How to get selected for Government Jobs?

Government Jobs are in demand in India for longer career options and stability. It provides a great chance to serve the nation directly. It is no secret that most job seekers desire to get Government Job. But getting a good government job anywhere in the world and especially in India is very difficult. It requires patience, a lot of effort, preparedness, alertness, smartness, and luck also to achieve the target of getting a good government job.

Lakhs of job seekers students appear for Government Job examinations every year, but only a few qualify for it. Everybody cannot be selected for these, however, you can get selected for a good Government Job if you follow some of the listed below steps. By following these steps, you not only can be selected for Sarkari Naukri but for a good Private Sector job also, and by taking these steps, the chances of your clearing the examination in the first attempt become high.

Make a Habit to Read Newspaper Daily

Current affairs make an important part of any Government Service Examination. In spite of this, Job Seekers fail to read newspapers daily. Instead, they rely more on monthly magazines and current affairs editions to keep them updated. This is not the ideal approach for this examination. Depending only on magazines will make them mug up the limited information. They fail to develop an understanding of the issue. Therefore, it is important to read newspapers daily to keep yourself aware of the latest current affairs. Keep magazines as supplements for preparing for the Sarkari Naukri examination.

Good General Knowledge will help at every step, it will open up your mind for new things, it will help you in the examination, as well as in the Interview and also in the general life daily. Try to read one newspaper in Hindi (or in any Regional Language) and one English newspaper daily. There is a lot of difference between the content of Hindi / Regional Language newspapers and English newspapers.

Improve Your English The thing is, we are generally poor in Good English. Especially candidates from rural India or from small towns. Even candidates from Big Cities are not that much perfect to pass the examination of English. Believe me, in Central Government and in most of the Public Sector Undertakings (PSU), the work culture is of English only. 100% of work is being completed in English only, be it noting or drafting or general orders. In the High Courts and the Supreme Court, all work is in English only, therefore, improve your English if you want to get a Good Government Job. English should be improved in all aspects of reading, speaking, and writing.

Keep an eye on Career pages on Newspapers

As stated above, reading a newspaper daily will improve your General Awareness and General Knowledge. It will also help you to know the latest advertised Government Vacancies as well.

Nowadays, every newspaper publishes a career page once a week with some career related articles and vacancies, however, Government vacancies can be published any day of the week, therefore, please see the newspaper very carefully.

Time to all Subjects

In a competitive examination, every mark you get is counted and helps you in getting into the merit list. Please read the syllabus of the examination carefully and devote time equally to all topics.  While preparing for competitive examinations, job seekers tend to spend more time on a single subject or topic owing to its difficulty level. As a result of which, other subjects are left out. For clearing exams, it is important to have mastery over all the subjects.

Every subject has its weight-age in the paper and therefore a balance is required while preparing. Manage time and cover all the subjects mentioned in the examination syllabus.

Solve Previous Years Question Papers

When the competition examination date comes near, it is beneficial to see the past year’s questions. Practicing past year’s question papers and study materials gives you an insight into the exam pattern. You will get an idea about the difficulty level of the questions.

Apart from this, solving previous year’s papers will help you to recognize the important topics pertaining to different subjects. With the help of this, you can design an effective preparation strategy. Once you are done with the studies, solving past years’ question papers will help in revising the subjects.

Conclusion

Getting a good Government Job in India is very difficult as well as easy if we consider the preparedness of the job seeker candidates. As they say, Practice makes a man perfect, following the above-mentioned points will minimize your mistakes in the competitive recruitment examination.

Following these steps will help you to effectively prepare for the Government Job recruitment examination. This increases your chances of clearing the recruitment examination to get your dream Government Job.

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