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Updating the product manager role and skills on the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework

Updating the product manager role and skills on the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework

Debbie Blanchard and Olivia Helliwell share their experience leading a year-long cross-government co-design of the product manager role for the Capability Framework.

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Turning vacancies into opportunities

Posted by: ZeShaan Shamsi, Posted on: 23 February 2015 - Categories: 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...

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Making skills user focused

Posted by: Tom Bryant, Posted on: 17 February 2015 - Categories: 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.

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The elements of a successful recruitment strategy

Posted by: ZeShaan Shamsi, Posted on: 9 February 2015 - Categories: 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. Preparing for the...

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A personal perspective: The Digital and Technology (DaT) Fast Stream programme

Posted by: David Richardson, Posted on: 5 February 2015 - Categories: Digital & Technology Faststream, Graduate schemes and Fast Stream, Recruitment and Skills

David Richardson joined the Civil Service in 2013 as a Digital and Technology (DaT) Fast Streamer (previously the Technology in Business Fast Stream).

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Introducing the GDS digital and technology skills matrix

Posted by: Tom Bryant, Posted on: 29 January 2015 - Categories: Capabilities, Recruitment and Skills, Training and progression
Skills

Disruptive technologies, like cloud computing, big data and open source software, demand new technology skill sets.

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Service Manager training - how are we doing?

Posted by: Rob Banathy, Posted on: 22 January 2015 - Categories: Community, Recruitment and Skills, Service Manager Programme, Training and progression

If you want to increase the chances of your service passing a Digital by Default Service Standard assessment, then make sure you have a service manager who has been on the Induction Programme at GDS.

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Developing our digital and technology leaders of the future

Posted by: Rob Banathy, Posted on: 19 January 2015 - Categories: Digital & Technology Faststream, Graduate schemes and Fast Stream, Recruitment, Training and progression
Digital people

  As the digital transformation of public services gathers pace across government, the need to develop our digital and technology leaders of the future becomes increasingly important.

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The basics of the recruitment process

Posted by: ZeShaan Shamsi, Posted on: 21 January 2014 - Categories: People and Skills, People Team, Recruitment, Recruitment and Skills, Recruitment Hub
Post-it note with a drawing of people and text that reads "The unit of delivery is the team"

Effective recruitment, selection, and induction are crucial to running a successful organisation. Hi, I'm ZeShaan and I lead on the recruitment process transformation and recruitment delivery for GDS. I'm often...

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