Engineers, PG degree holders vie for cooks' post at government backward classes hostels!
- BE graduates and post-graduates are among the applicants for cooks and helpers in kitchen posts
- The requirement for the post was just lass X passed
- They would be determined with their culinary skills not by their academic record
FollowContrary to claims that Prime Minister's 'Make In India' was catalytic in accelerating the job market in the country, here's a sort of reality check. Unable to find better job prospects to match their academic scores, engineers, post-graduates and even graduates are now trying their luck as government hostel cooks as it became evident at the interview for government hostel cooks conducted at Mysuru and Bagalkot!
In Mysuru, the State Backward Classes Commission had invited resumes for cooks, assistants to cooks and helpers for hostels run by it. This was a 'D' Group post, yet as many as 134 graduates faced the practical exam conducted at Nanjaraja Bahaddur Choultry in Mysuru on Monday. Interestingly, of the 134 applicants, 70 are graduates, 40 candidates have post-graduation degree, four engineers and one an engineering student, reports Vijay Karnataka.
Application for these posts are being invited after two decades in Mysuru district and the authorities were surprised at the response it received, even by those with good academic background. As many as 58 posts of cooks are lying vacant in the department. Also, 92 posts are yet to be filled for assistants to cooks and 32 posts of helpers. Thousands had applied for the posts of which, the department had shortlisted 546 candidates for the practical exams.
Although, the requirement for hostel cooks is just Class X pass, it is surprising that candidates with good academic background had applied for the job. "It is not their education background but their culinary skills that will determine their fate," reports Vijaya Karnataka quoting K Rameshwarappa, deputy director of Food and Civil Supplies Department.
At the practical test, the applicants had to show their culinary skills in just 30 minutes. They had the option to make ragi balls, chapati, roti, puliyogare, upma with a sweet in half-an-hour. They would be judged by mid-day meals co-ordinators and chefs from various hotels.
This certainly mirrors the falling job market especially with IT firms resorting to layoffs. Majority of the graduates who appeared for the interview reportedly told the panelists that they are not able to find a job and even if they had one, they were not satisfied with the pay. "After all, it's a government job. I would not mind to work as a cook in government hostel," was how one applicant reportedly told the interviewers.
