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Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), a leading Public Sector Bank with headquarters in Chennai having geographical presence all over India and abroad invites applications from Indian Citizens for 1100 post of Clerk. Candidates are requested to apply through online only  through our Bank’s website www.iob.in. between  04.03.2011 and 25.03.2011. No other means/mode of application will be accepted.

Important Dates:
Opening date for online registration  04.03.2011
Closing date for online registration 25.03.2011
Payment of Application Fee/ Postage  04.03.2011 to 25.03.2011
Tentative Date of Written Examination  29.05.2011 (Sunday)

Recruitment of  Clerical Staff in Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) – 2011

Post Name: Clerk
Details of Vacancies: 1100

* Including Backlog Vacancies

SC – Scheduled Caste, ST – Scheduled Tribe, OBC – Other Backward Classes, GEN – General, PC -  Physically Challenged, VI –Visually Impaired, HI- Hearing Impaired OC – Orthopaedically Challenged, XSM – Ex-servicemen
Eligibility Criteria:
Educational Qualifications: (As on 01.01.2011):

(a) A Pass with 65% marks (60% for SC/ST/PC/Ex-Servicemen) in HSC of 10 + 2 (10+2+3) pattern or Intermediate / Pre-University or any equivalent examination recognized by Central / State Government or U.T. Administration.  (OR) (b) A pass with 60% marks Diploma in Banking (55% for SC/ST/PC/Ex-Servicemen) recognized by Central / State Government or U.T. Administration.  (OR) (c) A degree with a minimum of 50% of marks (45% for SC/ST/PC/Ex-Servicemen) in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Govt.

Computer Literacy – Apart from relevant qualification for the above post, computer literacy shall be an essential qualification, which the candidate must either possess or acquire within six months of joining the Bank
Age (As on 01.01.2011): Minimum: 18 Years, Maximum: 28 Years

Emoluments for the post of clerical cadre: Pay Scale of Rs. 7200  — Rs. 19300  plus DA, HRA, etc. will be paid as per Bank’s rules in force from time to time depending upon the place of posting.

Probation : On appointment, candidates will be on probation for a minimum period of 6 months. On successful completion of the probation, and found if suitable, they will be confirmed in the services of the Bank.
NATIONALITY/CITIZENSHIP

A candidate must be either i) a Citizen of India or ii) a subject of Nepal or iii) subject of Bhutan or iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a  person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination/ interview conducted by the Bank but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the Government of India has issued the necessary eligibility certificate.
RELAXATION IN UPPER AGE LIMIT
(i) SC/ST                   – by 5 years
(ii) OBC                      – by 3 years
(iii) VI/HI/OC               – by 10 years
(iv) XSM                      – by 3 years ( in addition to the usual period of service in the Defence forces subject to a maximum age of 50 years)

(v) Widows, Divorced women and Women judicially separated from their husbands, who have not remarried – by 9 years subject to a maximum of 35 years for General, 38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates

(vi) Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period from 1.1.80 to 31.12.89 – by 5 years(Certificate to this effect from the competent authority to be produced at the time of interview.

How to apply:

Eligible candidates are required to apply ‘ONLINE’ only through our website www.iob.in  and no other means/ mode of application will be acceptable. Candidates are advised to follow the following sequence of steps while applying online. • Candidates are required to have a valid e-mail ID. It should be kept active for the duration of this recruitment process. Under no circumstances, he/she should share/mention e-mail ID to / of any other person. • In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she should create his/her e-mail ID before applying on-line.
1. Log on to our Bank’s website www.iob.in and click “Career” column (available at the top of the bank’s website), then the Career page will open.

2. Go through the detailed advertisement by clicking the Advertisement (English) or Advertisement (Hindi) available in the Career Page and ensure candidate’s eligibility to apply for the said post.

3. Take print out of Payment Receipt by clicking Download Payment Receipt available in the Career Page.

4. Remit the application fee/postages as applicable to the candidate with the filled up Payment Receipt in any of Indian Overseas Bank branches by means of cash only and collect candidate’s copy of Payment Receipt for the application fee paid. Please ensure that the following information has been correctly entered (1) Branch Name & Code Number   (2) Transaction ID  (3) Date of deposit and amount

5.  After remitting the application fees/ postage, again log on to our Bank’s website www.iob.in and open the Career Page. Click apply online. Then online application will open. Fill up all the details required in the application and click  “Submit” button available at the bottom of the online application and online application will be registered. A  Registration Number and Password will appear for your online registration immediately on the screen. This can be used only for taking printout of the online application registered by the candidates for their records and candidates should not send the printout of the online application to the Bank.

6.  There is a provision to modify the submitted On Line Application. Candidates are requested to make use of this facility to correct their details in the On Line Application, if any. This modification facility will be available up to 27.03.2011. After this date no modification will be permitted. Candidate should take utmost care will filling the On Line Application.
Application fee (including postage charge) non refundable
(a) For SC/ST/ Physically Challenged/ Ex-Servicemen       - Rs 50/- (For Postage)
(b) For all others (including OBC)                    – Rs.250/- (200+50 For Postage)
Application Fee has to be paid in cash only at any Branch of Indian Overseas Bank before applying online.

Selection Process:
Written Examination:

Selection will be made on the basis of performance in Written Examination and Interview. Details of Written Examination and Interview are as under:  Objective Tests – The Objective Tests consists of (i) Test of Reasoning   (ii) Test of English Language (iii) Test of Numerical Ability (iv) Test of General Awareness with special reference to Banking industry (v) Test of Computer knowledge. (250 Questions carrying total weightage of 250 with total time duration of 150 minutes)

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the objective tests which will result in negative marks for every wrong answer @ one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question. If the total of the penalty for a test is in fraction, the marks obtained will be rounded off to the nearest integer.

Interview: The Interview will carry 50 Marks. Minimum qualifying marks in the interview will be 22.50 marks for General Category and 20.00 marks for SC/ST/OBC/Physically Challenged/ Ex-servicemen Candidates.
Final selection will be made on the basis of aggregate marks obtained by the candidates in the written examination & Interview and will be strictly according to the merit ranking.

Written Examination Centers:The written examination will be held at the following centres and the address of the venue will be advised in the call letters: Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Guwahati (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram), Patna (Bihar) Chandigarh (Chandigarh & Haryana), aipur(Chattisgarh), Delhi (Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir), Panaji-Goa (Goa),Ahmedabad(Gujarat), Ranchi (Jharkhand)  Bengaluru (Karnataka), Ernakulam (Kerala), Mumbai (Maharashtra), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) Bhubaneshwar (Orissa), Puducherry (Puducherry), Ludhiana (Punjab), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Chennai,Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, (Tamil Nadu), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Kolkata(West Bengal) The Bank reserves the right to alter written examination date and / or alter /add written examination centre under unforeseen circumstances, if any. NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS OF WRITTEN TEST CENTRES

Call Letters for the Written Examination:- The date of the Written Examination is 29.05.2011 (Sunday). The date of written examination along with the Centre/Venue and time of the written examination will be intimated in the Call Letter which will be sent to all eligible candidates before the date of the Written Examination. All eligible candidates will be issued call-letters at the correspondence address given by them in their online application, which will be sent by post. Candidates who do not receive call letter latest by 23.05.2011

a) May download the Duplicate Call Letter from our Bank’s website www.iob.in by entering his/her details between 24.05.2011and 28.05.2011 ORb) Obtain Duplicate Call Letter between 24.05.2011and 28.05.2011 between 11.00 a.m and 4.00 p.m (on Saturday between 11.00 a.m to 2.00 p.m) by contacting in person at the address for the respective Centres given in the Annexure ‘A’ of Advertisement in our Bank’s website www.iob.in along with copy of Application,

Registration Number and original candidate’s copy of payment receipt.Candidates have to affix his/her photograph on the call letter . Candidate has to bring this call letter along with original candidate’s copy of payment receipt while attending the written examination.

Note: Candidates have to submit original candidate’s copy of payment receipt along with Examination Call Letter while attending the written examination without which they will not be allowed to take up the examination.

For More Details Visit: www.iob.in
Indian Overseas Bank
Central Office
763 , Anna Salai
Chennai  600002
Advt No. : HRDD/RECT/ 02/2011

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