Recruiting and Retraining Key Workers in the Public Sector

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Keith Handley, Former President, The Society of Chief Person

In this article, top HR director Keith Handley, outlines his views on the way forward for local; government recruitment

Anyone working in local government will not have to be reminded that the sector is working through the most demanding period of change and renewal in recent history.

There are unprecedented demands on us from inside and outside the sector, from the government's modernisation agenda and from the expectations of our increasingly sophisticated customer base.

If local government is to deliver against this tough agenda it needs to recruit and retain the best people it can. Good public services are developed and delivered by good people with the right mix of skills, experience, imagination and attitudes - and we need these people in their hundreds and thousands if we are to succeed.

And here in lies the most important issue for local government HR today.