10% class IV jobs aspirants are well qualified

KANPUR: Santosh Kumar Singh (31) a resident of Fatehpur and a lawyer by profession had hoped for a career in law but all his hoped were shattered, when he was unable to find a job as per his qualifications. Therefore, he finally decided to settle for a class IV job in a government hospital.
However, Santosh is not the only one who has opted for such a job despite having good professional qualification.As per the records of the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) Medical College, around 10 per cent of the total candidates appearing in for the Class IV employees job at the GSVM Medical College and associate hospitals either hold a professional degree or are post graduates. When contacted Santosh claimed, "When I pursued the LLB degree I was quite sure that it would help me in getting a white collar job, but the cut throat competition of the corporate world shattered all my dreams and finally I decided to opt for a Class IV employees job."
Supporting his views other candidates with a degree of bachelor of Physical education (BPEd), Neeraj Kumar Pandey claimed, "At least its a government job which gives me job security for my entire life." Harping a similar note another professional with a degree of post graduate computer course Arun Kumar Pandey said, "I don't find anything wrong in this job, especially when youngsters from rich families can work in international chain of food joints, then why should I feel ashamed in working in a hospital."
Contrary to which another candidate waiting for the interview with a degree of Master in Social Science, Prabhat Kumar Bajpai rued, "Who dose not want a well paid private job but due to less vacancies and competition a large number of people like us remain without the job."
Though it might be recalled that class IV duties at GSVM and associated hospitals include jobs of ward boys, ward aaya, gardener, guard, cook and sweeper. And the salaries for these job range between Rs 8,000 to Rs 9,000. Commenting on this Dr Anita Soni conducting interviews for these jobs claimed, "I was also surprised when we came across an MBA candidate for this job. It was much discouraging for the young aspirants." She added, "Rs 8000 to Rs 9000, is a pretty big amount for such people who do not even have any job or are very poorly paid in their present jobs."
Principal GSVM, Dr Anand Swaroop said, "With the fast increasing population and limited jobs a number of them remain underemployed and now this global recession would worsen the condition."
Superintendent-in-chief, Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) Hospital, Dr Naresh Yadav said that the steep fall in placements and the cuts in the pay packages due to global recession have also shattered the hopes of the students pursuing professional courses and those already completed the course. Therefore, the safest way for such candidates is to opt for a government job no matter if its a Class IV job.