Private sector jobs are the least secure. If job security and lots of benefits is what you are looking for, then you could opt for a government job. Government jobs have more advantages than private sector jobs.
How are government jobs better than private sector jobs?
Secure Future
Most of people want to secure their future and ensure steady income and growth. Such govt jobs are not available in the private sector. Hence, government jobs make for a pretty good option.
No Hard Work
Private sector jobs demand long working hours. This results in most of the employees not doing much except work and go home. Government jobs have fixed working hours, and they are closed on public holidays!
Pension Plan and Increment in Salary
On retirement, a private sector job gives you nothing more than a farewell cake. Government jobs, on the other hand, keep paying you pensions once you retire. This goes a long way in ensuring you have money when you no longer have the energy to work for it.
Increments in your salary while at a private sector job are as promising as the chances of Timbuktu having a football team to participate in the FIFA World Cup. Government jobs provide steady increments, with the pay scale being revised every 10 years!
What are the government jobs I can apply for?
If you are a graduate, you can apply for almost all of them. If you have set your sights real high, you can sit for the UPSC exams (the exams that select the IAS/IPS/IRS officers of our country). However if you do not want to put in long hours of study, you can also go for exams conducted by government banks.
How do I take the UPSC exams?
First of all, you need to be a graduate in any discipline. Second of all, you need to be mentally prepared to put in endless hours of study. UPSC exam notifications come out every year in Employment News (that’s a newspaper).
The Civil Service Examination has a complicated format! The complete exam stretches over a period of one year! So, before you go ahead, let us first try to understand the “format” of the exam.
First of all, in the month of May or June there are the “Preliminary examinations”. Now, in this examination, there are two papers. These are objective type questions and will test you on General Studies, English Comprehension, Mathematics (which they call Quantitative Aptitude), Communication Skills, and Analytical Ability. It’s a lot like the MBA entrance exams that scores of students take each year, just with the addition of General Studies.