Bank of Bermuda will be heading to the US and Canada in a bid to find the cream of the crop of Bermuda's students overseas.

The bank will be running its annual road-show across North America in a search for the Island's brightest and most talented undergraduates studying at universities and colleges abroad.

The road-show kicks off in the US, where a recruitment team, made up of Bank of Bermuda human resources professionals, current graduate trainees, and other business representatives will be meeting with students in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the beginning of February, before moving on to Washington DC and Huntsville, Alabama and then heading north to Canada, where students can catch up with the team in Wolfville and Halifax in Nova Scotia and Toronto, Ontario.

Each road-show stop will be organised as a social event to provide students with the opportunity to network and speak with the recruitment team in an informal setting about both summer and full-time employment opportunities at the bank.

The recruitment team will also be conducting interviews and screenings for the bank's Graduate Development Programme. This is the first year that Bank of Bermuda has included the US on the roadshow itinerary in response to the growing number of Bermudian students who currently attend universities and colleges there.

The Graduate Development Programme is a two-year programme, which provides accelerated training and practical experience to selected graduates who are interested in developing leadership skills, sales capabilities and product knowledge for a career in the financial services industry.

The programme also offers international exposure through an intensive leadership development course held at HSBC's Group Management Training College in the UK.

Graduates enrolled in the programme are assigned a mentor and receive tailored rotation within the business of choice based on their overall career ambitions, to give them hands-on experience and a greater understanding of the different roles and functions within their chosen field.

The Bank of Bermuda's head of human resources, Stuart McLeod, said: "We recognise the importance of attracting young Bermudians into our organisation, so we can grow talent from within to take up leadership positions in the future."

Times and locations for the road-show are:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Jones Restaurant, February 1, 6.30 p.m.

Washington DC: Ruths Chris Steakhouse, February 2, 6.30 p.m.

Huntsville, Alabama: Courtyard Marriott, February 4, 5.30 p.m.-7.30 p.m.

Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Wong International Centre, February 6, 4 p.m.-6.30 p.m.

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Lord Nelson Hotel, February 7, 5.30 p.m.-7.30 p.m.

Toronto, Ontario: Marriott Toronto Down Town, February 9, 5.30 p.m.-7.30 p.m.