Employment in the Public Sector

If you''re considering moving into the public sector, no doubt you will have heard varying claims about how the pay isn''t as competitive, it''s bureaucratic and not much motivation to work hard. However, while there are many preconceived ideas, not all of them are true. After steady growth in the last decade, public and voluntary sectors are becoming increasingly attractive.

Various factors such as what the public sector can offer, what kind of salary you can expect and you job satisfaction is like can all be answered in this article.

What Jobs Does the Public Sector Offer?

The public sector is huge, offering employment for 5.8 million of the 28.8 million workers in the UK, with a wide range of jobs available, you could be employed in government agencies and local authorities and many other areas.

Other organisations as wide ranging as the British Heart Foundation, the BBC, the armed forces and teaching are also all part of the public sector.

How Does the Sector Pay?

It''s unlikely that people working in the public sector have done so just because of the pay packet. Their decision to join the sector is more likely to be based on qualitative judgment about a role rather than fiscal reasons. Because the sector uses large amounts of public money, there''s an obvious need to be transparent about salaries as well as having a focus on equality of pay. Sometimes this does mean that the sector can lack the flexibility to change pay scales.

Even so, it is not accurate to say that public sector workers are underpaid. The first Public Sector Rich List was published in November 2006 and detailed 171 public servants who take home more than ?150,000 a year, with the average salary amongst them being ?270,000.

Work Life Balance

Of course, salaries aren''t the only thing that people consider when choosing their career. Work life balance, job satisfaction and flexibility are all other important factors. People working in healthcare and teaching have reported high levels of job satisfaction.

Furthermore, far from being bureaucratic as the media often portrays, the civil service, BBC and NHS all feature in The Times List of 100 Top Graduate Employers.

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Audry Jolie is a keen writer about jobs and he specialises in public sector jobs. This article was inspired by the Guardian Jobs website.

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