If you don't like the personality of your local bank teller, you might be waving bye bye to your bank teller...sooner than you think. Basically, more and more bank bosses are looking for ways to cut costs. So guess whose job is at the top of the list. You guessed it bank tellers. So if the bank teller job is on the way out who/what is the replacement? How about robo-teller. Robo-teller comes in many forms, advanced ATMS offering more and more features, automated phone teller and of course the cyber-teller via advanced banking features via online banking. Before long, bank tellers will be a foreign phrase; even more so what is the future of branch banking? It doesn't look good for jobs in general as far as branch banking goes.

The irony to the attack on branch banking jobs is that most of the back office and executive level positions remain secure. Take Bank of America for example, the executive level continues to get bonus while BOFA eliminatesmore and more branch banking jobs. Makes you wonder why bank tellers and other branch positions are under fire so much these days? Sure there are the occasional situations where the "branch goes bad", like with guy from Seattle who visits his Chase branch to cash a totally valid check and in turn ends of spending a few nights in jail. Granted, the staff in that Chase branch are buffoons at best, but does this mean an all out attack on bank teller jobs is necessary? Who knows but unless you have a problem with bank teller head count reduction (and speak up), expect to wave bye bye to your local bank teller in the very near future.

Looking for a new opportunity in banking? Well Chase is looking to hire a few people for various retail outfits. A fly on the wall thinks the positions are mostly bank teller positions but may also include a few managerial positions. If you're background is banking, than you undoubtedly already know Chase is one of the largest US banks which, also, originally stood in line with the other big banks (Citi & BankofAmerica) for a share of the banker’s bailout. Later, Chase changed their position and didn't receive any bailout cash from the Feds. So, maybe that's a good sign of Chase's financial standing. On the flip side, Chase is coming in high on the charts in the customer service hall of shame. So that might be something to consider. Then again, a job is a job and working for Chase could very well be the resume sparkle you desperately need. So, the long and short of the situation - Chase is hiring.