National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has graduated the 13th batch of trainees for the “Yalla Watani” program, leading to a total of 146 Yalla Watani graduates during 2021. The Yalla Watani program aims to qualify new Kuwaiti talent amongst local branches. The 13th batch included a total of 11 trainees, both male and female, who received intensive training on work mechanisms within local branches to enhance their skills and prepare them for the work environment.
The graduation ceremony was attended by Mr. Emad Al-Ablani, General Manager of Group Human Resources and, Mr. Mohammed Al Othman, General Manager of Consumer Banking Group, and a number of senior executives as well as the Training and Development team from Group Human Resources.
The program lasted for two weeks of concentrated training, followed by on-job training at relevant branches, which focuses on developing personal skills and help enhance work performance through building excellent performance, change and innovation, management science and effective communication, anti-money laundering, anti-fraud awareness, anti-bribery and corruption, principles of professional conduct and business ethics, and Bank Customers Protection Manual.
The program covered many areas of the banking industry including banking principles, credit cards, loans, account types, and insurance.
Yalla Watani trainees were exposed to and familiarized with the bank’s systems and platforms that aim to promote the bank’s digital culture strategy through the latest learning methods and approaches, both incorporating digital mindset training techniques within traditional ones.
On this occasion, Mr. Emad Al-Ablani, General Manager of Group Human Resources quoted: “Yalla Watani is one of the most important career qualification programs in Kuwait for talented fresh graduates in the private sector. The program aims to provide proficient training for young graduates on various aspects of the banking business to qualify them to be part of the bank’s professional organization.”
NBK is the top Kuwaiti private sector employer of national labor by 73.8%. The bank also has a strategy to attract and solicit qualified national talents and enhance their skills in order to build highly qualified leaders for the future, as he elaborated.
Al-Ablani added that NBK boasts the highest retention rates of Kuwaiti employees, reflecting its successful human capital management plans, and special appreciation of its people.
During the previous year, “Yalla Watani” program witnessed a drastic change and need for adopting the blended learning approach and methodology, to stay in line with the coronavirus containment measures, in order to maintain everyone’s safety. The new Blended Learning approach combines virtual training and NBK’s E-Learning platform, which is designed to meet international standards, by including a variety of topics such as: working under unstable circumstances, developing leaders, innovation, and digital transformation, cyber security awareness and data protection.
It is worth mentioning that NBK provides equal opportunities for all its employees, by giving them opportunities to attend training programs that are designed based on assessment of corporate and individual needs, as well as being committed to developing the skills of its staff.
“Yalla Watani” is one of the various training programs annually launched by NBK, which aims to attract young national talent. The program is designed to suit the requirements of the labor market by providing training opportunities to outstanding fresh graduates who successfully surpassed all qualification requirements.
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