Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Punjab National Bank (PNB) recruitment notification for 1255 vacancies

Punjab National Bank (PNB) has just today issued recruitment notification for 1255 vacancies - Specialist Officers (9 positions) & Clerks (1246 positions). You can download the PNB MT/SO/Clerk Recruitment Notification by clicking here.

The purpose of this blog post is to summarize the important information contained in the above notification, while the subsequent one would give you the PNB Clerical exam pattern with sample papers and books.

But before going further, let us learn about PNB (Punjab National Bank) as an organization.
What is Punjab National Bank:

You may be surprised to know that Punjab National Bank happens to be the second largest government-owned commercial bank in India, after SBI. It has 4,500 branches across 764 cities. It serves over 37 million customers. The bank has been ranked 248th biggest bank in the world by Bankers Almanac, London.

More about Punjab National Bank can also be found from this About us page of the PNB website.

PNB vacancies:
As per this PNB recruitment notification, vacancies & salaries offered are as follows:


Officer:9 (Civil Engineer:4, Electrical Engineer:3, Architect:2)
Salary:10000-470/6-12820-500/3-14320-560/7-18240

Clerk: 1246
Salary:4410-215/3-5055-335/3-6060-470/4-7940-500/3-9440-560/4-11680-970/1-12650-560/1-13210

Eligibilities for PNB Specialist Officer positions:
Age eligibilities: Max.: 30 years as on 01.01.2010
Academic Qualifications: (as on 25.01.2010)
Graduate in relevant disciplines (Civil, Electrical engineering & B.Arch) with Minimum 1 Year work experience.

Eligibilities for PNB Clerical positions:
Age eligibilities: Min: 20 Max.: 25 years as on 01.01.2010
Academic Qualifications: (as on 25.01.2010)
Graduate in any discipline with 50% marks OR equivalent qualification and working knowledge of MS Office. SC/ST/EXSM/PC Candidates needs to be just a Graduate in any discipline from a recognized University and working knowledge of MS Office.

PNB Selection Process:
Selection process for PNB Officer/Clerical positions consists of a Written test followed by Interview. More about the PNB Clerical Exam and the study material for its preparation can be found in my blog post titled: PNB Clerical Exam Pattern, Sample Papers/Books.

PNB Oficer/Clerk Recruitment Online forms:
How to apply for these PNB vacancies?
Well, you can apply only online from 25.01.2010 to 18.02.2010.
But before applying online for the PNB exams, first download this PNB Cash Voucher, go to any PNB branch and pay the required application fee, as given in Page-8 of the notification. Why? Because you would need to enter the fee payment details in the PNB Online form. Also, you would need to have a valid e-mail ID, as the same would be used by PNB for further communications with you.

If you have the eligibilities confirmed, paid the application fee and have the e-mail id, than apply online to PNB positions through links below:

Click here to apply online for PNB Officer/Clerk positions.
The PNB online forms would be available in above link from 25.01.2010.

After applying online, you should take the printout of the submitted application as well as retain original Cash Voucher, as the same is to be produced at the Examination Hall.

Last date for receipt of call letters:
Call letters will be sent by post to your address and you should receive the same within 29.03.2010.
If you are eligible but do not receive the call letters by above dates, contact the offices given in Page-11 of the notification in following dates for issue of duplicate call letters.

Date of issue of duplicate call letters:
From 30.03.2010 to 03.04.2010.

PNB Recruitment important dates:
Opening Date for Online Registration: 25.01.2010
Closing Date for Online Registration: 18.02.2010.
Date of Written Examination: 04.04.2010.
source: http://careerquips.blogspot.com/2010/01/pnb-bank-recruitment-2010-clerks.html