Job security, several benefits and not so demanding…really? Get the true picture.
The Uttar Pradesh government secretariat recently received applications from postgraduates and Ph.D. holders in response to a notification of vacancies of the peon. This was even before the criticism evoked by the news of B.Techs and MBAs applying for the post of security guards died. Why is there so much craze for government jobs?
A few days ago, I was talking to a group of fresh graduates — engineers and MBAs. I asked them about their dream job and was surprised when they said that they prefer any government job, especially an in a State government organization. They would settle for a private job only if they don’t get through the recruitment process for government organizations and PSUs!
That set me thinking about job preferences some 20 years ago. Those days, job-seekers were desperate to join large private corporations and MNCs. With so many young talented professionals eager to work with them, many pharma, retail, IT and ITeS companies, met their expansion goals and are still flourishing. But now, the scenario in the job market seems to have reversed completely.
The reason behind this new-found craze for government jobs is a misconception in the minds of today’s youth. They are under a false impression that a government job is ‘not demanding’, ‘has no targets’ and ‘provides a lot of benefits’. Most of all, it comes with ‘job security’, even though the pay is low compared to a job in the private sector.
Well, the reality is different. Let us see how.
Myth 1: The pay and benefits of a government job always score over those of private jobs.
At entry-level, State government jobs pay the best salaries, not the lowest. Recently, we did a project with the Department of Post on recruitment for the positions of postman and mail guard. Minimum education criterion for the posts was Class X or XII. The salary was up to Rs. 20,000!
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