In its edition from 31st October 2009 The Economist magazine published an article with the title “A tough search for talent”. This article points out that the public sector across most rich countries struggles to find the right talent, an issue expected to get even worse when the labour market becomes more difficult for employers once the current economic crisis ends.

Two factors making it particularly difficult are:

• The public sector is increasingly looking for candidates with profiles closer to what the private sector is looking for.
• The culture within many public sector organisations can easily alienate the talent needed to face the challenges of the future.

These factors lead to the public sector losing many of the better candidates to the private or the charity sectors. You can read the full article via this link: www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14753826