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We offer a welcoming, collaborative work environment, and a flat organization that allows all of our employees to make an impact. We want our employees to follow their dreams and achieve their professional goals. Work with us and you’ll receive some of the best training in the industry, as well as continual support to help you build your skills, network and experience.
Training and Development
Our most important asset is our employees – and we’re deeply committed to their success. As a Credit Suisse employee, you’ll benefit from our robust approach to training and development, which includes:
- A variety of internships, full-time and graduate programs for students and recent graduates.
- Mentorship programs to provide guidance and support throughout your career.
- Opportunities for internal mobility – you can change roles, departments or countries.
- Regular reviews to gauge your skills and identify areas of improvement.
- A range of in-house training programs focused on personal effectiveness, leadership and management skills, presentation skills, and client coverage skills.
- A robust e-learning curriculum at your fingertips to enhance the skills you need most.
- Business and product training to help you enhance your skill set.
- Cross-divisional events that allow you to network with colleagues from other divisions, and hear from experts about our businesses and key transactions.
- Dedicated Talent Programs, which give our highest-potential employees the opportunity to accelerate their leadership development.
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Internal Mobility
Our emphasis on internal mobility enables employees to explore other divisions, roles or countries, and gain experience across other areas of the bank. It also allows us to develop leaders and specialists who can serve our clients across the globe.
Credit Suisse encourages you to speak openly about your internal career opportunities with your line manager and Human Resources.
We offer innovative programs to support the Internal Mobility culture within the business including Internals First, a groundbreaking initiative which takes roles to internal candidates, helping to create differentiated career paths. Career Forums are held across the globe which provide transparency around careers and career paths of different divisions and across the organization. Internal Mobility drives a culture of sharing talents across the organization.
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Video: Internal Mobility: Internals First
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity is part of our business. Having employees with a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives benefits our company and our clients.
Our Diversity and Inclusion efforts include:
- A dedicated global Diversity team and opportunities to participate in diversity organizations within various regions.
- A variety of networks, affinity groups and diversity councils to engage and support all of our employee groups including women, LGBT people, under-represented minorities, veterans and people with disabilities.
Leadership training programs to help increase the number of diverse employees in senior level roles. - Several dedicated diversity programs like our Mentoring Advisory Group (MAG) for Female professionals, and various Campus recruitment programs for students from diverse backgrounds.
- The Real Returns program, which is a program for senior professionals who are looking to restart their career after an extended career break.
Corporate Responsibility
As a global bank operating in today’s interconnected world, we take our responsibility to be good corporate citizens seriously. We strive to uphold high standards of professional and ethical conduct. And we consider not just the business implications of our actions, but also the broader economic, social and environmental impacts.
Our Corporate Responsibility efforts.
Swiss Home Market
We serve 100,000+ corporate and institutional clients in our Swiss home market. In 2017, we had around CHF 165 billion of loans outstanding in Switzerland, including mortgages and loans to businesses, the public sector and private clients.
Slide Show Corporate Responsibility
Corporate responsibility provides the foundation for all our activities. The slide show gives an overview of Credit Suisse’s responsibilities in banking, towards society, the environment, towards employees and a number of stakeholders.
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Swiss Home Market
We serve around 100,000 corporate clients in our Swiss home market. At the end of 2015, we had around CHF 156 billion of loans outstanding in Switzerland, including mortgages and loans to businesses, the public sector and private clients.
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Impact Investing
Over the last decade, we have formed solid partnerships in this field and have jointly developed innovative ways of generating financial returns in addition to social and environmental benefits. To date, we have provided over 2.8 million people at the base of the income pyramid with access to financial services through our funds and initiatives.
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Investing in Young Talent
We assign a high level of importance to the promotion of young talent. In our Swiss home market, we offer a range of apprenticeships and programs for high school and university graduates who wish to embark on a career in finance. In 2015, around 1,350 graduates benefited from a structured educational program.
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Support for Employees Who Hold a Political Office
To support the Swiss "militia" system of politics, Credit Suisse offers working time arrangements to employees who hold a political office alongside their role at the bank. In this way, we make an important social contribution in our home market.
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Quality of Client Advice
Our relationship managers complete mandatory certification programs to ensure they can provide clients with clear and comprehensive information about our products and explain potential investment risks and returns. Since this initiative was launched, around 5,500 relationship managers have obtained certification.
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Global Education Initiative
As part of our Global Education Initiative, we support selected partner organizations to provide thousands of children and young people around the world with access to education and to improve the quality of educational opportunities available to them. In 2015, 82,423 students have benefited from financial education and life skills classes.
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Providing Risk Capital for Growth and Innovation
SMEs form the backbone of the Swiss economy. We are committed to providing these businesses with easier access to capital and therefore established "SVC Ltd. for Risk Capital for SMEs" in 2010. By the end of 2015, SVC Ltd. had invested around CHF 80 million in 36 internationally active Swiss firms, thus helping to drive economic growth and job creation in our home market.
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Support for Young Artists
Credit Suisse lends its support to young artists from around the world. We cultivate musical talent by awarding the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award and the Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes. In addition to receiving prize money, the winners have the opportunity to perform together with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival in summer.
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Promoting Young Talent in Swiss Football
We are also committed to promoting young talent and to creating a sound basis for the success of Swiss football. As the main sponsor of the Swiss Football Association, we have supported all of Switzerland's junior and senior national teams.
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Major Employer in Switzerland
In Switzerland, we employ around 17,400 people, making us one of the country's largest employers. We want to be an employer of choice and to attract and retain highly qualified and committed employees who can deliver the best possible service to our clients. We therefore offer progressive working conditions, attractive development opportunities and varied career prospects.
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Barrier-Free Banking
To make our products and services accessible to people with disabilities, we operate around 500 talking ATMs as well as over 50 ATMs that are specially positioned for wheelchair users. Our entire website and online banking platform have been designed to provide barrier-free access to our offerings. Credit Suisse also supplies clients with bank statements in braille or large print upon request.
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Partnering with the Roger Federer Foundation
As part of our partnership with Roger Federer, we are providing a total of CHF 10 million in financial support to his charitable foundation until 2019. The Foundation uses this money to fund various educational programs in Africa.
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Due Diligence, Risk Management and Sustainability
We expect all our employees to meet the highest standards of conduct and professionalism and to comply with applicable laws and regulations, due diligence requirements and industry guidelines. In the case of business transactions with clients from sensitive industries, we have introduced policies and guidelines that set out the environmental and social standards we expect these clients to observe.
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Committed to the Next Generation
We recognize the role that young people play in shaping our future society, culture and economy and believe it is important to engage in a dialogue with this generation. In 2010, we therefore launched our online Youth Barometer survey of people aged between 16 and 25 in Switzerland, the US, Brazil and Singapore to assess their views on a variety of issues.
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Financing Renewable Energy Sources
Investment Banking serves clients through a range of activities relating to renewable energy technologies, including solar, wind and geothermal power, as well as biomass, biofuels, fuel cells and energy efficiency measures. This includes advisory services related to mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and spin-offs, as well as debt and equity underwriting of public offerings and private placements.
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Microfinance Initiative
Through the Microfinance Capacity Building Initiative, Credit Suisse provides financial and technical support to microfinance institutions. Launched in 2008, the initiative aims to strengthen the microfinance industry and to support the employees of microfinance institutions through the transfer of skills.
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Dialogue with our Stakeholders
Our long-term success as a bank depends on our ability to inspire trust in all our stakeholders. We strive to achieve this by engaging in a dialogue and communicating as transparently as possible. By regularly exchanging our views with clients, shareholders, regulators and other stakeholders, we can identify their expectations, offer our own perspective and develop joint solutions to current challenges.
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Client Foundations
Our Accentus, Empiris and Symphasis foundations in Switzerland and SymAsia in Singapore enable our clients to support charitable causes. Since they were established, these foundations have assisted over 2,100 charitable initiatives in Switzerland and abroad.
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Climate Protection Measures
We are actively committed to protecting the climate, as demonstrated by our strategy to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. We reached an important milestone in 2006 when we became the first major company in Switzerland to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality. We have been greenhouse gas neutral for all our locations worldwide since 2010.
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Youth Unemployment Initiative and independent association "Check Your Chance"
To help promote Switzerland as a center of learning and industry, Credit Suisse has been committed to improving the professional opportunities available to young people since 2009. The bank has invested up to a total of CHF 30 million to support training initiatives that are designed to help young people to enter the job market.
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Contributions to the Public Debate
By contributing our expertise to the public debate, we support the formation of public opinion and help to find solutions to current problems. Our various publications, analyses and specialist articles on economic, political and social issues serve as a point of reference for clients and investors when making decisions and also attract the interest of politicians, business representatives and the media.
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Employee Engagement for Charitable Causes
All employees have the opportunity to dedicate an entire working day on full pay to assist with charitable projects. In 2015, over 20,000 employees volunteered their time to help charitable causes.
Philanthropy
We want the communities in which we do business to thrive. That’s why we’re dedicated to giving back through a variety of initiatives, including:
- Financial and volunteer assistance for initiatives focused on education, microfinance and environment and disaster relief.
- Paid time off to enable our employees to do community service.
- A unique Global Citizens Program, which allows employees to take up to three months of paid leave to volunteer in an emerging market country.
- An innovative nonprofit board training program for our employees.
Employee Benefits
In a world where the lines between work and life are increasingly blurred, we are committed to helping our employees find the right balance. We offer a modern work environment and flexible options that help you advance your career and enjoy your life.
Our employee benefits vary by country, but could include:
- Family-focused programs including maternity, paternity and adoption leave, childcare services and eldercare advice.
- Flexible work schedules and job-sharing.
- Opportunities for health and wellness programs, and internal fitness centers.
- Internal cafeterias and staff restaurants.
- Employee discounts on various products and services.
- Competitive compensation packages.