SBI plans to hire 11,000 clerks

The country's largest lender, State Bank of India, plans to hire 11,000 clerks for marketing its financial products across the country.

The new recruits would be deployed for marketing, banking and advisory services. The duties involve extensive travelling, SBI said in an advertisement calling for applications from candidates.

It further said that depending upon the requirement, working hours would be flexible. The bank would hire 1,100 clerks in Mumbai circle and 1,000 in the Delhi circle.

Patna, Lucknow, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Chandigarh would get 900 staff each.

SBI plans to recruit 13,000 people at various levels during the current fiscal.

"During 2008-09, the bank absorbed 33,703 new employees and this year we have plans to induct 13,000 into the SBI system," a top official had told PTI.

Last month, SBI had advertised for recruitment of 500 management executives.

SBI is also in the process of hiring officers for marketing and recovery (rural) and technical officers (farm sector). Both the jobs, though contractual in nature, will provide employment opportunity to about 481 persons.

The new recruits would be deployed across various businesses with objective to drive productivity, the official had said.