All posts tagged "Recruitment"

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  Institutional racism: a global government problem?

  In recent years and decades, a number of civil services have been accused of institutional racism. Some countries have since taken steps to ensure the government workforce is ethnically diverse

  • Posted November 28, 2021
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  Biden’s management agenda prioritises federal employee engagement

  The Biden administration plans to prioritise increasing young talent within the federal government and give employees more powers through their unions, according to the President’s Management Agenda. The agenda document,

  • Posted November 24, 2021
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  ‘Self-regulation has failed’: former UK Treasury chief backs civil service appointment overhaul

  The former head of the UK Treasury has backed calls for greater external oversight of civil service appointments, warning that the current system of allowing departments to regulate their own

  • Posted November 15, 2021
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  ‘No analogue jobs’: building cross-government digital capability

  The COVID-19 pandemic created huge demand for digital skills within governments, accelerating an existing global trend. But building a government-wide digital profession is no simple matter. At a recent GGF

  • Posted November 8, 2021
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  Hong Kong civil service applicants to be quizzed on national security law

  Applicants to civil service jobs in Hong Kong will be required to pass a new test on the city’s mini-constitution and controversial national security law, starting from mid-2022. The national

  • Posted October 21, 2021
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  Science must inform all Whitehall departments, says chief scientific adviser

  The UK government’s chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance has said Whitehall must do more to incorporate science and engineering expertise, and that science should be considered “as important to the

  • Posted October 19, 2021
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  US government needs to compete for tech talent, says GSA chief

  The US government is “embarrassingly out of sync” with private sector salaries but could compete for tech talent by offering long-term telework opportunities and making it easier to navigate the

  • Posted October 14, 2021
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  Best in class: a more inclusive approach to diversity

  To date, the diversity agenda has largely focused on race, gender, sexuality and disability – but it’s just as important that civil service workforces include staff from different social classes,

  • Posted August 23, 2021
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  India expands external hires into senior jobs

  India’s government is chipping away at the country’s rigid civil service hierarchy, with a new scheme for hiring external experts directly into senior roles normally preserved for the elite cadre

  • Posted August 4, 2021
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  Capability-based pay to be introduced under UK civil service reform plans

  All senior appointments to the UK civil service will be open to public competition and capability-based pay will be introduced, under the government’s new reform programme announced today. Alongside transforming

  • Posted June 15, 2021
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