3800 Engineers Join as Clerks
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MUMBAI: This may surprise those aspiring to be engineers, and may even cause a rethink among job seekers: Over 3,800 graduate and 200 postgraduate engineers are set to join State Bank of India (SBI) in the clerical cadre.
The SBI had a year ago advertized for over 27,000 posts in the clerical cadre. While 38 lakh aspirants from across the country applied for the jobs online, 28 lakh of them appeared for the written exam. There were 88,000 successful candidates and 27,000 were finally selected after personal interviews. "It was the biggest such exercise for us," a senior SBI official said.
Out of the 27000, 3,800 are graduate engineers, 200 are postgraduates in different branches of engineering, 8,200 are women and 2,000 are ex-servicemen. "The response to our advertisement was huge. It took a little longer to complete the selection process," said the official.
"I come from a leading engineering college. When I applied for the SBI job, there were virtually no vacancies in the manufacturing or IT sector due to recession. I had to seriously look at other options. After all, SBI offers a safe job," said a graduate engineer on Saturday. SBI officials expressed surprise over so many engineers and postgraduate engineers joining the bank. "The management never expected such a response from technically qualified candidates," said an official.
According to a senior HRD professional, it is difficult to believe that engineering graduates are taking up clerical assignments. "The country boasts of having a large number of engineering colleges. However, it does appear that we are producing engineers without accessing the manpower requirement," he said.
MUMBAI: This may surprise those aspiring to be engineers, and may even cause a rethink among job seekers: Over 3,800 graduate and 200 postgraduate engineers are set to join State Bank of India (SBI) in the clerical cadre.
The SBI had a year ago advertized for over 27,000 posts in the clerical cadre. While 38 lakh aspirants from across the country applied for the jobs online, 28 lakh of them appeared for the written exam. There were 88,000 successful candidates and 27,000 were finally selected after personal interviews. "It was the biggest such exercise for us," a senior SBI official said.
Out of the 27000, 3,800 are graduate engineers, 200 are postgraduates in different branches of engineering, 8,200 are women and 2,000 are ex-servicemen. "The response to our advertisement was huge. It took a little longer to complete the selection process," said the official.
"I come from a leading engineering college. When I applied for the SBI job, there were virtually no vacancies in the manufacturing or IT sector due to recession. I had to seriously look at other options. After all, SBI offers a safe job," said a graduate engineer on Saturday. SBI officials expressed surprise over so many engineers and postgraduate engineers joining the bank. "The management never expected such a response from technically qualified candidates," said an official.
According to a senior HRD professional, it is difficult to believe that engineering graduates are taking up clerical assignments. "The country boasts of having a large number of engineering colleges. However, it does appear that we are producing engineers without accessing the manpower requirement," he said.
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