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Joining the public sector

from the public leaders network
  • Whitehall SW1 street sign

    Civil servants on being working class: 'it feels the odds are stacked against you'

  • An aerial view of the Foreign Office and HMRC on Whitehall

    What's it like to work in the civil service if you're working class?

    If you work in the civil service and are from a working class background, we want to hear your stories
  • The UK civil service fast stream graduate programme is one of the most highly-rated in the country.

    Civil service fast stream 2017 – in numbers

    The 2017 fast stream programme, which opens on 14 September, is one of the UK’s most sought-after graduate schemes. Here are the key facts

  • 'It's always so varied': an apprentice's view of joining the civil service

  • New year, new career: how about becoming a local government data scientist?

    Tom Symons

  • Want to get on in the civil service? Brexit is now the only game in town

    Jane Dudman

  • Top tips to ace the civil service fast stream – what you told us

    Guardian readers

  • What is it like to apply for the civil service fast stream? Here's what you said

    Guardian readers and Jane Dudman

  • Working in the civil service fast stream - what you told us

    Guardian readers and Jane Dudman

  • Soon there won't be enough senior council roles left for graduates like me

    Inara Khan

From the public leaders network

  • A Thai hospital use robots for documents works<br>epa06426589 The Automated Guided Vehicles: AGV Robots dressed in nurse outfits carrying medical documents work next to Thai patients at Mongkutwattana General Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, 09 January 2018. The Thai hospital use three of Automated Guided Vehicles Robots to work as document courier inside the hospital aimed to save the hiring costs and solve its shortage workers as well as develop the fastest and smooth services. The Robotics is currently global trend after the number of using robot in business and industry increased. The estimated of 2.32 million robots are used worldwide in 2017 while around 41,600 of them were used in Thailand, according to the International Federation of Robotics. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

    Robots in public service: onslaught or opportunity?

  • Northampton borough council building

    English councils warn 'worst is yet to come' on cuts

  • aerial view of Sunderland city centre with the River Wear and Wearmouth Bridge in the foreground<br>E6P7EH aerial view of Sunderland city centre with the River Wear and Wearmouth Bridge in the foreground

    Britain is full of powerful mid-sized cities. Let's unlock their potential

    Peter Box
  • David Walker

    Whitehall isn't working? Whose fault is that, minister?

    David Walker
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Careers in public services

  • Nurse carrying out a bed changeover

    Nursing associates: will they become a cheap substitute for nurses?

  • first aid kit

    Social workers must leave comfort zones to reconnect with those in need

  • Blue flashing light

    Social work: the emergency service that should be celebrated, not demonised

    Davina Flowers
  • Stacked old archive files with documentation

    Welsh social workers 'need proper support network'

  • Mother and daughter

    Why are social workers so reluctant to celebrate their achievements?

    Harry Ferguson
  • doctor taking blood pressure

    I couldn't last as a social worker but the children will haunt me forever

  • Operating theatre

    Why would doctors and nurses put themselves through the ordeal of NHS management?

  • worried woman talking to another woman

    Time for social workers to rediscover their counselling skills

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