EPFO-323_Personal Assistant Recruitment
Online applications are invited for direct recruitment by selection through the official website of EPFO for the post of personal assistant. Candidates are requested to apply only Online against this advertisement on the Online Application website https://www.upsconline.nic.in and NOT write to the Commission for Application forms. They are also requested to go through carefully the details of posts and instructions published below as well as on the website https://www.upsconline.nic.in.
EPFO-323_Personal Assistant Recruitment
SN | Activity | Details |
1 | Organization | EPFO Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, Ministry of Labour & Employment. |
2 | Agency | UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) |
3 | Name of Post | Personal Assistant |
4 | No. of Vacancy | 323 |
5 | Probation Period | 02 Years |
6 | Mode of application | Online |
7 | Application starting date | 07th March 2024 |
8 | Last date for submission of application | 27th March 2024 |
9 | Edit/Correction time | 28th March 2024-3rd April 2024 |
10 | Date of the Recruitment Test | 07th July 2024 |
EPFO-323_Vacancy Details
UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | TOTAL | PWBD |
132 | 32 | 87 | 48 | 24 | 323 | 12 |
EPFO-323_Personal Assistant Recruitment
Level- 07 in the Pay Matrix as per 7th CPC.
EPFO-323_Age Limit
- 30 years for URs/EWSs,
- 33 years for OBCs,
- 35 years for SCs/STs
- 40 years for PwBDs.
(Lower Age limit for all Categories is 18 Years)
EPFO-323_Personal Assistant Recruitment-Qualifaction
- Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University.
- Dictation for a period of 10 minutes with a Speed of 120 words per minute in Stenography (English or Hindi)
- Transcription Time for the dictation taken as per
(a): 50 minutes (English) / 65 minutes (Hindi) (Only on Computer)
EPFO-323_Personal Assistant Recruitment-Selection Procedure
A pen and paper based Recruitment Test (RT) followed by Skill Test(s) to short-list the candidates to appear in the Skill test(s) for the post of Personal Assistant shall be conducted by the Commission. The date of Skill Test(s) will be intimated later on UPSC website.
EPFO-323_ Scheme and syllabus for the Recruitment Test (RT)
SN | Activity | Details |
1 | Type of test | Pen & Paper |
2 | Time duration | 02 hours |
3 | Pattern of RT | MCQ |
4 | Medium of QB | Bilingual (Except Language paper) |
5 | Negative Marking | One third |
- Scheme:
- The test will be of two hours duration.
- All questions will carry equal marks.
- The test will be objective type questions with multiple choices of answer.
- The medium of Question Paper is in English and Hindi except for those questions in English Language.
- There will be penalty for wrong answers. Every wrong answer will carry a deduction of one-third of the marks assigned to that question. If no answer is marked for a question, there will be no penalty for that question.
- Syllabus:
The syllabus of the Test broadly comprises the following topics :-
- English Language.
- General Awareness.
- Quantitative Aptitude.
- Reasoning & Computer Aptitude.
- Weightage:
- 300 marks (100% weightage) will be accorded for the Recruitment Test.
- Based on the marks scored in the Recruitment test, candidates will be shortlisted, category-wise to appear in the Skill Test(s) for the post(s) they have applied for.
- Skill Test is mandatory but qualifying in nature. The candidates who qualify the Skill Test will be considered for final selection on the basis of merit in the recruitment test.
- In the Online Applications Form, candidate will have to indicate the language (English/Hindi) for the purpose of Stenography [dictation and respective transcription for the dictation taken (only in Computer)].
- The qualifying standard in the Skill Test(s) are relaxable at the discretion of the Union Public Service Commission, for reasons to be recorded in writing, in the case of candidates otherwise well qualified.
EPFO-323_Application Fee
- Candidates (Except Female/SC/ST/Persons with Benchmark Disability Candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs. 25/- (Rupees Twenty five) only either by remitting the money in any branch of the SBI by cash or by using net banking facility of any bank or by using Visa/Master/Rupay/Credit/Debit Card/UPI payment.
- Applicants who opt for “Pay by Cash” mode should print the system generated Pay-in-Slip during part II registration and deposit the fee at the counter of SBI Branch on the next working day only “Pay by Cash” mode will be deactivated at 11:59 P.M. of 26th March 2024 i.e. one day before the closing date. However applicants, who have generated their Pay-in-Slip before it is deactivated, may pay at the counter of SBI Branch during banking hours on the closing date. Such applicants who are unable to pay by cash on the closing date i.e. during banking hours at SBI Branch, for reasons whatsoever, even if holding valid pay-in-Slip will have no other offline option but to opt for available online Debit/Credit Card/UPI Payment or Internet Banking payment mode on the closing date i.e. till 18:00 hrs (6:00 P.M.) of 27th March 2024.
- No fee for SC/ST/PwBD/Women candidates of any community. No “fee exemption” is available to OBC male candidates and they are required to pay the full prescribed fee.
- Applications without the prescribed fee would not be considered and summarily rejected. No representation against such rejection would be entertained.
- Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstance nor can the fee be held in reserve for any other examination or selection.
EPFO-323_How to apply
- Candidates must apply online through the website https://www.upsconline.nic.in. Applications received through any other mode would not be accepted and summarily rejected.
- Candidates need not to upload any document except latest photograph, signature and identity proof while filling up the on-line application.
- IMPORTANT : CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED TO FILL THEIR CORRECT AND ACTIVE E-MAIL ADDRESSES IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION AS ALL CORRESPONDENCE WILL BE MADE BY THE COMMSSION THROUGH E-MAIL ONLY.
- After submitting the Online Application, the candidates are required to take out a print out of the finally submitted Online Recruitment Application.
Modification in OTR Profile:
In case, the candidate wants to effect any change in his/her OTR profile, it shall be allowed only once in the lifetime after the registration at OTR platform. The change in OTR profile data shall be available till expiry of 7 days from the next day after the closure of application window of his/her first final application for any examination of the Commission. In case, the candidates after registration of OTR applies for the first time in the Recruitment Test (RT), last date of modification of OTR would be 03.04.2024.
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