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As the economy begins to recover, public sector employers are still feeling some delayed pain. Despite this, culture can be a key in allowing hard-hit organizations to continue to recruit the best and brightest. Read below to find out how! If you missed our last issue on telecommuting and job advice for next gen workers please, click here to read it.
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Culture plays a BIG part in recruiting!
This article, by Paula Singer and Laura Francisco, was originally published in the July 2012 edition of IPMA HR News.
As the economy ekes out a recovery, public sector employers, particularly at the state and local levels, are still feeling the brunt of the recession, experiencing historic budget shortfalls while dealing with the rising costs of benefits. As a result, job losses are still occurring in force at all levels of public sector employment. Over 2.5 percent of government jobs have been lost since 2009, which, according to the Roosevelt Institute makes that the "greatest reduction in history." More government jobs were lost last year (approximately 265,000) than in 2010 (approximately 221,000).
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National Mentoring Month
Our colleague, Lois Zachary, is celebrating National Mentoring Month with a short online course through the Wiley Learning Institute, January 18, 22 and 29. Want to take your own or your organization's mentoring to a whole new level? Click here for more information.
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To reaching success,

Paula M. Singer, Laura Francisco & Lorraine Kituri
The Singer Group, Inc.
410-561-7561
contact@singergrp.com
www.singergrp.com
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