Hey, Business Bankers! Need A Roadmap To A Six-Figure Annual Income?

I had a very successful career as a commercial banker!  Like many of you, I started my career in retail banking, moved to business banking and ended up in commercial banking.  Through a lot of hard work, lots of mistakes, tough lessons learned, bold risks taken, a ton of commitment, and some good mentors, I achieved a level of success that would not have been possible in retail banking!  How did I do it?  Actually, it was very simple: I created a success roadmap! I was always looking for ways to do my job more efficiently, always looking for a competitive edge, and remained committed to expanding my skill set. I did not know it at the time, but it was the perfect recipe to succeed in business and commercial banking! 

I recently came across an article written by the folks at the ABA Banking Journal.  It is a very short article.  It does not need to be long because the message is loud and clear!  I can sum it up very quickly for you:  bank CEOs are focused on loan growth but are struggling to find the talent to help them execute the loan growth strategy.  See article link below.  But it is not just banks and credit unions that are struggling to find the right talent.  There are a lot of fintechs that are throwing money at bankers with the right skillset.  What skills are fintechs, banks and credit unions looking for?  It can be summed up in four main categories:  technology, selling, advising and consulting skills!  When it comes to business or commercial banking, they are looking for highly-effective biz dev skills and commercial underwriting skills so that you can take an advisory or consultative approach to business development. 

Business Bankers:  have you looked at your resume lately?  Are these skills reflected in your resume?  If not, the gravy train is leaving you behind!  Fintechs, banks and credit unions will throw six figure compensation packages at you if you have decent selling and commercial underwriting skills.  How do you secure a six-figure income?  Do whatever you need to do to learn commercial lending as quickly as possible and modernize your biz dev game!  How can learn commercial lending and new marketing strategies?  You need to find yourself a mentor, get your bank to put you in a training program, or take the free Commercial Lending Toolkit for a test drive!  You can access the free toolkit at www.bizpetrol.com.  The toolkit hits on all for job categories:  technology, selling, advising and consulting! Best of all, it is free and you can complete it in less than a day! 

Go get that money! Bizpetrol has information, knowledge and tools that will help you become a Business Banking Rockstar.  You can start elevating your business credit skills using the free Commercial Lending Toolkit at www.bizpetrol.com. You can see all the Business Banking News articles (like this one) at www.bizpetrol.com/blog. You can access a series of how-to business banker guides https://www.bizpetrol.com/Downloads-Free.

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Article Title:  Survey:  Community bank CEOs focused on growing loans

Article URL: https://bankingjournal.aba.com/2022/08/survey-community-bank-ceos-focused-on-growing-loans/