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Civil Service

re14796
re14796 Posts: 117 Forumite
in Employment, jobseeking & training
What has happened to the civil service? This time last year there were lots of jobs being advertised on the civil service websites. Now there are very few good jobs being advertised.

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  • HiToAll
    HiToAll Posts: 1,297 Forumite
    re14796 wrote: »
    What has happened to the civil service? This time last year there were lots of jobs being advertised on the civil service websites. Now there are very few good jobs being advertised.

    I blame the immigrants
  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    re14796 wrote: »
    there are very few good jobs being advertised.

    Define good?
    Don’t be a can’t, be a can.
  • missbiggles1
    missbiggles1 Posts: 17,481 Forumite
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    You must have read about all the government cuts, surely?
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,089 Forumite
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    Probably they have filled all the vacancies.
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • TELLIT01
    TELLIT01 Posts: 18,213 Forumite
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    re14796 wrote: »
    Now there are very few good jobs being advertised.

    That's because there are very few good jobs in the Civil Service.
  • WobblyDog
    WobblyDog Posts: 512 Forumite
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    I have seen various statements recently that the Civil Service was going to reduce out-sourcing of technical IT positions, and start recruiting their own developers/project managers, etc. There don't seem to be a lot of Civil Service hands-on IT jobs advertised though.
  • dktreesea
    dktreesea Posts: 5,736 Forumite
    There's been 87,000 civil service jobs cut since 2010, and there's another 100,000 to go by 2020. It sounds like they are not replacing people who retire or leave, or at least only accepting internal applications for those jobs.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/budget/11718573/Budget-will-pave-way-for-up-to-100000-Civil-Service-job-cuts.html
  • Nick_C
    Nick_C Posts: 7,631 Forumite
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    WobblyDog wrote: »
    I have seen various statements recently that the Civil Service was going to reduce out-sourcing of technical IT positions, and start recruiting their own developers/project managers, etc. There don't seem to be a lot of Civil Service hands-on IT jobs advertised though.

    If IT contracts are brought back in house, the contractor's staff are likely to be TUPE transferred to the government. It won't create jobs.
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