Underlining the importance of signing up for private employment and not pining for government jobs, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant cited his own example, saying his first job fetched him a salary of just Rs 4,000, of which Rs 3,000 were spent on a two-wheeler commute every month.

"After completing my BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery), I was in a confused state of mind. I wondered whether to start practice or look for a job, after completing my apprentice (training) and return to Goa," Sawant,47, said on Thursday at the launch of a model career centre, jointly started by the Goa government, in association with the Goa chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industries.