Recession Effect: Engineers join as Clerks !!!

[Markus]

Playing it safe? Over 3,800 engineers join SBI as clerks


MUMBAI: This may surprise those aspiring to be engineers, and may even cause a rethink among job seekers: Over 3,800 graduate and 200 postgraduate engineers are set to join State Bank of India (SBI) in the clerical cadre.

The SBI had a year ago advertized for over 27,000 posts in the clerical cadre. While 38 lakh aspirants from across the country applied for the jobs online, 28 lakh of them appeared for the written exam. There were 88,000 successful candidates and 27,000 were finally selected after personal interviews. "It was the biggest such exercise for us," a senior SBI official said.

Out of the 27000, 3,800 are graduate engineers, 200 are postgraduates in different branches of engineering, 8,200 are women and 2,000 are ex-servicemen. "The response to our advertisement was huge. It took a little longer to complete the selection process," said the official.

"I come from a leading engineering college. When I applied for the SBI job, there were virtually no vacancies in the manufacturing or IT sector due to recession. I had to seriously look at other options. After all, SBI offers a safe job," said a graduate engineer on Saturday. SBI officials expressed surprise over so many engineers and postgraduate engineers joining the bank. "The management never expected such a response from technically qualified candidates," said an official.

According to a senior HRD professional, it is difficult to believe that engineering graduates are taking up clerical assignments. "The country boasts of having a large number of engineering colleges. However, it does appear that we are producing engineers without accessing the manpower

Playing it safe? Over 3,800 engineers join SBI as clerks - The Times of India

 

[third eye]

Not surprising considering the number of private engineering colleges that have sprung up. They churn out engineers by the hundreds .

 

[Markus]

Not surprising considering the number of private engineering colleges that have sprung up. They churn out engineers by the hundreds .

Thousands........

 

[forcetrip]

The cream rises to the top. The ones that are actually engineers will climb that ladder while the rest will keep doing what they were meant to do with or without a degree.

 

[third eye]

The cream rises to the top. The ones that are actually engineers will climb that ladder while the rest will keep doing what they were meant to do with or without a degree.

Thats right.

Tried employing some thru campus recruitment. Was shocked to observe some of them could hardly read a drawing let alone structural calculations.

 

[Markus]

The cream rises to the top.

That cream is actually a very small number of extremely brilliant talent.

The ones that are actually engineers will climb that ladder while the rest will keep doing what they were meant to do with or without a degree.

Incorrect. Degree from a good institution is required (atleast here in India).

Your chances of even getting called for an interview is next to NIL without having a degree.

 

[forcetrip]

Hopefully the degree getting process is painstakingly difficult for an engineer. If not I would 100% back the idea of all engineers starting from 0.

 

[Markus]

Hopefully the degree getting process is painstakingly difficult for an engineer. If not I would 100% back the idea of all engineers starting from 0.

4 years of hardword for a bachelors in engineering and 2 years for a master's one.

Painstaking = yes

But engineers from many of India's top institutions have made a name for themselves in all parts of the world.

 

[Xeeshan]

Recession effect???

Here in Pakistan, engineers find every god damn f***ing job except the one related to their degree.

Guess what. I'm an engineer and doing a call center job in an ENGINEERING firm...

 

[arun]

I know firsthand the knowledge of some of these engineers. I got my degree from a top college and I wouldn't employ my medium-bottom ranked classmates for any meaningful engineering project. Some of them can perform structural analysis but not design. Some of them can't even do that. Someone who can do analysis, design as well as proper detailing is rare.

Of course, they are doing great in consultancy, finance and marketing jobs