SSC offers you very lucrative career options, if you manage to clear CGL 2016. However, it’s not so easy, I must tell you that there is very tough competition as it is a Central Government job.
That means some amazing salary packages and other incentives including free housing, medical support for you and your family,and a post-retirement policy. Basically, a well settled life. And who doesn’t dream for that? So, get yourself pumped up and start preparing for SSC CGL 2016.
As all of you know that SSC offers job under various ministries or departments. You can give your preferences while filling up application form of CGL 2016. You must set your preferences very carefully by thinking over every aspect of that particular department or ministry. Let me tell you some important things, about some of the best departments, so that you can make up your mind and choose the right path for yourself.
Assistant Audit Officer
- You are asked to help in conducting audits of govt. or public sector organizations and you might be offered a chance to travel during inspection. Sometimes, you are in charge of taking the decisions at the section level which you will have to report to higher officials as well
- Assistant Audit Officer is a newly added post and if you get selected for it, you are placed in Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG
- This is a ‘Group B’ post and the grade pay for this is 4,800, which is the highest paid job among the SSC CGL posts
Promotional Aspects of Assistant Audit Officer
- First promotion of AAO to Audit officer (Gr. B Gazetted- GP 5400), takes place after 6 years or so. Where you are offered the pay scale of 9300-34800
- With second promotion, you can become Sr. Audit Officer, after 3 years or so. Pay scale offered to you at this position is 15600- 39100
- Then comes Deputy Accountant General (15600-39100) and Senior Deputy Accountant General (P.S. 15600-39100)
Inspector (Examiner) (CBEC)
- If you are lucky enough to get posted in headquarters, as an examiner, than your work will be clerical in nature or file related where you have to verify whether appropriate taxes have been levied on goods moving in and out of the port. And if, you are selected for field job than you will have to verify taxation on goods passing through ports. Uniform is not mandatoryfor you though
You are usually posted in coastal areas and the pay grade you get is of 4,600
Promotions
This post is the best among all CGLE posts because of the faster promotions you can get here and 1st promotion you grab is after completing 3 years of service.Promotions in this department goes like this:
Income Tax Inspector
- Income tax inspector is another best job you can get through CGL 2016 where you have to assess, verify, and process IT records of individuals and businesses.
- Another thing you have to do is conducting raids for which you might have to travel as well
- You get the pay band of 9300-34800 as per the pay grade of 4600.
- To tell you about some of the incentives you are entitled to get with this title are 30 lt. of petrol (if posted on assessment seat), a sim card on which all STD calls of BSNL or MTNL are free
Promotions
Here, you will have to pass the departmental exam to become eligible for promotions. However, promotions are done on the basis of seniority only, which differs from one zone to another. Remember, once you are promoted to the post of Assistant Commissioner, you become liable for the transfer all over India. But before that, till you are an Income tax Inspector, one can only transfer you within the zone, only if, you are willing to do so. Promotions in Income Tax Department goes on like this:
Assistant in Ministry of External Affairs
- This post is all about administrative work like typing, compiling reports, emailing, calling, updating about events, and maintaining the files
- But, you would like to add this in your list of preferences because of the handsome amount of salary you are offered here, I mean, more than 1 lakh per month along with accommodation, children’s education and foreign posting as well
- This jobs is a Group B job, with the pay grade of 4600
- You are posted in Delhi only, with this job
Promotions
You might get a bit disappointed here, as in MEA, chances of promotion are very less. You can only climb up to the level of Under Secretary and that too directly after 15-17 years or after 8 years, if you manage to clear the departmental exams.