© 2019 JETIR January 2019, Volume 6, Issue 1 www.jetir.org (ISSN-2349-5162) JETIR1901837 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 294 Aspects of Human Development Job Satisfaction among Youth in Development Sector: A study on PGDRDM students of NIRDPR Dr. Vasantha Gouri 1 Dr. Mohsin Uddin 2 Abstract Human resource managers of the present generation find it very difficult to ignore the concept of Job Satisfaction in a period when demand for meaningful work is on the rise. There is immense competition for scarce resources that resulted in increased labour cost. Organizations hence prefer to reduce labour turnover without having to hire more employees. This can be done only if the companies can retain the interests of existing employees. But job satisfaction is dependent upon a variety of factors more so in this digital era where youth trained in utilizing Information Communication Technology do have information about bright career opportunities. Youth in any sector, whether it is Information Technology, Manufacturing or development sector prefer to continue in their area of interest according to their level of Job satisfaction. The present paper focuses upon the job satisfaction levels of the present day youth in development sector. Through structured Questionnaire method 60 Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development alumni students currently working in development sector have been assessed. The results indicated that youth in this digital era are having high expectations about their career and growth prospects and are ready to accept any kind of challenges. Key Words Development professionals, Job satisfaction, Postgraduate Diploma in Rural Development, Youth in development sector 1 Faculty at National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj , Hyderabad, India 2 Assistant Professor, Tishk International University, Erbil, KRG/Iraq