Indian Banking Industry - Details & Scope with Bank PO Exam Pattern
Career as a Bank Probationary Officer ( Bank-PO )
A Probationary Officer’s post is the entry to the managerial positions in the banking industry. A Probationary Officer starts as a trainee officer in the Junior Management Grade Service (JMGS) of the bank and can rise to the highest grades of the bank in his career becoming a General Manager, a Director or even the Chairman of the Bank.
A Bank Probaitonary Officer’s position is seen with tremendous respect in the society as it secures a life long opportunity to grow, prosper and serve the society in a senior and responsible position in the Banking industry. And, therefore, every Bank P.O. Exam attracts lakhs of talented graduates, post-graduates and professionals to compete for a few hundred or thousand of vacancies notified by the banks.
Career as a Bank Clerk
A young person joining a bank as a clerk-cum-cashier in the clerical cadre of the bank has the opportunity to start as early as at the age of 18 years and just after passing standard Xth. A bank clerk has job security, faces challenging work environment, gets opportunity to strengthen customer relation skills, using best available technology and working to learn under worthy senior officers. He is trained on the job. He gets an opportunity through departmental exams of the bank or otherwise to rise to the higher levels of management in the bank. He gets the opportunity of life-long learning in Banking, Finance, Management and other areas of his choice through various national level institutions set up for Bankers’ education. One need not be surprised to find many senior staffs in most of the branches of various banks as well as at the Regional, Zonal and Head Offices of the banks who had joined the bank in the clerical level.