On-line Applications are invited from eligible candidates who must be Indian Citizens for selection and appointment as Apprentice Development Officers in the jurisdiction  of the various Divisional Offices under Central Zonal Office, Bhopal.

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

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 the entire area allotted to them are involved.

Qualification:

• For Employees category and Agents category in both Urban and Rural area-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.
• 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.

Age Limit:

• The applicant shall have completed 21 years of age (in completed years) and not  more than 30 years of age (in completed years) as on 01.11.2012.

Selection Process:

Selection will be made on the basis of on-line test followed by an Interview of  candidates who qualify in the on-line test.

On-line Test:

On-line test will be of objective type, multiple choice of two hours duration comprising of the following two papers:

• Test of Reasoning and Numerical Ability.
• General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language with Special emphasis on Grammar and Vocabulary.

Candidate MUST pass in each paper separately and should also obtain minimum  marks in the aggregate of the two papers to qualify for the interview. The minimum  marks to be obtained in each paper and in the aggregate shall be decided by LIC of India. The marks obtained by the candidate in each paper and in the aggregate shall  be arrived at after deduction of the marks for wrong answers. LIC of India reserves  the right to fix the minimum eligibility standard in order to restrict the number of candidates to be called for the On-line Test and/or Interview, commensurate with  number of vacancies. Decision of the Corporation in this regard shall be final and binding on the candidates. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.

Interview:

Successful candidate will be eligible to be called for an Interview. Candidate who does not obtain the minimum qualifying marks in the Interview shall be disqualified  from further selection.

Medical Examination:

Selected candidate will be appointed as Apprentice Development Officer subject to  him/her being found medically fit by the Medical Examiner authorized by LIC for the  purpose.

Important Dates:

• On-Line Test will be held at the following centres, tentatively on Saturday, 02.02.2013  and Sunday, 03.02.2013.
• Opening date of On-Line Registration. : 22.11.2012
• Payment of Application Fees. 24.11.2012 to 29.12.2012
• Closing Date for On-line Registration. 22.12.2012
• Download of Call letter for On-Line Examination 20.01.2013 onwards

Application Fee:

The application fee (non-refundable) payable for all the candidates (Other than SC/ST) is Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred only) in cash only. Fee payment  will be accepted from 2nd working day after registration and can be made within three working days then after at any branch of State Bank of India. Details of  Branches of State Bank of India will be available while registering on-line  application. System generated fee payment challan will be used for depositing fee.(For example, if candidate has registered on 22.11.2012 then candidate will  be able to deposit the fees from 24th to 29th November,2012,considering 25th and  28th are non-working days). Once the fee is paid, the registration process will be complete. Candidate should ensure State Bank of India Branch Code, Journal Number along with Branch Seal on the Candidate’s copy of the Challan.
Candidates are advised to preserve the fees payment challan with them for reference and use in future.

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  2012-13”. Thereafter, open the Recruitment Notification and take a print out of the entire Recruitment Notification.

Important Links:

• Notification Central Zone
• Notification East Central Zone
• Notification North Central Zone
• Notification East Zone
• Notification North Zone
• Notification South Zone
• Notification Western Zone
• Notification South Central Zone

Courtesy: LIC India