JGP News

(Printed Guardian Public, March 12 2008)

Recruiters in local government must start reaching out to the Facebook generation, says Richard Tyrie.

Local government is facing a recruitment timebomb. It’s the end of baby boomers’ working lives. Nearly one-third of local government staff are scheduled to retire in the next decade. This loss of senior and highly knowledgeable talent needs to be planned for.
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Published: Local Government IT in Use, 31st January 2008

Local government needs to urgently update its recruitment processes to cope with a future where retiring baby boomers and declining numbers of skilled young people will put talent in short supply, says Richard Tyrie, co-founder of JGP.co.uk and jobsgopublic.com.

Local government is facing a recruitment time bomb. One that must be defused over the next few years, otherwise its traditional organisational structures, operating costs and, most of all, the delivery of public services, could come under considerable pressure; perhaps even collapse. (more…)

Jobsgopublic is now attracting over 400,000 unique visitors a month.

Jobsgopublic goes from strength to strength as the latest figures from an independent audit of web traffic for September 2007 recorded the biggest leap yet in unique visitor numbers.

An independent audit by ABCe states that Jobsgopublic has more than doubled their figures from their last audit recorded in the November of 2005, and now attracts over 400,000 unique visitors a month.

Richard Tyrie, founding Director of Jobsgopublic is pleased with the results agreeing that:

“Naturally we’re really pleased to see the continued growth of visitors to Jobsgopublic. The new figures illustrate the ongoing migration from press advertising to online recruitment, and also highlight jobseekers’ growing confidence in the internet as the main jobseeking channel for opportunities in the public and not for profit sector.”

As one of the largest niche Jobs Boards in the UK, Jobsgopublic has remained ‘true to its roots’ by retaining its specialist interest within the public and not for profit sectors. Richard Tyrie puts this success down to excellent employee knowledge and technical expertise regarding the specific needs of public and not for profit sector organisations in terms of delivering online recruitment solutions.

The audited site traffic data by ABC Electronic will be presented alongside Audience Survey data as part of Noras (National Online Recruitment Audience Survey). The survey acts as a media planning tool for recruiters wanting to use digital media, combining user demographics and allows recruiters to target their advertising.
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Analysis and planning consultancy to facilitate the development of e-recruitment strategies that meet legislative and efficiency agenda demands

Web-based HR services and talent management provider JGP has launched a new division providing specialist business analysis, efficiency consulting and talent management strategy development services for public sector employers.

Delivered as an end-to-end service or project-specific advice depending on customer need, the new consultancy division will help executive agencies, local authorities, housing groups and the third sector to establish strategic plans to attract high quality candidates, streamline HR processes and meet legislative demands while delivering savings such as reduced cost per hire that exceed current and future government Efficiency Agenda targets.
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Thought piece by Richard Tyrie.

Employable skills are critical to our economy and society, yet despite living in a global economy the UK currently has 200,000 people not in education, employment or training; 5.2 million 16-65 year olds lacking basic literacy and some 15 million lacking basic numeracy skills.
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