Opportunity and Procedure for Getting Railway Jobs

The Indian job market is so blessed with qualitative as well as quantitative workforce. This is off course a great advantage of many organizations inside as well as outside the country. There are private sector jobs as well as public sector jobs in our country, which the confusion always exists which one is better to opt for. When it comes to public sector or Government jobs, Indian Railway jobs are one of the most preferred area. There are many reasons such as attractive salaries, flexible shifts, medical facilities and even accommodation facilities when it comes to few cadres in railways depending on the areas of posting.

The wide range of job opportunities helps the job seekers of all categories to look in to the possibility of joining Railways. There are openings even for candidates passed 10+2 course as well. The recruitment process of Indian Railways is taken care by Railway Recruitment Board which is under the control of the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. The RRB takes care of the employee requirement analysis, posting of job notification, screening of applications and conducting examinations to select the best suitable candidates required for each post.

The Indian Railways is divided in to various zones and these are further divided into divisions. The RRB publishes vacancies in the areas like Signal, Maintenance, Security and Protection Forces, Management, Personnel, Accounts etc. for various zones of the Indian Railway and conducts examinations and test to fill the vacancies. There are four categorization of vacancies in Railways such as Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D. The gazetted ranks belongs to Group A and B and Non Gazetted positions belongs to Group C and Group D.

The recruitment of candidates applying for positions in Group A is been conducted by the union Public Service Commission with the help of examinations such as Civil Services Examination and the Combined Engineering Service Examination. The Group B openings are generally filled by giving promotions to the Group C employees. The Group C levels are filled by the recruitment processes conducted by the zonal RRBs. The Group D openings are filled by the selection process conducted by each divisional offices.

The jobs in Indian Railways are notified to general public with the help of print media as well as digital media. Even though the job notifications gets published in newspapers, the advancement of Internet and media has made it easier for a candidate to know the job requirements and qualifications asked by the RRB for filling its various openings. To know more about railway jobs in India, please check out this website.

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This article is written by Gray Clues. She is a career adviser and professional writer by profession and has expert knowledge in the field of career and all other private and government sector. She has given valuable tips on employment news.

This article is written by Gray Clues. She is a career adviser and professional writer by profession and has expert knowledge in the field of education, career and all other private and government sector.