Focusing on your development

Our success, both now and in the future, depends primarily on our people. It makes sense to encourage everyone to develop to their full potential. We work very hard to attract and retain talented, unpretentious people with a ‘hands-on’ mentality and create an environment in which they can perform to the best of their abilities.

People joining ING will be connected to a wealth of training, development and career opportunities. However, our philosophy is to encourage people to take ownership of their own progression. We’ll provide you with the resources you need, so that you can expand your own competences and experience - but the choice of direction will often be yours to make.

Development Opportunities

During your career you will develop yourself constantly. One of the best starts to your career as a graduate at ING is the ING International Graduate Programme. Participants are selected by today’s business leaders and talent managers. Their remit is to look for ING employees who recently graduated from university and who have the potential to become our company’s future leaders. To create experienced and empowered business leaders ING established the ING Business School.

Recognising Talent

To achieve our mission of “setting the standard in helping our customers manage their financial future” our leaders must be able to inspire their team and the colleagues around them to excel. Developing these leaders is the aim of ING Talent Management.

How do we define 'talent'?

Talented people have the ability and the ambition to develop, deliver outstanding performance, and have the potential to achieve a senior management position. They are also competent in areas that match our leadership profile (see below).

ING Leadership Profile

The leadership profile describes the kind of characteristics we look for in our current and future leaders, and it plays a key role in our business. It is the standard against which we measure our talent, assess our general managers, develop the ING Business school curriculum and, of course, recruit the right people.