Bank Officer - Career Queries

Dear Aspirant, I am really sad to hear that having spent two whole years in preparing for the bank exams, you could not make it. This also indicates that you are very much interested and inclined towards making your career in banking sector. Hope you had enrolled your self in a bank exam preparation coaching institute to give you practice, confidence and guidance. Now that two years are gone and there seems nothing in sight, we should take another route to get into banking jobs. Please note that now you should aim for banking jobs in private banks since in public sector banks recruitments are

Dear Aspirant, Nice to see your aspiration and ambition to join banks for a job and career. But why do you ask specifically about cashier jobs? Anyways... you need to be a graduate first for any kind of good job in a bank whether public sector or private banks. Therefore I would suggest you to concentrate on your graduation studies first and get a first class (first class is mandatory). To enter into the public sector banks as clerks, officers, probationary officers, one needs to give the IBPS exam. IBPS is a central authority which conducts bank exams for the above category of employees based

The selection procedure has been mentioned on the following RBI link: The details of work profile, salary etc. are given here https://testbook.com/blog/rbi-grade-b-officer-work/

There are three routes to recruitment Appear for the entrance examinations for Clerks and Probationary Officers held by various banks, in association with Banking Services Recruitment Board. Find a job in a private sector bank, by applying on their websites, or through contacts. It will help to have a MBA here. Enrol for the Banking Diploma courses offered by institutes like TimePro, Sikkim Manipal etc., which offer a guarantee of employment after completion of the course. It will help to acquire a fundamental knowledge of banking, and strengthen your skills with some online banking courses.

You qualify to appear for the entrance examinations for public sector banks. If you wish to take up further courses, take up a MBA with a specialization in Finance, Banking or Insurance. You may consider enrolling for CFA if that interests you. It will help you in getting core finance jobs. Courses in investment banking or treasury management will also get you elite slots in banking.

Dear Aspirant, There are many best courses available in the commerce career stream, however for me what important is in which aspects or skills you are best in. Since you are in the second year of BCom course and nearing graduation, you can do short term courses in basic computer skills (MS Office, Internet), learning programming languages like Java, C++, etc. Reading business and general news is very essential for a commerce student and commerce career aspirant. Apart from this, I would strongly suggest that you should be very clear about your aptitude, competencies, skills and innate ab

 Thank you mam. But what if my main aim is MBA(in finance) and i take banking as a backup.Should i start preparing from the first year itself?And does plain bcom pose any difficulty in my career choice?  

Hello Rabaab,   Interesting. Just 12th and 3 years work experience though it is a necessity for qualifying as a CA.   But why did you not, join a degree course then, along with the job. Till now you would have graduated.   Never the less, you could opt for Bachelors in Banking and Insurance a 3 years self finance course. After that you could join banks by clearing the necessary entrance exam as a probationary officer.   Or you could pursue B.Com and specialise in economics , and join banks again after clearing entrance exam. Here after you graduate, you could opt for a cour