Public sector workers need to change to compete in the glutted jobs market

Following the CSR, the headlines are full of the 490,000 public sector job losses – an estimate revised up by the CIPD to 725,000, given that the spending cuts are unlikely to be reversed after 2015 – and the resulting predictions and protests over what this will mean for the economy and communities.Many believe that some of this gap will be plugged by new roles available as the private sector starts to claw its way out of recession. Helen Clarke, Chief Executive of HR consultancy Jaluch believes that although those opportunities are there, public sector workers need to start thinking more