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IPANZ NPs (New Professionals) just sent me an invitation to their Social Series Launch. It's a great chance for you to meet other young people who are pursuing a career in government. Here's the invitation in full:

The IPANZ New Professionals would like to invite you to join us in celebrating the launch of our Social Series.

The Social Series is a series of relaxed events where new professionals in the public sector can join colleagues and comrades for a friendly drink and chat, straight after work.

Bill English spoke to IPANZ professionals on Wednesday about the challenges to come in public policy. The government's aim, to deliver better and more effective services to the public, is one of six identified economic policy drivers.

From the press release: Improving frontline services, avoiding the debt trap

Kirsty has recently been reading Greg Savage’s recruitment blog, and pointed out an article that focuses on the actual cost to an organisation to recruit directly. One of Greg’s key points was that in many cases organisations aren’t aware of what it costs them to recruit internally. There are a huge number of issues, often unaddressed, that can affect an organisation that recruits this way, including both the financial cost and a drain on the organisation’s productivity.

It might be a bit late to mention this, as many of you have probably read this month's In Business. But the August/September issue has two great articles relevant to the public sector. You can read them online at the In Business website.

Adrian Wimmers writes about Public service from outside the
public sector, and public service businesses (PBS) - public-private sector parternerships: