An ASSOCHAM assessment | 20 May, 2009
Current meltdown in economy may have increased students turnout for civil and armed forces, mainly due to security and stability factors through selection process of Union public service Commission (UPSC) but fact also remains that easy availability of good jobs in private sectors is driving people away from civil services, armed forces and other central services.
This is also because the UPSC has continuously been maintaining a very high standard for recruitment in these and other services whereas recruitment standards are not grueling in corporate sector including majority of public sector undertakings at entry levels of management trainees, holds The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
According to its assessment, aspirants wanting to get into civil services, armed forces and other central services are required to put in much of hard work and huge preparations, to be recommended for these jobs by the UPSC while selection processes in corporate sector for entry level executives is not that tougher.
This is the major reason, according to ASSOCHAM that a large number of young, brighter and enthusiastic career seekers are turning them away from civil, armed forces and other central services, says Sajjan Jindal, ASSOCHAM President in a statement.
"It is also true that brighter students are continuously chasing IIMs, IITs and foreign universities for better career prospects but the job satisfaction level perhaps is provided the best in administrative and armed forces services" although civil and army officers may be loosing out to their corporate counterparts "cost to company compensation," reveal the ASSOCHAM observation.
Civil and Defence services, however, provide the biggest incentive to civil servants and defence personnel as these are directly part of growth process of the country and also take part in policy making and its implementation.
In addition, these services also perform a role of facilitator to policy and programme implementation while in other services- executives are deprived of this privilege and prerogative added Jindal.
It is because of this reason that civil and armed services should be fascinating and rewarding for young and brighter aspirants but since these require extremely harder preparations and passionate involvement many a good number of such students drive them away and explore for easier options in corporate world.
However, the ASSOCHAM also holds that in general it is observed that those who have successfully made for civil and armed services and also for corporate sectors and played their successful inning, their children are generally inspired for their respective foray in these services.
The general conclusion therefore is that whatever one may say it is the civil services that provide for rewarding careers, pointed out Jindal. He however, added that civil and armed forces had lost their glare between 1990s to nearly 2003-04 as it was generally felt during this era of liberalization that corporate sector provided for better career.
As the competition in the private sector grew stiffer and stiffer and economy stated experiencing shake ups, career explorer are beginning to switch on to government jobs at higher positions and in its public sector undertaking as they feel that jobs in corporate sector have become more and more slippery.
Now the trend has emerged stronger for government jobs as these are deemed to be more secure and stable but the fact also remains that only those that have very high degree of commitments and steadfastness to put in serious efforts and preparations only make for civil and armed services, concludes the ASSOCHAM observations.
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