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Audit Commission names JGP online recruitment programmes as examples of good practice in Tomorrow’s People staffing report
Portal and talent pool cited in spending watchdog’s study into local government’s recruitment strategies.
London, 8 July 2008 – Independent government spending watchdog the Audit Commission’s Tomorrow’s People report has named successful projects by web-based HR and talent management provider JGP as prime examples of how councils can build strategic recruitment strategies and save costs in the future.
The watchdog’s audit named JGP’s e-recruitment portal for Surrey County Council - which saved the authority £400,000 in job advertising, by aggregating local authority, education and probation services job posts in one place - as well as JGP’s online talent management pool which has helped Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council social care team to make 47 job hires in only 18 months.
The Tomorrow’s People report examines the £55 billion that local government already spends on staffing issues and how workforce recruitment strategies are changing as councils’ performance is more closely monitored.
Richard Tyrie, JGP’s co-founder said: “The Audit Commission report shows that there is a positive link between more strategic workforce planning and positive continuous performance assessments.
“In particular, the audit gives examples of how online channels like talent pools and portals can help local authorities establish strategic processes which are also more cost effective than traditional departmental, paper-based recruitment tools that they have relied on in the past.”
However, Tyrie sounds a warning to councils which still view recruitment as merely a tactical matter: “We are concerned that the report’s conclusion that many authorities regard workforce issues as simply operational matters with limited relevance to strategic objectives.
“With changing demographics such as large numbers of older staff set to retire in the next decade, local government is going to have to radically change the way it recruits personnel. Councils are going to have to strategically use online channels like e-recruitment, talent pools and social media sites, if they are to attract and maintain quality staff in sufficient numbers of in the future.”
For further information, contact: JGP, Tel: 0207 923 5610. E-mail: info@jgp.co.uk
About JGP
JGP is the leading provider of web-based talent management technology to the public sector. We offer a comprehensive range of software and services enabling clients to introduce, separately or through collaboration, a “Talent on Demand” approach to sourcing and managing human resources.
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Tomorrow’s People, a report by the Audit Commission, June 2008,
Surrey County Council recruitment portal
Walsall MBC talent pool
