The post recession period has witnessed an enhanced and ever increasing demand for government job profiles and openings. The stature of any government job is on the rise again and so are openings. There are umpteen openings especially for manager posts in different government institutions. Though the applicants for these posts are always in multitude, the task is not that cumbersome either. All you need is patience and the willingness to work hard as a manager.
The foremost concern of a candidate aspiring for a manager post in government institute is his eligibility. This is quite varied for a post, as general as this and the requirements often vary with the department which hires you, your powers and grade and the situations to which you are exposed to. But in general we could say to apply for managerial posts you should have completed graduation with a minimum of 60% for general candidates and 55% for reservation category. A post graduation in the concerned field is desirable as well. In addition to these most of the higher grade managerial post excluding Grade A (or Scale I) requires a minimum of 3-4 years work experience. Age limits are also pretty flexible especially since experience is highly valued in this profession.
The recruitment process may involve written tests as in most banking organizations wherein applications are screened on the basis of the test scores. Further the qualified candidates are called in for a personal interview which is mostly aimed at assessing the candidates overall personality and knowledge on and off the topic. The aggregate scores earned by the candidate from both the written test and interview shall decide on his or recruitment. The qualified candidates are then further made to go through a medical test. In case of higher scale recruitments direct interview of highly experienced candidates alone are considered.
The pay structure of government employed managers is very attractive as well. It ranges roughly from Rs. 16400 to Rs. 40500 apart from the numerous fringe benefits they enjoy. For higher designation posts the pay could go even high. Another interesting aspect about government employed managers is the promotion scope. Especially for candidates who were recruited in as Scale I managers at a young age itself could climb up the hierarchy at a very younger age itself. This has the added benefit of securing a higher pension benefit as well. On the whole one could easily understand that government jobs are by far very tempting.
