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Will The ‘Great Resignation’ Affect Your Organisation?

Did you know that 4 million American citizens quit their jobs in July alone this year? These numbers have continued to increase as the year goes...

What is Your ‘Employer Brand’?

From your company logo through to the occasional branded mug or fact sheet, every organisation has an element of brand that their audience associates with them....

The End of an Era: JGP On Working Remote

The August Bank holiday, for me, marks the end of the summer, a time to reflect on the year so far and look forward to the...

What Does the New Building Safety Bill Mean for Local Government?

The tragic events that took place at Grenfell Tower back in 2017 have had a ripple effect throughout building and fire regulations, both in the UK...

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Shortlisting Candidates to Make the Best Hire

After successfully advertising your new role, you’ll hopefully be in a position where you’re bombarded with worthy applications – which can sometimes seem like a double-edged...

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Recruitment: The COVID-19 Effect

You might have noticed that candidate engagement has changed in recent months. It's safe to say that over the course of the past year the recruitment...

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Internet Explorer is Gone – What Does That Mean?

For such a long time, when someone thinks of the web, they automatically think Internet Explorer. Since 1995, Microsoft have released ELEVEN versions of the favourite...

FORTO: Fear of Returning to the Office

As the government gradually eases lockdown restrictions, your employees may be experiencing FORTO (fear of returning to the office). Employers are now hiring more permanent staff...

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Attracting Private Sector Building Control Surveyors

A Building Control Surveyors Case Study Public and not-for-profit sector employers face a large amount of competition for skilled workers such as Building Control Surveyors. In...

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Challenge Your Recruitment Bias This International Women’s Day

Today is International Women's Day and the theme for 2021 is "Choose to Challenge Bias". This is particularly important following a year of COVID-19 restrictions. These...

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What to Look for When Hiring Social Workers

Social workers have a tough job. After all, they support people through the most difficult times of their lives. And, because social work can be so...

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KEY WAYS TO RETAIN PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS

Many public sector organisations suffer from high staff turnover. Pay freezes make it almost impossible to compete with the private sector. Worker attitudes and priorities are...

5 tips to attract graduates into the public sector

The job market has recently experienced major upheaval. As a result, public sector and non-profit organisations could find it hard to attract the best graduates away...

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What do public sector workers want from their employers in 2021?

With the UK government leading a concerted recruitment drive in the public sector, employers have plenty of cause for optimism as we make our way into...

PPC & Attracting Children’s Social Work Talent

Attracting Children's Social Work Talent: How To Get Ahead of Your Competition When candidates in your sector start their job search, wouldn’t it be ideal if...

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How 2021 will reshape public sector recruitment

2020 is (finally) almost behind us, but 2021 already looks set to bring its own challenges for public sector recruitment: The COVID-19 pandemic is far from...

Kingston and Sutton – Attracting Skilled Candidates

Could you recruit to multiple specialist roles at the same time? Do you feel confident drawing highly-skilled professionals away from the city and the higher salaries...

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ATS Case Study – Halton Borough Council

How much is recruitment draining your team’s valuable time? Overly-complicated and clunky recruitment processes don’t just impact your prospective candidates. Often the biggest consequence is the...

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Hackney Homes – Case Study

Briefing Hackney Homes came to Jobsgopublic with an exciting proposition. In a first-of-its-kind move for the organisation, they had devised a new training programme that provided...

Struggling to Fill Planning Roles?

Planning case study – Guarantee long term success with long term strategies Filling positions in your planning team is hard enough at the best of times....

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Cambridgeshire County Council Social Workers

Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC)’s level of vacancies for social workers had increased to 10% of all positions in 2016. Moreover, reports revealed the Council was paying...

Recruiting to senior positions shouldn’t be time-consuming

With the recent uptick in candidate activity seen across the public sector, employers are facing new challenges in the hunt for talent. Recruitment and internal Resourcing...

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Is Your Ad Copy Engaging Prospective Candidates?

Writing high-quality job adverts is key to attracting the best candidates to your roles. Candidates may be put off of applying for your vacancies if the...

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Save Time And Money With JGP Tri-Source

Are you tired of failed and costly recruitment campaigns? We’re launching a new resourcing service, JGP Tri-Source, to help you get the best results for your...

Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

With people around the globe voicing their support of the Black Lives Matter movement, it’s the perfect time for organisations to be discussing Diversity and Inclusion...

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STRUGGLING TO FILL PLANNING ROLES?

STRUGGLING TO FILL PLANNING ROLES? HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM AREN'T ANYMORE… Filling positions in your planning team is hard enough at the best of times, never mind...

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IS YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION WORKING AGAINST YOU?

Writing a job description (JD) is often a necessary but arduous part of the recruitment process. People always tell you that you have to include one...

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WHY YOUR APPLICATION PROCESS IS LOSING YOU CANDIDATES

Have you ever been looking to buy something online and given up because the company just made it too difficult? The e-commerce world refers to this...

SPEAKING TO HOUSING SECTOR LEADERS

At a time when the housing crisis in Britain has been at the centre of significant media attention - as well as an ongoing focus on...

LOOKING AHEAD – PREDICTIONS FOR 2019

With the 2019 upon us, we thought it'd be a good time to look at what the next 12 months might have in store! Predicting future...

2018 ROUND UP

Another blink, another year flies by in a flash. Seriously, where did 2018 go? Saying that, as we take our traditional look back at the last...

INTRODUCING JGP

Today marks an incredibly exciting day for us as we can finally, and very proudly, share what we’ve been working away at behind the scenes. Many...

LET’S TALK DIGITAL

,On Wednesday 7th November 2018, we had the pleasure of hosting ‘Let’s Talk Digital’ event – in partnership with PPMA and South West Councils. We saw...

JGP & ESPO PURCHASING

Back in July 2016, we were delighted to be awarded on the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) framework. As one of the UK’s largest public sector...

In-House Networking Event

Back in July this year, we hosted the latest in our breakfast networking events – held in partnership with In-house Recruitment Network – in Manchester. The...

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Today’s (And Tomorrow’s) Recruitment Tech Trends

Looking back at old films and cartoons, they’d have us believe that by now we'd be driving to our jobs in flying cars or through teleportation...

JGP Committed To Leadership 2025 Recruiters’ Pledge

At JGP, helping our clients attract and retain a diverse workforce is at the forefront of everything we do, and is embedded in our whole process....

IS YOUR EVP WORKING FOR YOU?

When competition for the best talent is at its highest, do you know what swings a candidate’s decision your way? Are you aware of the key...

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Diversity In The Workplace

As employers, we’ve had it drilled into us that we absolutely must have a diverse workforce – but what does diversity actually mean and why is...