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The pre-election period

, 29 March 2015 - Uncategorized

This Parliament ends on 30 March. Between then and the general election on 7 May is the pre-election period and the Civil Service communicates less, in line with the General Election Guidance.

Using the Digital and Technology Skills Matrix: Example 1

David Richardson, 26 March 2015 - Recruitment and Skills, Skills and Learning

The DVLA are no strangers to digital transformation. They're responsible for 3 of the government's digital exemplars. This means they have been making dramatic changes to how their customers transact. And they've adopted agile project methods to make changes to …

150 service managers: our definition of done

Matt Edgar, 19 March 2015 - People and Skills, Service Manager Programme

The Recruitment and Skills team recently passed its target of 150 service managers completing the induction programme at GDS.

Advertising jobs effectively

ZeShaan Shamsi, 11 March 2015 - Recruitment, Recruitment Hub

You've got a vacancy. What do you need to do to attract potential candidates to your opportunity?

The employee value proposition, employer branding and ambassadors

ZeShaan Shamsi, 5 March 2015 - Recruitment, Recruitment and Skills, Recruitment Hub

When we advertise a vacancy we’re asking a candidate to join and contribute their knowledge, skills, talents, behaviours, time, and energy to our organisation.

Building digital talent

Tom Bryant, 4 March 2015 - Recruitment and Skills, Skills and Learning, Training and progression, Uncategorized

HR and Transformation teams can use the Digital and Technology skills guide to establish skill requirements and role profiles when shaping their teams.

Launching Digital and Technology Skills on GOV.UK

Tom Bryant, 25 February 2015 - People and Skills, Skills and Learning, Training and progression

Today is launch day…. A big day in advancing specialist digital and technology skills across the UK government.

Turning vacancies into opportunities

ZeShaan Shamsi, 23 February 2015 - Recruitment, Working at GDS

I have previously blogged about the basic elements of a successful recruitment strategy. This post details the planning and preparation stage in a bit more depth, and why using the dusty old job description sat in the drawer may not be the …

Making skills user focused

Tom Bryant, 17 February 2015 - People and Skills, Skills and Learning

Before we publish the GDS digital and technology skills matrix on GOV.UK, it’s really important to make sure our users can access all the information they need.

The elements of a successful recruitment strategy

ZeShaan Shamsi, 9 February 2015 - Recruitment, Recruitment and Skills, Recruitment Hub, Working at GDS

I posted recently about the basics of the recruitment process, I wanted to follow that up with a brief look at how you build a recruitment strategy.

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