THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE

Summer 1961

The Adverts below were featured in this issue of the magazine

Never before have opportunities for young people been as promising as they are today in Barclays Bank. Here is a brief outline of the career that awaits you there.

FOR AMBITIOUS YOUNG MEN

The Bank wants young men of character and integrity, with a good standard of general education. Given these qualifications and an aptitude for the job, there is no reason why you should not find yourself a Branch Manager in your thirties, with a salary upwards of £1,550, and the chance of doubling your pay by the time you are 50. Looking ahead, you could be one of those Managers whose salary exceeds £4,500 a year - a man with a big job, full of interest and responsibility. A goal worth striving for; and those who reach it will have a pension at 65 (without any contributions on their part) of £2,500 a year or more. For the early years there's a minimum salary scale for satisfactory work: £285 at 16 to £875 at 31 with a year's seniority for a good Advanced Level certificate and three years for a degree. From 22 onwards merit can take the salary well above these figures; if the early promise is maintained, the salary at 29 can be £1,000, instead of the scale figure of £805.

AND THERE'S SCOPE FOR GIRLS AS WELL

The women's salary scale runs from £285 on entry to a minimum of £715 at 41. A wide range of positions apart from the usual secretarial and book-keeping duties are now open to women in Barclays. For instance, girls can - and do - become cashiers, supervisors, income tax specialists and officers in the Executor and Trustee Department. If you are keen to get on, prepared to study and not afraid of work, why not think about Banking as your career? Incidentally, a girl who marries after five years' service in the Bank qualifies for a gratuity.