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W O R K F O R M E / S P R I N G 2 0 2 0 10 causes it donates to, and how much work that entails. "It was really awesome." For young people like Peterson, intern- ships offer a glimpse into all the different career possibilities within banking. Many start as tellers— including Andrew Silsby, president and CEO of Augusta-based Ken- nebec Savings Bank. Today, he laughs about having held "just about every job in banking." In his 26 years at Kennebec Savings, Silsby worked his way up from loan officer to president and CEO. Banking, he says, "is the sort of business that tends to promote from within." He estimates that around 10% of the bank's current employees went through its summer internship program, landing in departments from customer service to marketing and IT. "There is a wide variety," he says, "and what's nice about our particular internship program, is that it gives people an opportu- nity to try various areas of the bank over their college summers." Silsby also says that while the bank needs people who are good at math, being kind and helpful are just as important, and un- derscores that "for the lion's share of jobs, you don't need to be a math whiz to be a banker." He also touts banking as "clean work," with solid pay and benefits. Further insights and advice Like Silsby, Patricia Weigel started as a teller. She got into banking after earning a psychol- ogy degree from Denison University in Ohio, and in 2015 became the first female president and CEO of Norway Savings Bank. "Banking is a great place for young people perhaps not quite sure where they best fit early in their career," she says today. She says her own institution offers a variety of professions and programs for Helping Maine businesses & people since 1983. 1-800-228-3734 • FAMEmaine.com Programs & Info on Planning & Paying for Higher Education Commercial Loan, Equity & Bond Programs 2019 2015•2016•2017•2018•2019 « C O N T I N U E D F R O M P R E V I O U S PA G E P H O T O / T I M G R E E N W A Y Andrew Silsby, president and CEO of Kennebec Savings, says while math is a good skill for banking, people skills are just as important. You don't need to be a math whiz to be a banker. B u s i n e s s S e r v i c e s