Graduates line up for govt sanitary worker’s job
Sivakumar.B@timesgroup.com
Chennai:27.09.2019
M Venkatesh*, a 30-year-old commerce graduate, appeared for an interview for the post of a sanitation worker at the Tamil Nadu assembly secretariat. Last year, the assembly secretariat received more than 5,000 applications, of which, 600 were rejected, many of the applicants were found to be overqualified. These graduates, who have been called for an interview, are keen on getting a government job. But, there are only 15 vacancies.
A deputy secretary of the assembly secretariat is conducting the interviews as the speaker, P Dhanapal, and his secretary K Srinivasan are away in Uganda for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. Each interview is five minutes long.
“In the past three years, I have worked with three private companies. I was asked to leave after a few months or a year. There was no sense permanence,” said Venkatesh. He added, “This housekeeping job is with the government, it will be permanent. I will get ₹15,000 per month whereas in the private company, my salary used to be less than ₹10,000.”
Soon after his interview, he was seen entering the AIADMK MLAs’ room where he met a party leader. A source said a few of them come with letters from the ruling party MLAs and produce it during the interview.
CVijaya*, a homemaker from Villivakkam, has a family of four. “I completed SSLC. My husband’s earnings are not enough to make ends meet. We need money to educate our two children,” she said. Her entire family had accompanied her for the interview. While Vijaya was seen having a tense conversation with her husband, their children played around unaware of their parents financial worries.
K Fathima*of Dindigul district said, “I need the housekeeping job desperately. I am from a village in the southern district, but I am ready to move to the city for the government job. I am sure I will get my salary on time.”
The applicants are from SC, MBC and BC communities, mostly from rural and semi-urban areas, while some are from Chennai city. “We check the applicants’ marksheet and other papers. The process will go on for a month or more. After that a decision to fill the vacancies will be taken,” said an official.
(*Names changed to protect identities)
This housekeeping job is with the government, it will be permanent, unlike the private ones. I will get ₹15,000 per month whereas in the private company, my salary used to be less than ₹10,000
M Venkatesh | B.COM GRADUATE
Sivakumar.B@timesgroup.com
Chennai:27.09.2019
M Venkatesh*, a 30-year-old commerce graduate, appeared for an interview for the post of a sanitation worker at the Tamil Nadu assembly secretariat. Last year, the assembly secretariat received more than 5,000 applications, of which, 600 were rejected, many of the applicants were found to be overqualified. These graduates, who have been called for an interview, are keen on getting a government job. But, there are only 15 vacancies.
A deputy secretary of the assembly secretariat is conducting the interviews as the speaker, P Dhanapal, and his secretary K Srinivasan are away in Uganda for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. Each interview is five minutes long.
“In the past three years, I have worked with three private companies. I was asked to leave after a few months or a year. There was no sense permanence,” said Venkatesh. He added, “This housekeeping job is with the government, it will be permanent. I will get ₹15,000 per month whereas in the private company, my salary used to be less than ₹10,000.”
Soon after his interview, he was seen entering the AIADMK MLAs’ room where he met a party leader. A source said a few of them come with letters from the ruling party MLAs and produce it during the interview.
CVijaya*, a homemaker from Villivakkam, has a family of four. “I completed SSLC. My husband’s earnings are not enough to make ends meet. We need money to educate our two children,” she said. Her entire family had accompanied her for the interview. While Vijaya was seen having a tense conversation with her husband, their children played around unaware of their parents financial worries.
K Fathima*of Dindigul district said, “I need the housekeeping job desperately. I am from a village in the southern district, but I am ready to move to the city for the government job. I am sure I will get my salary on time.”
The applicants are from SC, MBC and BC communities, mostly from rural and semi-urban areas, while some are from Chennai city. “We check the applicants’ marksheet and other papers. The process will go on for a month or more. After that a decision to fill the vacancies will be taken,” said an official.
(*Names changed to protect identities)
This housekeeping job is with the government, it will be permanent, unlike the private ones. I will get ₹15,000 per month whereas in the private company, my salary used to be less than ₹10,000
M Venkatesh | B.COM GRADUATE
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