train you in different areas -this helps develop your skills and will give you the background you need to be an FSO or CSM or the like. One last thing- turnover is high in banks so sometimes you can advance in position fairly quickly.

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I started working in a bank in Australia got a foot in the door by working in one of there call centres you dont need banking experience and they will train you if you want to work your way up.

You can do a degree is Business Administration (major finances, accounting and Economics) or Bachelor of Commerce (major finance, banking (some universities), economics, accounting). What you need to realise that unlike other jobs working in the bank means that you have to be prepared to continously go to school to learn new banking software, techniques and skills to keep up with the market demand. I am not sure if it is a must but have had is the best way to keeping you job