Six Million Uk Public Sector Jobs - How Can I Get One

Public Sector Jobs Uk - Have you ever been so frustrated in trying to fill in that application form for a Public Sector job in: Housing, Fire Service, NHS, and Education? Have you been totally bemused not knowing why you didn't get an interview for that job you so much wanted in the Public Sector.  Do you spend hours filling in the form, and then it goes into a black hole and you hear nothing. There are millions of  Public Sector Jobs in the UK, some 6.9 M to be exact, so how can you get one .Well I am going to try to open the curtains and let you get an insight into the whole Public Sector recruitment process in UK

For most jobs in the Public Sector you will have a job description and a personal specification. So how do they differ:

The purpose of a job description

The Job description is to set out the main features of the post on offer. It is important to pay close attention to the wording of the job description as it serves several important purposes. The job description:

• should attract appropriately qualified applicants to fill a vacancy
• defines where a post sits in the organization's structure
• will form part of the legally binding contract of employment between the employer and the employee
• can be used for appraisal or performance management purposes with individual objectives being based on the duties and responsibilities in the job description.

 The Personal Specification

The personal specification is a profile of the skills, knowledge, experience and aptitudes which a candidate should have in order to fill the post. It's written to give you a clear understanding of what sort of person the organization is seeking to appoint. The person specification should list what is required of the applicant under the following headings:

• Experience.
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Qualifications.

It can reduce bias in the recruitment and selection process by ensuring candidates are judged against criteria which are relevant to the job, and all candidates are judged systematically on the same criteria. Both the short listing and the interview panel (usually the same people) use the personal specification to recruit the person for the job 

On some occasions the personal specification  will also cover competencies like: communications skills, planning skills. Time management, managing teams

 Your application

I will give you tip 2 tips that will save you hours and hours filling out the forms.

 Firstly write a paragraph on your practical experience and skills for the following as these are some of the key short listing areas  that will appear in most officer level jobs within the public sector UK :

Communications- written – have you prepared reports for committees or boards, written formal letter in response to complaints. Verbal – presented your report to the committee, arranged staff meetings

Customer care-how have you applied this in your jobroles. How were your customers, give and example of how you went beyond the basics to apply customer care

EOP and Diversity- what is the meaning of equal opportunities and how have you applied it in you daily work with: elderly, people where English is the second language, those suffering from mental health issues

Experience- so what experience do you have that is relevant to thejob you are applying for. What experience have you had in the public sector , it can be voluntary

IT- what packages have you used and for what purposes:  word for business letter and reports, PowerPoint for the presentation you did to those company reps.Excel to manage that project budget

Organization- what's your thoughts on this one

Planning- your comments

Qualifications- So what have you got

Teamwork- how have you supported your team e.g. during period of absences or training new starters. Have you supported you managers with new projects?

Time management- how have you organized your diary, how do you plan to meet your targets How do you plan and manage your work, time

Additional subjects for Managers

• Budgets
• Management experience
• Staff management
• Reports
• Risk management
• Representing the organization

 These are all universal subjects which are central too all public sector jobs in the UK.

 The second tip is to save your write up in alphabetical order in one document. So when you download the next application you already have 60% of it written up already, all you may need to do is to ticker with it a bit. What a great time saver

 Guess what you are ½ way there in getting one of those 6 million Public Sector Job