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The state of talent management in C anada's public sector
Author(s) -
Glenn Ted
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
canadian public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1754-7121
pISSN - 0008-4840
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-7121.2012.00204.x
Subject(s) - public sector , business , state (computer science) , public relations , nonprofit sector , public service , public administration , key (lock) , marketing , political science , algorithm , computer science , law , ecology , biology
For more than a decade, senior officials from across C anada's public sector have identified the capacity to “recruit and retain highly‐trained, qualified staff” as central to public service renewal and success in the 21 st century. And yet, despite the consensus behind this priority, students of C anadian public administration know little about the strategies and programs that are in place to attract, recruit, retain and transition key public servants in this country. This article tries to address this gap by describing talent management, one approach to getting “the right people in the right place at the right time” currently in use in B ritish C olumbia, C anada, N ew B runswick, N ewfoundland and L abrador, N ova S cotia, O ntario and S askatchewan. The article concludes with some observations about the present and future of talent management in C anada's public sector.