MUSCAT: In line with its commitment to create rewarding internship and job opportunities for Omani youth, Bank Muscat, the leading financial service provider in the Sultanate, is participating in the 22^nd Career and Training Opportunities Fair organized by Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) from 28-30^th March 2022. The 3-day annual event is being held with participation from 30 different institutions from both the government and private sectors under the patronage of Dr. Nasser Musabah Al-Zidi, Deputy Vice Chancellor For Administrative & Financial Affairs.

Bank Muscat is keen to participate in the annual career fair organized by The Center for Career Guidance at SQU. As the nation’s leading bank, Bank Muscat attaches great importance to national initiatives, especially human resources development aimed at contributing to Oman’s future. Investing in human resources and talent is the real wealth of the nation. Bank Muscat makes use of every opportunity to extend support to Omani nationals seeking career development and training opportunities by regularly participating at career fairs organized by leading educational institutions. 

Throughout its 40 years journey, Bank Muscat has always seen its employees as its core strength and partners in various successes and accomplishments. Hence, the bank constantly invests resources and time to further develop their skills and reach their peak potential. This in turn helps to retain talent. From the moment of joining, the bank provides suitable training and development opportunities to enable employees to perform to the best of their abilities. Bank Muscat focusses on enhancing employees’ morale and satisfaction. The bank is responsive to employee feedback and strives to ensure a professional work environment. The bank takes pride in the fact that it has achieved over 95% Omanisation and has an excellent gender ratio as over 48% of its employees are female. With over 3,800 employees, Bank Muscat is a dream employer for Omani youth, particularly those who are interested in the financial services sector.

Bank Muscat has a formal talent identification process for developing its human resources for building a pipeline of leaders. It offers excellent leadership programmes, which are facilitated by faculty from some of the best business schools around the world. Employees are provided with learning and development opportunities throughout the year so as to build their on the job capabilities as well as soft skills. In 2021, Bank Muscat recruited 265 Omanis to support the Sultanate’s job creation initiatives. Bank Muscat provides well-structured onboarding and induction courses for all graduates and a two-year development program for its high potential graduates.

Bank Muscat has been greatly encouraged by the results of its continuous investments in human resources. As a result of its strong HR processes, and abundant learning and development opportunities, most of its senior and middle management today have been promoted from within the bank’s ranks. It must also be noted in this regard that as part of its strategic plan, the bank continually creates a pipeline of leaders, which not only benefits the bank, but also contributes to the overall growth and development of the nation. Driven by its vision of serving the people of Oman better every day, Bank Muscat continues to actively nurture and support Omani youth so as to contribute in the progressive march of the nation across all realms.