Did that today. Walked into a branch, asked for the Manager, got the Assistant Manager, and pitched like hell. Asked how to get the job. Demonstrated the skill I have, and pointed out the ones I clearly would have to learn quickly. Asked how to enter banking in any case given the wide variety of roles.
Left a cover / resume specific to their job.
Went to the website AFTERWARDS and submitted the resume.
Sent thank you letter in email same day.
I have a LOT of assets at that bank. And I’ve made huge money for my other employers, demonstrated on the resume. Hopefully, that will strike up an interest.
Foot in the door...
Once you are in a bank, all they care about is sales. If you can sell, then you just grab the best paying sales job they got. And if the bank doesn’t pay well, if you got the sales volume, then you just find a bank that pays better and they’ll beg you to join them.
I was lucky and worked for the investment division of WAMU for the 10 yrs running up to the fail. The investment division was very well run compared to the bank. In hindsight, the bank failure was directly attributable to the President Steve Rotella who clearly sabotaged the firm for the sake of JPMorgan/Chase. One thing they did was get rid of all the good bankers and promote the truly awful ones... By the end, the bank branches were all run by toxic petty craps that made squat but loved to boss others around. 95 percent vimmins too.