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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Syndicate Bank PO Exam 2010

Syndicate Bank, a Premier Nationalised Bank, invites applications from Indian citizens for recruitment of Probationary Officers.
Payment of fees accepted at Syndicate Bank’s Branches between 08.06.2010 & 07.07.2010.

IMPORTANT DATES

Opening date for Online Registration
08.06.2010

Last Date for Online Registration
(Including for candidates from far-flung areas )

07.07.2010

Date of Written Examination
29.08.2010
DETAILS OF VACANCIES:
   Post
Scale
No. of Vacancies
Out of which PWD
TOTAL
SC
ST
OBC

GEN

OC
VI
HI
Probationary Officers   JMGS – I

1000

150
75
270
505
10
10
10
                     
Abbreviations used:         
SC      - Scheduled Caste        ST - Scheduled Tribe                       OBC   - Other Backward Classes
GEN   - General Category      VI – Visually Impaired  HI      - Hearing Impaired
OC    - Orthopaedically Challenged   PWD-Persons With Disabilities                                       
SCALE OF PAY: Rs.10000-470/6-12820-500/3-14320-560/7-18240 (The pay scale & other allowances are under revision in terms of industry level settlement dated 27.04.2010)                                                  
EMOLUMENTS: At present, initial monthly emoluments of Junior Management Grade Scale I Officers, including DA, HRA, CCA, are approximately Rs. 18000/- in a Metropolitan Centre.Allowances may vary depending upon the place of posting.
In addition, Quarters facility (in lieu of HRA) for Officers, Conveyance, Medical Aid, LFC and retirement benefits are admissible as per the rules of the Bank.
PROBATION PERIOD: Selected candidates will be on probation for a period of two years.

1.   ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: NATIONALITY/ CITIZENSHIP:

A candidate must be either i) a Citizen of India or ii) a subject of Nepal or iii) subject of Bhutan or iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st  January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.  Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.  A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the interview conducted by the Bank but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the Government of India has issued the necessary eligibility certificate to him/her.

 

THE AGE, QUALIFICATION AS ON 01.06.2010 FOR THE ABOVE POST IS PRESCRIBED AS UNDER:

NAME OF THE POST
SCALE
AGE
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT
Probationary Officer
JMGS-I
Min. 21 years
 Max. 30 years
Pass in graduation in any discipline with 55% or more marks in aggregate from a recognized University in India (50% or more in the case of SC/ST/PWD Candidates).
                         OR
Degrees which are considered equivalent to graduation i.e. Chartered Accountant (CA), Cost Accountant (ICWA), Company Secretary (CS) as also qualifications in Management like PGDBM (Two years course from a reputed University) with 55% or more marks in aggregate (50% or more in the case of SC/ST/PWD).

Proficiency in Computers is essential.
(Candidates who have studied Computer Application as one of the subjects at Graduation/Post Graduation level are deemed to have working knowledge in Computers. For such candidates no separate computer certificate course is necessary)
Note:
  • Degrees obtained from the Recognized Universities/Institutes Recognized by the Govt. of India only will be considered.  In addition to the qualification, the Candidates should have working knowledge in Computers.

  • The educational qualification prescribed for the post is the minimum. Candidates must possess the educational qualifications as on 01.06.2010 (inclusive).
  • Candidates must specifically indicate the class/division and percentage of marks obtained calculated to the nearest two decimals in the relevant column of the application. Where no percentage of marks is awarded by the University, but only CGPA/OGPA is awarded, the same should be converted into percentage, besides indicating the CGPA/OGPA in the application.
    1. Candidates who are awaiting their results of the qualifying examination OR who have not passed the qualifying examination on or before 01.06.2010 are not eligible.  In other words, the result of the qualifying examination, i.e., graduation or equivalent to graduation, as the case may be, should have been announced by the University on or before 01.06.2010.
  • APPLICATION FEE  (INCLUDING POSTAGE CHARGES) (NON-REFUNDABLE) :
Name of the Post
For SC/ST/PWD
For all others (including OBC)
Probationary Officers
Rs.50/-
Rs.300/-
           
The fee for SC/ST/PWD is towards postage only and for others the fee includes postal charges of Rs.50/-

Requisite Application Fee may be paid at any of the Branches of Syndicate Bank, by means of a Payment challan as per the format given on the Bank’s website.  The payment at Syndicate Bank Branches can be made free of charge.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:        
   Selection for the post of `Probationary Officer’ will be made on the basis of performance in written test and Interview.   
8.    WRITTEN TEST:
              Objective Tests (Duration : 150 minutes)
Sl No.
Name of the Test
Medium of Exam
No. of questions
Max.
Marks
1 Reasoning English & Hindi
50
50
2 Quantitative Aptitude English & Hindi
50
50
3 General Awareness   English & Hindi
50
50
4 Test of Computer Proficiency English & Hindi
50
50
5 English Language English
50
00*
                                                     
250
200
* This test is only qualifying and carries no weightage. 
              
Note:   (a) All eligible candidates will be called for a Written Test which will be objective in nature. (b) Candidates have to pass in each of the Objective Tests separately and there will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective Test.  (c) Depending upon the number of vacancies, only those candidates who rank sufficiently high in the Objective Test will be called for Interview.  Mere eligibility/pass in the Test shall not vest any right in a candidate for being called for Interview.  (d) Final selection will be on the basis of the ranking accorded after adding the marks obtained in the Objective Tests and Interview. (e) The detailed information regarding the Written Test will be given in the booklet which will be sent to the eligible candidates along with the Call Letter for the Test. 
             The bank reserves the right to hold a second stage of written examination if required on the basis of the order of merit in the written examination of the first stage as referred to above. If the second stage of written examination is held, the subsequent process of interview and further process would be on the basis of order of merit secured in the second stage examination.
 9.     INTERVIEW: Depending upon the number of vacancies, only those candidates who rank sufficiently high in the Objective Test will be called for Interview.

HOW TO APPLY

( i)  Candidates are required to apply online through website www.syndicatebank.in  No other means/ mode of application will be accepted.
(ii)  Candidates are required to have a valid personal e-mail ID. It should be kept active during the currency of this recruitment project. Bank may send call letters for written test, interview etc. to the registered e-mail ID. Under no circumstances, he/she should share/mention e-mail ID to/ of any other person.
(iii) In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she should create his/her new e-mail ID before applying on-line.
(iv) Applicants are first required to go to the Bank’s website ‘www.syndicatebank.in’ and click on the link “Recruitment”.
  1. Thereafter, open the Recruitment Notification entitled “SYNDICATE BANK PROBATIONARY OFFICERS’ RECRUITMENT PROJECT-2010-11”.
  2. Take a Print of the entire Recruitment Notification, including the ‘FEES PAYMENT CHALLAN’.
  3. Fill in the Fee Payment Challan in a clear and legible handwriting in BLOCK LETTERS.
  4. Go to the nearest Syndicate Bank Branch with the Fee payment Challan and pay, in Cash, the appropriate Application Fee in CBS Account Nos.01111150000481 or 01111150000496 or 01111150000501  with Manipal Branch in the name & style of  “SYNDICATE BANK PROBATIONARY OFFICERS’ RECRUITMENT PROJECT-2010-11”. The details of fee to be paid is indicated below :
                      APPLICATION FEE (INCLUDING POSTAGE CHARGES) (NON-REFUNDABLE):
Name of the Post
For SC/ST/PWD
For all others (including OBC)
Probationary Officers
Rs.50/-
Rs.300/-
The fee for SC/ST/PWD is towards postage only and for others the fee includes postal charges of Rs.50/-.
 .   Candidates may find out required branch address from our website  
     www.syndicatebank.in  under head ‘All Branches/Offices’ under option ‘Branch      Locater’ select  ‘State’ & ‘City’ and click on click here.
  1. Obtain the Applicant’s Counterfoil Copy of the Application Fee Payment Challan duly authenticated by the Bank with (a) Branch Name & BIC No, (b) Transaction id/Scroll number, (c) Date of Deposit & amount filled by the Branch Official.

  1. Candidates are now ready to Apply Online by re-visiting the Recruitment Link on the Bank’s website and going to the sublink titled “ONLINE APPLICATION FOR SYNDICATE BANK PROBATIONARY OFFICERS’ RECRUITMENT PROJECT-2010-11” to open up the appropriate Online Application Format. All the fields in the online Application format should be filled up carefully.
  • Carefully fill in the details from the Recruitment Application Fee Payment Challan in the Online Application Form at the appropriate places

(xii)  Original counterfoil of the fee payment challan will have to be submitted with the Call Letter at the time of written test. Without original counterfoil of the fee payment challan the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the written test. Candidates are also advised to keep two photocopies of the fee payment challan. One photocopy has to be submitted at the time of Pre-Exam training and the other may be retained by the candidate for future use.
(xiii) The name of the candidate or his/her father/husband etc. should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the certificates/mark sheets. Any change / alteration found may disqualify the candidature.
xiv)  CANDIDATES SHOULD NOT SUBMIT A PRINTOUT OF THE APPLICATION / CHALLAN TO THE BANK AT THIS STAGE
 xv)  The Application printout along with the Xerox copy of the challan and required copies of documents should be kept ready for submission if selected for Interview.
xvi)   Please note that the above procedure is the only valid procedure for applying.  No other mode of application or incomplete steps would be accepted and such applications would be rejected.
The candidate should apply online through website www.syndicatebank.in  only. No other mode of application will be accepted. Provision has been made for candidates to download a challan for payment of application fees. The candidate should make payment of application fees at any branch of Syndicate Bank by such computer-generated challan only and take acknowledgement on the counterfoil. Once payment is made, the candidate should enter name of the Branch, Branch Code and date of payment made, in application and take a printout of the application.



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Canara Bank Recruitment 2010 | Imp. Dates, Application Deadlines



Recruitment of Investment officers on contract
Applications are invited from Indian citizens for appointment to the post of investment officers on contract
Eligible candidates are requested to apply on-line through Bank’s website www.canarabank.com. No other means/mode of application will be accepted

Important dates

Opening date for on-line registration in website: 22.06.2010
Closing date for on-line registration in website: 10.07.2010
Tentative date of written test: 05.09.2010
The details of number of posts are as follows
Total post: 700
Age: Minimum 21 years maximum 30 years
Reservations for investment officers on contract; SC 106, ST 53, OBC 191, UR 350, Total 700
State/UT wise requirement of Investment officers on Contract is as mentioned below
Andhra Pradesh 47; Assam 10; Bihar 04; Chandigarh 06; Chhattisgarh 06; Delhi 66; Goa 09; Gujarat 09; Chhattisgarh 06; Delhi 66; Goa 09; Gujarat 18; Haryana 13; Himachal Pradesh 02; Jharkhand 08; Karnataka 140; Kerala 54; Madhya Pradesh 09; Maharashtra 81; Orissa 05; Punjab 35; Rajasthan 04; Tamilnadu 110; Uttar Pradesh 46; Uttaranchal 05; West Bengal 22; Total 700
The reservations for the post of Investment officers on Contract shall be extended on All India basis, as per govt guidelines
The recruitment shall be on state-wise/UT wise basis. Candidates can apply for one state/ UT only and have to appear for the test, from a centre allotted for that particular state/UT. On selection, candidates will be placed anywhere in that state/union territory depending up on Bank’s need
The number of posts and the reservations provided are provisional and may vary according to actual requirement of the Bank
3% of the total posts @ 1% each for VC/HI/OC candidates are reserved for the persons with disabilities
As the reservation for PWD candidates is on horizontal basis, the selected candidates will be placed in the appropriate category to which the candidate belongs. The above reservation is inclusive of shortfall/backlog reservation

Eligibility criteria and other details

All the eligibility criteria, qualification, age etc shall be computed as on 01.06.2010

Qualification: A Graduate in any discipline, preferably with MBA, and having flair for marketing the Insurance, Mutual Fund and other products of the Bank. All the qualifications mentioned should be from a recognized university/Institution
Knowledge (read/write/speak) of the local language of the state/UT for which he/she is applying, is essential
Candidates must necessarily be qualified by passing the IRDA License examination after their provisional selection, at their own cost. Provisionally selected candidates shall be allowed to join the bank only if they acquire the IRDA License within the period stipulated by the Bank
Candidate should possess the following; passion for marketing; work independently and also with team; computer literacy; good communication skills
Preference will be given to those candidates who have prior experience in marketing/insurance business
Since the job involves extensive travelling, candidates should have good physical fitness and ready to accept the challenges and meeting the targets
Computer Literacy: Operating computer systems in MS-DOS, MS Windows, Basic concepts of Networking and Connectivity, MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, e-mail etc) shall be an essential qualification, which a candidate must either possess or acquire within 6 months from the date of joining the Bank
Hindi Knowledge: The candidates shall acquire working knowledge of Hindi, if not possessed already, within 6 months from the date of joining the Bank
Job profile: Marketing the Insurance, Mutual Fund and other products of the Bank. Responsible for end-to-end sales, any other work assigned by the Bank from time to time
Period of contract: Three (03) years with an option to extend for two years at the discretion of the Bank
Compensation
Fixed pay: Rs 15,000/- per month subject to achievement of minimum threshold premium of Rs 1 lakh per month i.e., Rs 12 lakhs per annum
The contract appointees, who fail to achieve performance with a minimum threshold premium of Rs 3.00 lakhs per quarter, consecutively for two quarters, beginning from the second quarter of their appointment shall cease to continue as contract appointees of the bank from the last day of the month from the end of the second quarter under review. However, if any candidate fails to achieve minimum threshold limit of Rs 3 lakhs in any quarter, Bank reserves right to cancel the contract appointment
Other benefits: Casual leave 10 days per calendar year; Annual leave 20 days in a calendar year
The Annual leave can be encashed to the extent of 50% every year. Carry over of unavailed casual/annual leave shall not be permitted
Other conditions: Applicable Income tax shall be deducted as per provisions; either party may terminate the contract by giving one month notice in writing/by remitting one month’s fixed compensation amount; the Bank will have the right to recover at its discretion, any loss or money due to the Bank, from the amounts due and payable by the Bank without prejudice to any other remedies the Bank may adopt for recovering the same; 10% of the Basic will be deducted as employee’s contribution towards contributory provident fund and monthly contribution will be provided by the bank over and above the fixed compensation. The employee’s contribution as well as Bank’s contribution towards contributory provident fund shall be settled at the time of cessation; the contract appointee shall not be eligible for any perquisites whatsoever which are payable to permanent employees of the Bank; officers recruited under the contract system are not eligible for pension in any form
Nationality/citizenship: A candidate must be either (i) a citizen of India or (ii) a subject of Nepal or (iii) a subject of Bhutan or (iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 01.01.1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or (v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the govt of India. A Candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination/interview conducted by the Bank, but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificates issued by the govt of India, are produced
Relaxation in upper age limit: SC/ST by 5 years; OBC by 3 years; Persons with Disabilities by 10 years; all persons who are ordinarily domiciled in Kashmir Division of J&K state during 01.01.80 to 31.12.89 by 5 years; Ex-servicemen/Commissioned officers including those ECOs/ SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years Military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed on or before 30.09.2010) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to Military service or on invalidment by 5 years
Application fee and postal charges (non refundable): SC/ST/PwD Rs 50/-; all others Rs 300/-
Procedure for making payment of application fee/postal charges: The application fee/postal charges can be paid by; directly crediting the amount in any of the Canara Bank branch or paying the amount through NEFT in any other Bank
The procedure for payment of fee is mentioned below; directly crediting the amount in any Canara Bank Branch (take print-out of the payment challan from website, fill the particulars viz, Name, Canara Bank branch name, city, amount, post applied for, submit the fee payment challan and amount in any Canara Bank branch, collect the candidate’s copy of fee payment challan from the Branch), please check that challan is properly signed and the details of transaction sequence no/batch no, branch name and DP code number, deposit date are noted in the challan by the branch authorities; log on to bank website for applying on-line
Paying the amount through NEFT in any other Bank (if the candidate opts for payment through other Bank); fill the NEFT challan as required by the bank with beneficiary details as follows (Name of the account Canara Bank Recruitment Project - 2/2010, Account number 1173201002149, Payee Bank Canara Bank, South End Road Branch, Bangalore, IFSC code CNRB0001173, make payment, collect NEFT payment receipt), please check that receipt is properly signed and the details of NEFT UTR No, IFSC code of the sending branch, name of the sending bank, city, deposit date, amount etc are noted in the challan by the branch authorities, log on to bank website for applying on-line
After on-line registration, candidates are requested to write their registration number, name, date of birth, post applied for on the back of the payment challan/NEFT receipt. Candidates have to submit this original payment challan/NEFT receipt along with test call letter at the time of written test
The application fee/postal charges should be paid during 22.06.2010 to 10.07.2010
Even if the last date of registration changes due to technical reasons, the valid dates for payment of application fee/postal charges will not be changed
Payment of fee by demand draft/cheque/money orders/postal orders etc will not be accepted
Selection procedure:
The selection for the post of Investment officers on contract shall be by way of written test and Interview
The test may be conducted on-line/off-line, there will be negative marks for wrong answers in objective test. The descriptive test is only for qualifying purpose. Bank will decide the minimum cut-off marks for each subject as well as total weighted score (TWS). Depending on the number of vacancies, such of those candidates who rank sufficiently high in the order of merit in the written test as per the cut off marks decided by the Bank will only be called for interview
Mere eligibility/admission to the test/pass in the test does not imply that the Bank is satisfied beyond doubt about the candidates’ eligibility and shall not vest any right in a candidate for being called for interview. The Bank reserves the right to call only the requisite number of candidates for interview
Other details regarding the test will be given to the candidates in the Acquaint Yourself Booklet, which will be sent along with the call letter for written examination
The Bank reserves the right to change the selection procedure, if necessary. The change, if any, shall be communicated to the candidates in advance
Maximum marks for Interview is 100 and the final selection shall be state/UT wise and on the basis of performance in Interview only
The Bank would be free to reject the candidature of any candidate at any stage of the recruitment process, if he/she is found to be ineligible. If appointed, such a candidate may be summarily removed and the fees paid by the ineligible candidates shall be forfeited
Date of written test: The written test is tentatively fixed on 05.09.2010 at the following Centres. The exact venue address of the test will be intimated in the test call letter
Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam), Assam (Guwahati), Bihar (Patna), Chandigarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh (Chandigarh, Delhi), Chhattisgarh (Raipur), Delhi (Delhi), Goa (Panaji Goa), Gujarat (Ahmedabad), Haryana (Karnal), Jharkhand (Ranchi), Karnataka (Bangalore, Hubli, Mangalore), Kerala (Trivandrum, Calicut), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), Maharashtra (Mumbai,, Nagpur), Orissa (Bhubaneshwar), Rajasthan (Jaipur), Tamilnadu (Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai), Uttar Pradesh (Agra, Delhi, Lucknow), Uttaranchal (Dehradun), West Bengal (Kolkata)
Security deposit: The selected candidates on appointment shall be required to make a security deposit of Rs 50,000/- with the bank to indemnify the bank against any loss or damage which may be caused to the Bank. An amount of Rs 20,000/- should be deposited upfront at the time of commencement of the contract and the balance of Rs 30,000/- to be deposited in 6 monthly installments

How to apply

The eligible candidates are required to apply on-line through bank’s website www.canarabank.com. The guidelines for filling on-line application are as follows; candidates should have a valid personal e-mail id. In case, candidate is not having valid e-mail id, he/she should create a new e-mail id. This e-mail id should be valid for the duration of the project; candidates should have remitted the requisite fee in any branch of Canara Bank and should have details of payment made or candidates should have remitted the requisite fee in any other Bank through NEFT and should have details of payment made; please note that without valid payment details, on-line registration of application will be summarily rejected; candidates are required to visit the Bank’s website www.canarabank.com-Careers-Positions open page and click on the link Recruitment Project - 2/2010 - Investment officers on Contract” and apply for the post. Alternatively, candidates can click the link Recruitment scrolling in the news update, which leads to the recruitment page; the link for registration of application will be open on our website on the dates indicated at the top of this advertisement; after filling in all the required particulars, candidates shall submit the application on-line; there is provision to modify the submitted on-line application. Candidates are requested to make use of this facility to correct the details in on-line application, if any. This modification facility shall be available after 2 days of registration and up to 12.07.2010. Modification will be allowed only 3 times. After the last date, no modification will be permitted; candidates should take utmost care to furnish the correct details while filling in on-line application; retain a copy of on-line application print out along with registration number and password safely for your records
While attending for the written test, candidates have to submit original payment challan/NEFT receipt along with test call letter, without which candidates are not allowed to take up examination