Local government - a great career move

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Paul Masterman

More and more people are taking a serious look at local government as a good place to develop a career.

With the uncertain economic outlook, the public sector is always a good port in a storm. But there are also a number of positive reasons to be giving councils a look when considering your next career move.

First there is a range of interesting jobs on offer and not just the specialist ones such as social work and teaching.

Some of the bigger councils are like big businesses employing thousands of staff and delivering numerous products and services.

On offer are careers in all the mainstream professional areas - accountancy, law, information technology, engineering and architecture are just some of the options.