Apprentice Development Officer-Posts-5,578
Pay Scale: Stipend of approximately Rs. 12,421 per month during training period. On appointment as a Probationary Development Officer, basic pay of Rs. 7,440/- per month (except for Employee category candidates) in the scale of Rs. 7,440- 450(2)-8,340-520(2)-9,380-540(17)-18560 (Under Revision) and other admissible allowances as per rules.
Age: Minimum 21 years and Max 30 years.
Qualifications:
i) Applicant shall possess the Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India established under a statute or a foreign university approved for the purpose or the Fellowship of Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai.
ii) An applicant from Others category for recruitment as an Apprentice Development Officer in both Urban and Rural area shall possess the Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India established under a statute or a foreign university approved for the purpose or the Fellowship of Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai.
Job Requirement:
It is primarily a sales supervision job. The selected candidates will be required to recruit agents, train them properly, and help the recruited agents to sell life insurance to maximum number of persons. They will also be required to give prompt after sales service to policyholders. For this purpose considerable movements including tours covering entire area allotted to them are involved.
How To Apply:
Candidates are necessarily required to apply On-line through LIC’s website under the heading “Careers” http://www.licindia.in/careers.htm. No other means/mode of applications will be accepted. Applicants are first required to go to the LIC’s website www.licindia.in and click on the “Careers” to open the link “On-line Application for lic ado’s recruitment exam 2009-10”. Thereafter, open the Recruitment Notification and take a print out of the entire Recruitment Notification including the “Fees Payment Challan”. The candidate shall visit the nearest LIC Branch Office with the Fee Payment Challan completed in a clear and legible handwriting for payment of fee in cash. The application fee (non-refundable) payable for all the candidates (Other than SC/ST) is Rs. 300/- (Rupees Three Hundred only) in cash only. No other mode of payment shall be accepted. Original receipt issued by the LIC of India in token of the fees collected will have to be submitted with the call letter at the time of the written test. Without the original receipt, the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the written test.
Candidates are required to keep a photocopy of the receipt for future use. Candidates have to register on-line only after obtaining a receipt for payment of application fee, wherever applicable, at the cash collection centre of LIC. If not, application shall be invalid.
Candidates satisfying the conditions of eligibility as on 1.3.2010 are required to log in to the LIC’s website under the heading “Careers” http://www.licindia.in/careers.htm. for submission of applications on-line. Once the candidate clicks the relevant on-line application link titled “On-line Application for lic ado’s recruitment exam 2009-10”, it redirects the candidates to the on-line registration page of the recruiting agency. The candidate is required to keep the details about bio-data ready to enable him/her to fill up the application form correctly. The name of the candidate or his/her father/husband etc. should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the certificates/mark sheets. The candidate is provided the option to recheck the data or submit the form after completing the details. Any change/alteration found may disqualify the candidature. While filling the ‘Fee Details” in the online application form,
Note:
1. The total number of vacancies including the vacancies for the reserved category may increase or decrease, depending upon the actual vacancies at the time of final selection and availability of successful candidates after the interview.
2. The recruitment as Apprentice Development Officers is for Urban and Rural Areas and the selected candidates will have to work in these areas.
3. It is, however, likely that some of the selected candidates may be posted in the jurisdiction of nearby Divisional Office/s within the jurisdiction of the zone.
4. An Apprentice Development Officer will have to undergo Theoretical & Field Sales Training and on successful completion of apprenticeship and if found suitable for appointment to the service of the Corporation in accordance with the rules may be appointed as Development Officer on probation subject to conditions framed by the Corporation.
5. It is clarified that appointment as Apprentice Development Officer does not by itself confer any right on the candidates to be appointed as Probationary Development Officer.
6. Other benefits include non-contributory PF, Gratuity, Pension (applicable as per the scheme existing on the date of appointment), LTC, Medical Benefit, Group Savings Linked Insurance (GSLI), Group Personal Accident Insurance, vehicle advance (2-wheeler/4-wheeler) as per rules and on confirmation in service, attractive performance linked Incentives.
7. Recognized Institution means such Institution as may be recognized by any State Government or the Central Government.
8. “Net First Years Premium” means the amount of Premium brought in by an agent either in cash or by Cheque, in latter case which has not been dishonored subsequently, towards New Business including First Years Renewal Premium during the relevant number of immediately preceding agency years as reduced by the amount of Premium that has lapsed out of such First Years Premium reckoned with reference to the date of the application for recruitment as an Apprentice Development Officer.
9. “Rural Area” means an area with an ascertained population of 30,000 or less and the operational area has an ascertained population of not more than one lakh.
10. “Urban Area” means an area which is not a rural area.
11. Recruitment Notifications are being issued by all Zonal Offices. The candidate shall apply to one centre only. The choice of the examination centre will be taken as the Divisional Office to which the candidate has applied.
12. No change in the choice of examination centre will be entertained under any circumstances. The Corporation reserves the right to add or delete any Centre or alter examination date at its discretion.
13. The Corporation reserves the right to restrict the number of candidates to be called for written test and/or interview commensurate with number of posts to be recruited and the decision of the Corporation in this regard shall be final. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard. Selected candidates will be appointed as Apprentice Development Officers subject to their being found medically fit by the Medical Examiner authorized by the LIC for the purpose.
14. Preference may be given to those applicants who possess Masters Degree in Business Administration in Marketing or Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from a University in India established under Statute or by an Institute approved by All India Council for Technical Education or a recognized Institution.
Important Dates:
- Date of Written exam: The written test will be held at the following centres, tentatively on Sunday, 13.6.2010.
- Opening date of acceptance of application money at Cash Collection Centres of LIC: 17.3.2010
- Opening Date of On-Line Registration: 17.3.2010
- Last Date for acceptance of Application Money: 17.4.2010
- Closing Date for On-line Registration: 17.4.2010
Link To Apply Online: http://registration.sifyitest.com/licado
Contact Address:
LIC of India,Delhi 108
B O Unit No 108
6/32-33 W.E.A. Gurudwara Road
Karol Bagh New Delhi-110005
Advertisement Details:
http://www.licindia.in/ADO/employment-notice-detailed.pdf