JPMorgan Chase To Hire 1,200 Retail Bankers

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Blood Dimon* is planning to hire 1,200 retail bankers (commercial bankers) and open 120 branches by the end of 2010. This certainly provides quite an opportunity if you are a relationship-minded, commercially-banking bent job seeker, and so if you do desire to join Dimon's clipper (one of the few riding high atop the financial waters these days) I advise you whipping your cover letter and resume into shape and ship it out to Chase while employment supplies last.

*Yesterday, JBD was named Banker of the Year by American Banker magazine. Dimon follows last year's winner, BofA's outgoing CEO Kenny Lewis, who is weeks away from his forced retirement.

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