Recent research suggests that just 9% of 2011’s undergraduates would prefer to work in the public sector over the commercial or charity sectors. No great obvious surprise given some of the metrics coming out of the public sector. The latest ONS figures suggested that no less than 110,000 public sector jobs were lost between April and June this year. If that weren’t daunting enough, late June this year saw the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that 610,000 jobs would disappear from the public sector to 2016. The scale of these job losses, as well as the period over which they will go, is little short of staggering. Little wonder that our brightest and best early career talent is distancing itself from the sector. However, what are the long term implications of graduate talent wanting little to do with the public sector? Facing the unique challenges of deficit reductions, potential sovereign state default, riots and civil unrest and Eurozone turmoil, an absence of genuine early career talent within our great public bodies is deeply concerning for the future.
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