The government jobs have always been linked with good enough compensation and employee benefits. However, now with the sixth pay commission in place this has even got better.
The government wants to attract the best of talent and turn the way the government organizations are run into modern and professional outfits. This can only happen if they have top-notch personnel. In order to attract the very best human resources they have left no stone unturned.
Hence let us enumerate the benefits that a government employee gets:
- The very first benefit that one gets is the pay structure that is almost similar to what one would get in the corporate sector. The salary that the government employee gets at the end of the month will be something that he will not have anything to complain about.
- Think of any benefit and the government employee gets them. Be it the off repeated ones such as provident fund or pension plans to the others such as medical, housing, education, child care, travel and so forth. The government of India is quite liberal with the benefits that it allocates it employees.
- An Indian government job allows you to work for two more years then the corporate sector because of the age limit. When everyone retires at 58 you will continue to work and be productive until the age of 60.
- All the government projects are five year plans with mammoth investments. Hence, you will have lots of learning with lateral movements within the government sector. Therein your skill sets will increase phenomenally.
- The government is an extremely secure sector. Hence, you need not worry about pink slips or the recession getting to you. You are assured of a job as long as you want it.
- The government sector is not hell bent on profits hence you will not be driven up the bend trying to make profits for your company. Even if you break even in projects it is fine.
- The Indian economy is growing by leaps and bounds. Therefore there are lots of vacancies opening up in the government sector almost every day. Therefore there is going to be no job stagnation for you.
- The government sector works on huge projects that take years to complete. Therefore, you will not be concerned about constant measurement of your productivity and regular appraisals.
- The government will allow you to become a part of several professional organizations and hence this will help develop your career. You will have several ways to develop a career path for yourself.
- The government sector allows you to be promoted based on length of service rather than just merit. Hence, you will not get to hear promotions based on meritocracy or shape up or ship out in the government sector.
- The best part is that you will not have any stress or burnout.
- With all these benefits at your doorstep a government job is the most lucrative one at this point of time.
All armed with your post graduate degrees and diplomas and waiting for an interview call, but unfortunately not getting one? You are wondering why? Are you not talented or graduated from the best institutes of the city? If yes, then there is something wrong with your CV. You should prepare your Curriculum Vitae in such a way that gains maximum attention from recruiters.
The most important thing to understand at this stage is that your CV is the first document to represent you in the corporate world. So, give it your full attention and write it to present the best aspects of your academic career, skills and personality.
Some tips to make a perfect CV
The most important thing to understand at this stage is that your CV is the first document to represent you in the corporate world. So, give it your full attention and write it to present the best aspects of your academic career, skills and personality.
Some tips to make a perfect CV
- Do not mention Resume or CV on top: It takes the most important space in your CV and a recruiter or a consultant does not need to be told that he is viewing a CV, he already knows it.
- Don't address yourself: When you write your CV, recruiters know that you are talking about yourself, so avoid using these words. CVs should be brief, to the point, hence remove all unnecessary information.
- Write an appealing career summary: Begin with a sensible and interesting career summary just below your contact details. Your CV should be able to attract the attention of recruiters as they see the first screen of their monitor.
- Highlight your strengths and unique skills: Why should a company recruit you? What special skills you have? What is your USP? You need to mention all these in great details to get that interview call. You should mention your extracurricular activities, awards, hobbies, languages you know, academic and non academic interests. Give ample space and attention to non-academic interests and skills. List out all the leadership activities you undertook as a student, awards you won, sports you played, etc.
- Don't make your CV too long: CV should not be so long as recruiters and HR managers don't have time to go through it as they view 100s of CVs everyday. Two pages length is perfect. There are some exceptions - some employers prefer as much information as possible, but on the whole, anything more than three pages may have a negative impact on your interview chances.
- Make sure your CV is in right order: Mostly your employment history is more important than your educational qualifications. This means that on most occasions your employment history should be placed before your educational qualifications.
- Avoid spelling mistakes and grammatical errors: Spelling and grammatical mistakes in your CV may even put you in an embarrassing situation. So, proofread your CV well before you send it to a prospective employer. Also, make sure to use the same tense throughout your CV to make it read well.
- Personalise your CV for every job application: One of the most important thing you should keep in mind before sending your resume to a prospective employer is to optimise its relevancy for that particular post. Once you've viewed the company's website or newspaper and read the job advert you'll be able to determine whether or not there are aspects of your previous experience that don't presently feature on your CV. You should highlight your experience that is more pertinent to the job that is advertised.
- Use a formal e-mail address: Many students create 'funky' or 'cool' e-mail addresses in college but remember that your CV is a formal document. So make sure that you send your CV from a formal e-mail address which is preferably an amalgamation of your first name and last name.
- Use formal fonts: One must chose formal fonts to make a CV like Times New Roman, Arial, etc.
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