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Public sector recruitment insights

Welcome to our research hub - your one-stop shop for public sector recruitment insights.

Get up-to-date analysis into the public sector jobs market, candidate demographics and recruitment marketing data crucial to making critical hiring decisions and shaping your talent attraction strategy.

2025 recruitment insights whitepaper

Candidate experience action plan

New whitepaper: Hiring insights for 2025

Navigating public sector recruitment in 2025: Insights and strategies for hiring success

Are you struggling to attract candidates? Our latest whitepaper brings you insights from public sector job seekers to help you transform your hiring strategy on a limited budget.

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Enhancing public sector recruitment: A candidate-centric action plan

Public sector organisations contend with major barriers to talent attraction and retention as budgets have tightened. Our 2023 whitepaper explores actionable strategies for transforming your candidate experience, based on data from active job seekers.

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How diverse is the public sector?

We analysed over 525,100 applications submitted through our ATS between March 2022 and March 2023.

Here's our analysis of public sector demographics with practical advice for creating a more inclusive workplace.

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Public sector salary trends report

With the UK’s public sector experiencing major skills and retention challenges, salary is a crucial element of Employee Value Proposition. This data will help business leaders and hiring managers hire and keep skilled public sector staff who provide high-quality services to their communities.

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