SABB honoured for sponsoring “Career Day” at the University of Al Yamama

June 2010

SABB received a trophy from the University of Al Yamamah in appreciation of its diamond sponsoring to the second Career Day” end of last week of May at the University Headquarters in Riyadh.

SABB stand attracted large number of the university students and visitors (males & females), which reflects the training and employment offers to students looking for jobs.

SABB General Manager for Training & Development, Dr. .Kassib Al Rashidi in his speech at the event reiterated SABB constant concern for Saudization as the Bank continuously draw up and implement an annual employment plans.

“The plans, however, have been fruitful by achieving many of the Saudization and employment targets as Saudis reached 85% of the total manpower in the bank, for which the Bank received a number of prestigious awards. Achievements did not come from vacuum, but it’s a result of the strategic planning of investment in human resources that attracted many of the Saudi males and females graduates who passed intensive, and an on- going training programmes designed to meet the highest standards of human resources development” Al Rasheedi added..

Al-Rashidi appreciated the notable development in the educational sector and the tendency towards providing the labor market with the required human resources directly.

He also referred to the commendable role played by Al Yamamah University being one of the educational institutions accelerating the development and the progress of the educational sector bridging the special skills gap and providing qualified Saudi calibers to the labor market.

Al Rashidi acknowledged the strategic partnership of SABB & Al Yamamah University, where the Bank and the University cooperated in setting up “SABB Investment Research Center” at the university; a move which reflects SABB social responsibility in supporting education in the Kingdom.