"Youngsters are more interested in any government job. Advertisements for government jobs on our website get more clicks,” said MKM Fahim Mashroor, chief executive officer (CEO) of BdJobs, the country's leading job search web portal. According to him, most of the job seekers on their website are young people. They are looking for new jobs.
The inclination of youth towards government jobs is not new. However, we spoke to the top officials of two job related web portals to find out what kind of jobs young people looking for jobs through modern systems like Jobsite are interested in. They said that youths are more interested in government jobs. Apart from this, the job search rate in public and private banks and information technology (IT) organizations is now high.
According to research by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the World Bank, an average of more than two million new faces enter the labor market every year in the country, while only 5 percent of total employment is in the public sector. And 95 percent employment source is private sector.
Unemployment rate is high among the educated youth. According to the latest labor force survey 2016, at that time 10 lakh 43 thousand youths were unemployed despite having passed high school or graduation and post graduation. 39 percent of the unemployed are educated. Many people continue to take government jobs exams for years. Some get it, some don't.
BdJobs authorities say that their portal has about 4 million job seekers' resumes (CVs). Job seekers can mention which job they prefer while submitting their resume on the website. By observing the list, BdJobs authorities say that most of the new job seekers have given government jobs as their first choice. After that, government and private bank jobs are on their preference list. Apart from this, jobs in IT institutes and multinationals are also on the list of young people's preferences.
According to NRB Jobs, another job related website, there are resumes of 350,000 job seekers. Most of the youth mentioned government and bank jobs as their first choice. Then there are the marketing and sales department (marketing and sales) and IT related jobs of private organizations.
NRB Jobs Head of Business Mushfiqur Rahman gave some more information about the interest of young people. He told Prothom Alo that young people are also interested in jobs in IT and human resource departments. Many of them studied IT. They are not few in number. So as many jobs are available in this regard, the interest of the youth can be seen.
Mushfiqur Rahman also said that there are many job advertisements in marketing and sales. A large section of young people also apply for this.
Starting salary in bank 'attractive'
Fahim Mashroor of BdJobs feels that one of the reasons why young people are more interested in jobs in public and private banks is that they offer better salaries at the beginning. And experience is not required for recruitment. He said that the posts of officers, senior officers and assistant directors of Bangladesh Bank and management trainee officers of private banks are more popular.
In 2018, it was decided to appoint more than 7 thousand officers in various state-owned banks. Around 11 lakh candidates applied then. An average of 157 applications are received against one post. The Bankers Selection Committee (BSC), the authority related to recruitment in state-owned banks, said then that so many applications for recruitment in banks have not been submitted together before.
Shariful Islam, who passed out from the marketing department of Daffodil University, told Prothom Alo that he first chose a bank job when looking for a job. Go to the bank's website and find out whether there are any new advertisements. He has applied to 15 companies on the job portal so far. Received calls in 4. But he has not got a job yet.
What are the reasons for interest in government jobs?
In recent times, the interest of the youth towards BCS has increased tremendously. Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) estimates say that the number of applicants for the 28th BCS preliminary examination in 2008 was less than 100,000. In the last 44th BCS (2021) it increased to four lakh.
The research has also revealed that the youth are more interested in government jobs. BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) and BRAC University jointly conducted a youth survey in August 2018. According to the survey, among the educated youth, 57 percent of women and 42 percent of men have kept government jobs as their first choice.
Sabbir Hossain, who passed in sociology from Dhaka University, told Prothom Alo that he is more interested in any government job and bank job including BCS. However, he also looks for other jobs if he is qualified.
Apart from BCS, a large number of applications are received for other government jobs as well. For example, the Narcotics Control Department had notified the recruitment of 242 staff against 12 posts in 2020. In this, an average of 900 applications are submitted against each post. There were nine posts of Sub Inspector (SI). Out of this, an average of 8,500 young people applied for each post.
People concerned say that the reason for the high interest in government jobs is the good salary, facilities and secure life now. During the corona virus there have been layoffs in the private sector, many organizations have reduced salaries, on the contrary, there have been no cuts in the benefits of government jobs; Rather, now after getting promoted, at one stage, loans for buying cars and flats are also available.
When asked why there is so much interest in government jobs, former head of Bankers Selection Committee and former executive director of Bangladesh Bank Mosharraf Hossain Khan told Prothom Alo that the salary structure for government employees was restructured in 2015. Then the salary almost doubled. The benefits and retirement allowances are now more than ever. He also said that job security in government jobs is also a major reason for the youth's interest.
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