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Public Service Career & Professions

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A guide to personal statements for public and civil service jobs: how to sell yourself, both on application forms and in person

Recruiting managers may have to sift through hundreds or even thousands of applications, while interviewers are likely to be meeting multiple candidates. So how do you ensure you stand out […]

A guide to Success Profiles: what recruiters need to know in the UK and beyond

In this guide, we outline what public sector managers and HR professionals need to do to build a merit based, diverse and inclusive workforce Success Profiles are a recruitment framework […]

US launches Digital Corps to attract young talent

The US government has launched a new fellowship programme for aspiring IT professionals that aims to develop a new generation of tech leaders for the federal public service. The programme […]

Australian Public Service launches new professional development academy

The Australian Public Service (APS) has launched a new, service-wide learning and development (L&D) hub to build capabilities and set standards for professional training. The APS Academy aims to foster […]

Leading Questions podcast: civil service leaders share what they learned from their time at the top

From working with ministers to managing personal resilience, every episode a current or former senior civil servant reflects candidly on the challenges they have faced in their career and what […]

Civil service leaders share the career tips that helped them up the ladder

There’s an awful lot of career advice around – but how to know whether it’s any good? We asked 12 leading national officials to name the tips they found most […]

Career highlights: civil service leaders share their proudest moments

From supporting victims of crime to developing future talent and nurturing authentic leadership – officials share their memorable work moments. Kate Hodge reports Sometimes in the melee of work, we […]

Australian Public Service launches data profession

The Australian Public Service (APS) has launched its data professional stream, in a bid to boost the APS’s data capabilities and improve its gathering, management and deployment of data. Underpinned […]

Official review aims to boost science capability in UK government

Plans should be developed to ensure the UK civil service has the scientific skills it needs and the mechanisms to deploy them effectively, according to an official review of science […]

Opinion: Labour’s appointment plans say little about civil servants, but much about politicians

Last week, unnamed Labour sources floated the idea of letting politicians directly appoint departmental leaders. Matt Ross argues that the plan fails to understand either government or management – and […]