White paper on UK public sector recruitment challenges post COVID-19 Alvius recently published a white paper on the recruitment challenges that the UK public sector will face post COVID-19. It explores the solutions to the current problems within public sector recruitment. Reflecting on its development over the decades, from Preferred Supplier Lists to the Neutral […]
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Public Sector’s Current Problems
The UK public sector currently faces a number of challenges in both recruitment and retention As we’ve already identified, the reliance on recruitment agencies as the sole channel for acquiring candidates means that within the public sector recruitment costs are soaring and budgets are being squeezed. This is exacerbated by weak retention rates, meaning agencies […]
Public Sector’s Key to Resolution
Talent Pooling and the Public Sector Talent pooling is not a new concept; it is – and has been for many years – practised in some form across both the private and the public sector, in various forms. It is, put simply and at its most basic form, the collection of data on prospective employees […]
Public Sector and Talent Pooling
Implementing Talent Pooling We have explained how talent pooling has the potential to deliver significant savings to the public sector by streamlining candidate sourcing and disinter-mediating the existing (expensive) supply chain. However, a talent pool cannot be implemented in isolation; disruption to the supply chain must be taken into account and, in the case of […]
The 10-step guide to optimising your LinkedIn Profile for the public sector
The best thing about the public sector? You can dabble in different departments. This helps you not only gain experience in your area of interest but help you figure out how your work fits into the bigger picture. It enables an understanding of how other departments function and how they work with each other. If […]