Bank PO and Bank Clerk Job Responsibilities and Salary Details

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N.K. Dhamija. I am the Founder of New Cambridge College, Chandigarh. We provide All types of Bank exam coaching in chandigarh, mohali and panchkula. Today I am going to explain the differences in job responsibilities between Bank PO Officer and Bank Clerk.

Bank Clerk Job Responsibilities:

When you start to find out the job responsibilities of a bank probationary officer (PO) and that of a bank clerk, you often get a little bit confused over the differences between a bank PO and a bank clerk. Therefore, it is very important to know about both, as there are separate exams for each post.

Bank clerks find their utilization in all sectors of business of lending money. Their primary duties involve:

1. Acquiring / attracting new customers.
2. Properly counselling the existing customers.
3. Selling banking services.
4. Promoting standardized products and services.

Besides this, they may be engaged in different specialized areas like:

1. Data processing 
2. Personnel management 
3. Internal auditing 
4. Controlling 
5. Organizing 
6. Marketing

It takes almost 3 years to reach bank PO post after becoming a bank clerk. The initial basic salary for a bank clerk is around 8000 INR per month.

Bank PO Job Responsibilities

A bank probationary officer (PO) is the entry-level position for the bank officers. Their traditional task includes:

1. Administration work
2. General banking work
3. They also respond to the complaints of the customers related to issues like charges, account discrepancies or even the bank services. 

After the successful completion of the probationary period I. E. of 2 years, the bank PO now becomes the assistant manager. In the starting, they are placed in the areas that look after customer transactions. However, once they become experienced, they are given an opportunity to work in other areas like:

1. Marketing
2. Planning
3. Budgeting
4. Processing of loans and investment management etc.

A bank PO has much more authority and influence than a bank clerk does. The initial 'basic salary' of a bank probationary officer is around 15000 INR per month along with several other benefits and perks.


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