Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf
STATES departments are facing tough new recruitment controls as part of a major programme to shrink the public sector workforce.
Vacant posts can now be filled only after they have been reviewed and judged to be essential. The new controls have been introduced gradually over the last few months and are now fully in force across all States departments.
Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf said that as a result of the new policy, the number of States jobs advertised in the Island fell from 64 in April last year to 37 in the same month this year.
Article posted on 28th July, 2010 - 2.57pm
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Yes only those positions paying UK “experts” £1000 a day to tell us what we already know are still available.
It’s a tough recruitment process though, you have to prove you can spend £90 a day on food for a start. I couldn’t manage it, mind you they probably don’t shop at Iceland.
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This is plain deception.they have been advertising jobs through Personnel agencies so it wouldn’t show…just another example of the hidden agenda.
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Or does it just mean that there are 27 fewer vacancies to be filled this year, because 27 fewer people have left?
Ooooh, the spin machine is working overtime (better not pay it too much).
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I dont think that a 42% reduction in jobs advertised compared to the previous year equates to recruitment being almost frozen and the reduction is probably because the labour market is tighter, meaning that fewer people are leaving their jobs and having to be replaced.
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True or otherwise – at least two years too late, he and the rest of the States should hang their heads in shame what utter failures they are. Now they need to take 20% of the head count.
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