Recruitment

By Peter Cudlip | 30 October 2023

Decisive action is needed to improve local government recruitment and retention, says Peter Cudlip.

The modern recruiter: part coach, part athlete

By Katrina Whitby | 24 October 2023

Katrina Whitby says recruitment is a team sport – and it’s time we take a serious look at the evo...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Not for turning on the four-day week

By Cllr Bridget Smith | 23 October 2023

Leader of South Cambridgeshire DC Cllr Bridget Smith sets out why the council is not backtracking...

SOLACE

The only path out of our recruitment and retention crisis is investment in people

By Graeme McDonald | 18 October 2023

Graeme McDonald says the sector's investment in people has a way to travel to get back to the lev...

LEGAL

Local government lawyers: filling the age gaps

By Deborah Evans | 18 October 2023

Councils are struggling to recruit experienced lawyers due to the impact of historical cost cutti...

HUMAN RESOURCES

The importance of Black History Month

By Dawar Hashmi | 17 October 2023

Penna’s Dawar Hashmi offers a reflection on diversifying leadership in local government.

WHITEHALL

View from the Hill: Civil servants calling

By Greg Hayes | 11 October 2023

Director at Tile Hill Executive Recruitment, Greg Hayes, says he has seen an increasing number of...

PLANNING

Labour to tackle 'antiquated planning system'

By Martin Ford | 09 October 2023

Labour has pledged to overhaul the planning system in a bid to ease the progress of infrastructur...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Top Talent: HR & OD

03 October 2023

Starfish Top Talent celebrates the up and coming HR and OD stars in the sector - and here are jus...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Chief recruitment halted

By Dan Peters | 02 October 2023

The leaders of Bromsgrove DC and Redditch BC have decided to halt the recruitment process for a n...

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