Indian Overseas Bank Clerical Recruitment 2011 - 1100 Vacancies for Clerks

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Indian Overseas Bank

Central office, 763, Anna Salai, Chennai-600002, Website www.iob.in
Advt No-HRDD/RECT/ 02/2011 dtd 21.02.2011

Recruitment of 1100 Clerical Staff

Indian Overseas Bank, a leading public sector bank with headquarters in Chennai having geographical presence all over India and abroad invites applications from Indian citizens for the post of clerk

Candidates are requested to apply through online only through our Bank’s website www.iob.in between 04th March, 2011 and 25th March, 2011

No other means/mode of application will be accepted

Before applying candidates are advised to ensure that they fulfill the stipulated eligibility criteria

They should note that application fee and/or postage once paid will neither be refunded nor be adjusted against any other recruitment process

Candidates are advised to fill their particulars online themselves correctly

INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK CLERICAL RECRUITMENT 2011 - IMPORTANT DATES

Opening date for online registration: 04th March, 2011

Closing date for online registration: 25th March, 2011

Payment of application fee/postage: 04th March, 2011 to 25th March, 2011

Tentative date of written examination: 29th May, 2011, Sunday

Details of vacancies

Andhra Pradesh 90; Assam 05; Bihar 35; Chattisgarh 40; Chandigarh 20; Delhi 60; Goa 25; Gujarat 70; Haryana 25; Himachal Pradesh 03; Jammu & Kashmir 03; Jharkhand 50; Karnataka 115; Kerala 35; Madhya Pradesh 65; Maharashtra 10; Manipur 02; Meghalaya 02; Mizoram 05; Orissa 40; Puducherry 10; Punjab 35; Rajasthan 55; Tamil Nadu 110; Uttar Pradesh 100; Uttrakhand 35; West Bengal 55; Total 1100

Eligibility criteria

Nationality/citizenship: A candidate must be either (i) a citizen of India or (ii) a subject of Nepal or (iii) subject of Bhutan or (iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or (v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the govt of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination/ interview conducted by the Bank but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the govt of India has issued the necessary eligibility certificate

Educational qualifications (as on 01.01.2011): A pass with 65% marks (60% for SC/ST/PC/Ex-servicemen) in HSC of 10+2 (10+2+3) pattern or Intermediate/Pre-university or any equivalent examination recognized by central/ state govt or UT administration; or a pass with 60% marks diploma in banking (55% for SC/ST/PC/Ex-servicemen) recognized by central/state govt or UT administration; or a degree with a minimum of 50% of marks (45% for SC/ST/PC/Ex-servicemen) in any discipline from a recognized university or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the central govt

Ex-Servicemen (who do not possess the above) a pass in service (departmental) examination which is recognized as equivalent to civil examination not below the rank of higher secondary school examination

All educational qualifications should be from recognized university/central/state/UT administration

Should be able to write and speak English fluently

Knowledge to read, write and speak the official language of the state for which the candidate has applied is essential

Computer literacy: Apart from relevant qualification for the above post, computer literacy shall be an essential qualification, which the candidate must either possess or acquire within six months of joining the Bank

Age (as on 01st January, 2011): Minimum 18 years, maximum 28 years

Relaxation in upper age limit: SC/ST by 5 years; OBC by 3 years; PwD by 10 years; Ex-Servicemen by 3 years (in addition to the usual period of service in the Defence forces subject to a maximum age of 50 years); widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands, who have not remarried by 9 years;

How to apply:

Eligible candidates are required to apply on-line only through our website www.iob.in and no other means/mode of application will be acceptable. Candidates are advised to follow the following sequence of steps while applying online

Candidates are required to have a valid e-mail ID. It should be kept active for the duration of this recruitment process. Under no circumstances, he/she should share/mention e-mail ID to/of any other person

In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she should create his/her e-mail ID before applying on-line

Log on to our Bank’s website www.iob.in and click career column (available at the top of the bank’s website), then the career page will open

Go through the detailed advertisement by clicking the advertisement (English) or advertisement (Hindi) available in the career page and ensure candidate’s eligibility to apply for the said post

Take print out of Payment Receipt by clicking download payment receipt available in the career page

Remit the application fee/postages as applicable to the candidate with the filled up payment receipt in any of Indian Overseas Bank branches by means of cash only and collect candidate’s copy of payment receipt for the application fee paid. Please ensure that the following information has been correctly entered; branch name and code number; transaction ID; date of deposit and amount

After remitting the application fees/ postage, again log on to our Bank’s website www.iob.in and open the career page. Click apply on line, then online application will open, fill up all the details required in the application and click submit button available at the bottom of the online application and online application will be registered. A registration number and password will appear for your online registration immediately on the screen. This can be used only for taking printout of the online application registered by the candidates for their records and candidates should not send the printout of the online application to the Bank

There is a provision to modify the submitted on line application. Candidates are requested to make use of this facility to correct their details in the on line application, if any. This modification facility will be available up to 27th March, 2011. After this date no modification will be permitted. Candidate should take utmost care will filling the on line application

For the purpose of locating the branch address for remitting fees, candidate may log on to our Bank website www.iob.in wherein provision is available for locating address of the branches

Candidates should submit the candidate’s copy of payment receipt along with the call letter at the time of written examination failing which the candidate will not be admitted for the written examination

The payment of fees should be made between 04th March, 2011 and 25th March, 2011 (inclusive of both dates) and the last date for applying online is 25th March, 2011. Application for online registration will be available in our Bank’s website between 04th March, 2011 and 25th March, 2011 only. Even if the last date for online application is revised the dates for payment of application fees/postage will remain unchanged

Applications once made will not be allowed to be withdrawn and application fee/ postages once paid shall not be refunded or shall not be held in reserve for any other examination

Application fee (including postage charge) non refundable; for SC/ST/Physically Challenged/Ex-Servicemen Rs 50-/ (for postage); for all others (including OBC) Rs 250/- (200/-+50/- for postage)

Application fee has to be paid in cash only at any branch of Indian Overseas Bank before applying online

Emoluments for the post of clerical cadre: Rs 7200-19300/- plus DA, HRA, etc will be paid as per Bank’s rules in force from time to time depending upon the place of posting

Probation: On appointment, candidates will be on probation for a minimum period of 6 months. On successful completion of the probation, and found if suitable, they will be confirmed in the services of the Bank

Selection process

Written examination: Selection will be made on the basis of performance in written examination and Interview

Details of written examination and interview are as under

Objective tests: The objective tests consists of; test of reasoning; test of English Language; test of numerical ability; test of general awareness with special reference to Banking industry; test of computer knowledge (250 questions carrying total weightage of 250 with total time duration of 150 minutes)

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the objective tests which will result in negative marks for every wrong answer @ one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question. If the total of the penalty for a test is in fraction, the marks obtained will be rounded off to the nearest integer

The question paper for above test except the test of English language will be printed bilingual i.e. English and Hindi

Bank will decide the minimum cut-off marks for each test as well as total weightage marks. Mere eligibility/pass in the written examination shall not vest any right in a candidate for being called for personal interview. Depending upon the number of vacancies, only those candidates who rank sufficiently high in the order of merit in the written examination as per the cut off marks decided by the Bank will be called for the interview

Other detailed information regarding the written examination will be given in the information booklet, which will be made available to the candidate along with the call-letter

The Bank reserves the right, if required to hold a second stage of written examination on the basis of order of merit in the written examination of first stage, as referred above. If the second stage of written examination is held, the subsequent process of interview and further process would be on the basis of order of merit of the second stage examination

Written examination centers: The written examination will be held at the following centres and the address of the venue will be advised in the call letters

Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Guwahati (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram), Patna (Bihar), Chandigarh (Chandigarh and Haryana), Raipur (Chattisgarh), Delhi (Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir), Panaji-Goa (Goa), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Ranchi (Jharkhand) Bengaluru (Karnataka), Ernakulam (Kerala), Mumbai (Maharashtra), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhubaneshwar (Orissa), Puducherry (Puducherry), Ludhiana (Punjab), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, (Tamil Nadu), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Kolkata (West Bengal)

The Bank reserves the right to alter written examination date and/or alter/add written examination centre under unforeseen circumstances, if any

Interview: The Interview will carry 50 marks. Minimum qualifying marks in the interview will be 22.50 marks for General category and 20.00 marks for SC/ST/OBC/Physically Challenged/ Ex-servicemen candidates

Final selection will be made on the basis of aggregate marks obtained by the candidates in the written examination and Interview and will be strictly according to the merit ranking

Pre-examination training (for SC/ST/Ex-servicemen/minority community candidates only): It is proposed to impart Pre-examination training to a limited number of candidates belonging to SC/ST/minority communities/Ex-servicemen at the following centres at the discretion of the Bank, Hyderabad, Vijayawada,Guwahati, Patna, Chandigarh, Delhi, Panaji-Goa, Ahmedabad, Ranchi, Bengaluru, Ernakulam, Mumbai, Bhopal Bhubaneshwar, Puducherry, Ludhiana, Jaipur ,Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Lucknow, Dehradun, Kolkata

All eligible candidates who wish to avail of pre-examination training should fill in the relevant column in the on line application. All expenses regarding traveling, boarding, lodging etc will be borne by the candidate for attending the pre-examination training programme at the concerned centres. The Bank however reserves the right to cancel the centres indicated for the training depending upon the response, administrative feasibility etc. The Bank also reserves the right to allot the candidates to any of the centres other than the one he/she has opted for

All the eligible candidates who have submitted their online applications properly in time will be administered a written examination, without verification of their age or qualification or category or any other eligibility criteria with relevance to documents and will be purely on provisional basis, on the strength of the information provided by them in the online application. The candidates must therefore, ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility, has in his/her possession the requisite documents and certificates specified by the Bank, and that the particulars furnished in the on-line application are true and correct in all respects. Mere admission to the written examination and/or passing the test and being invited by the Bank for the personal interview shall not imply that the Bank has been satisfied beyond doubt about the candidate’s eligibility. Bank has the right to cancel candidature at any stage if found that any candidate is not fulfilling the eligibility criteria. If any candidate found ineligible even after appointment his/her services are liable to be terminated

Call letters for the written examination: The date of the written examination is 29th May, 2011, Sunday. The date of written examination along with the centre/venue and time of the written examination will be intimated in the call letter which will be sent to all eligible candidates before the date of the written examination. All eligible candidates will be issued call-letters at the correspondence address given by them in their online application, which will be sent by post. Candidates who do not receive call letter latest by 23rd May, 2011 may download the duplicate call letter from our Bank’s website www.iob.in by entering his/her details between 24th May, 2011and 28th May, 2011

Candidates have to affix his/her photograph on the call letter. Candidate has to bring this call letter along with original candidate’s copy of payment receipt while attending the written examination

Candidates have to submit original candidate’s copy of payment receipt along with examination call letter while attending the written examination without which they will not be allowed to take up the examination

 

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