MBA's appering for civil exam

JAIPUR: Neeraj Mathur, a final year finance student had purchased geography and general knowledge books last week. After, he failed to grab a decent job in a campus placement session held in his college in a midst of an economic slowdown. "Now I have decided to appear for civil service exam. Its no lesser then a suicide to wait for a job in a present scenario," said disappointed Mathur.

Like, Mathur hundreds of MBA graduates studying in city B-schools are disappointed by the lukewarm response from the corporate due to recession. Many of them have given hopes of getting a lucrative job. Now they are eyeing on the competitive exams like IAS, Bank PO and other government jobs.

Another MBA student Trilok Khandelwal, from Purnima College is busy revising his commerce books to clear the fundamentals of accountancy before he appear for Bank Po exam in the coming months. "I have taken a loan for my MBA programme. The instalments would commence from April next year. The worry is if I failed to get a job by them who would pay the instalments" added Trilok.

The students are left with less options. Either they can wait for the recovery of market or they could grab a job which ever is available, suggested many management schools to their students. Rajesh Kathori, director Podar Management College agress that "Though the market condition is not favourable at present. There are jobs available only for the competent ones"

This year sudden spurt in students appearing for the Civil service and other competitive exams due to the implementation of Sixth pay commission. It has attracted many students from management and science background to appear for the exam. "Government sector jobs have become very promising with the implementation of commission. Now, the salary of a MBA graduate is present scenario is much lesser then a government scribe," Mahesh Vardhman.

Students also opined that uncertainty in private sector is also a reason that over the years working executives left their jobs for government sector.

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