Recruitment

• The rise of predictive analytics in local government recruitment

  Why does data have such an important role to play in improving recruiting practices within the local government? Charles Hipps reports.

  

• Fighting for talent in local government

  How are councils transforming approaches to talent acquisition using tailored technology offerings? Charles Hipps reports.

  

• Counties launch joint venture to recruit temporary agency staff

  Hampshire has joined forces with a company set up by Kent County Council to recruit temporary agency workers.

  

• Council announces recruitment ‘freeze’ to tackle £60m budget gap

  Shropshire Council has announced it will be ‘freezing’ all recruitment in order to ensure the authority stays within its budget.

  

• Staff churn in local government - an unsustainable reality

  Garry Nelson explains how councils can improve effective talent acquisition, retention and development programmes.

  

• Bristol first council to become ‘Ban the Box’ employer

  Bristol City Council has become the first local authority in the country to use job applications without a tick box that asks applicants about their criminal record.

  

• Five recruitment trends in local government

  Jes Ladva argues that local authorities are embracing genuine transformation in recruitment as the austerity freeze continues.

  

• Project launched to retrain 100 social workers

  Three regions will take part in a new programme to help retrain 100 social workers who have left the profession.

  

• Councils face recruitment crisis unless pay restraint eased, say financial experts

  Councils could face a management-level recruitment and retention crisis unless public sector pay restraint is eased, a respected think-tank has warned.

  

• New plans to increase mental health services revealed

  Plans to boost mental health services and recruit thousands of new staff have been announced today by the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt.