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I am 41 ( ) years old lady. I have done Ph.D (Commerce), Diploma in Management (IGNOU-distant mode), M.Phil, M.Com. I have also done Financial Modeling Course. I am pursuing MBA (Financial Management) under distant mode provided by IGNOU. I have overall 6 years of teaching experience and knowledge with a wide range of topic related to accounting & finance through academic project and implement along with Research Publications.
Is there any scope to get any job in Banking Sector as per my qualifications and age? Kindly help me.

With Regards,

Dr. Soma Dey

You have enough qualification to apply for the banking recruitment examination conducted for selection of Specialist officer, probationary officer and clerical post.

So, you can visit the official website and check your age criteria to fill the application form. Candidates after qualifying in all the stages of examination will become eligible for the final selection.

To get more information about the examination visit at www.ibps.in or www.sbi.co.in.

For getting job in bank, it's important that candidate must have completed graduation in any discipline with atleast 55% and above marks from a recognised board.
There are mainly two position for a graduate
Clerical
PO
For both the post , candidate must be between 18 to 30 years.
Thus both the lost are not for you as your age is 40 now.

You may try Govt banks and for that you have to crack exam conducted by various institution in India.
Candidates are hired by banks on the basis of score in competitive exam.

Thus for getting hired, candidate has to pass competitive exam.

Is there any scope to get any job in Banking Sector as per my qualifications and age?

The minimum qualification needed for a job in Banking is a bachelor's degree in Commerce or Management-related specialisation.

Further for banking jobs, you will have to study quantitative aptitude, general awareness, reasoning, English and basic computer skills to ace bank exams.

In the banking sector, one can apply either in private banks or government banks, and recruitment in banks are done mainly for Clerical or Probationary Officer. The age limit for these posts is 30 years but sometimes banks including the State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank advertise posts of specialists. For these posts, the maximum age limit varies up to 45 or 50 years or sometimes 55 years. Some of the Specialist posts are given below.

1. Central Research Team (Fixed Income Research Analyst)
2. Head (Product, Investment & Research)
3. Deputy Manager
4. Assistant General Manager