Everyone wants a bright career. Knowing the right steps should be priority. Identify your strengths and choose areas that interest you, says ANUJ JINDAL
An early and well-defined step articulates your journey to a bright and successful career. Most students experience confusion while approaching the last stages of their graduation. They aspire to make a bright career but are often not aware of the right pathways to do so. Due to the lack of awareness about the promising options available through the various Government competitive exams, they randomly pick from the most common courses and start their preparations. A road that ultimately leads to nowhere in particular.
Everyone wants a bright career ahead. Therefore, knowing the right steps should be the first thing on your mind. Avoid adhering to a herd mentality, identify the unique strengths that lie within you, and incorporate them in your areas of interest.
Below are some Government job entrance exams that people generally make the mistake of overlooking. Although lesser-known, these exams are extremely effective in their own right and have a better success rate than the ones that most students and professionals flock to, because of lesser competition.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Examination (NABARD): The NABARD Grade A post holds a very prestigious rank in the country and there are various advantages to being a Grade A officer with this bank. The bank’s Grade B exam is pretty similar to the Grade A exam, the only difference being that there’s an extra paper that aspirants have to take in the second phase of the Grade B exam.
The extra paper is an analytical paper on Development Economics, Statistics, Finance, and Management.
The bank generally announces a total of 150 vacancies annually, for the post of Grade A officers.
Age: You must be between the ages of 21 and 30 years as of January 1, 2021.
Qualification: The result of the final term/semester/year exam of the required educational qualification must have been declared on or before January 1 of the year one wants to take the exam.
Salary: Rs 66,864 per month
Reserve Bank of India Examination (RBI): The bank’s Grade B is one of the most significant banking exams conducted across the country. Saying that the post of an RBI Grade B officer is a prestigious is an understatement. The RBI annually conducts the Grade B officer exams to choose the most suitable candidates for the posts.
The exam is divided into three phases. The first two are written exams, whereas the third is a personal interview round. The Grade B Officers are mandated with the task of keeping the nation’s economy stable by creating policies and regulations for banks, as well as maintaining money supply.
Age: You must be above the age of 21 years but must not have touched the 30th year of your life.
Qualification: If you have an MPhil or a PhD the upper age limits are 32 and 34 years respectively. If you are SC/ST, there is relaxation of upper age limit up to five years.
You should have 60% marks in graduation or 55% in PG (50% for SC/ST/PwBD applicants).
Salary: Rs 77,208 per month.
