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We are pleased to announce the launch of Penna Communications, bringing together our two communications and marketing businesses Penna Barkers and TCS, into one agency.

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David Hunter, Head of Public Sector Recruitment, talks about assisting in the search for a new CEO for Stoke City Council.

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George Griffin, Director of Leadership and Management Development, discusses how managers can rise to the challenges presenting themselves in the public sector.

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Keywords: Employees | HR development | Public Sector |

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"Prospective employees are engaging more with social media, which means that HR needs treat these new channels as part of their overall recruitment campaign" says Phill Lane, Head of Planning at Penna.

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Keywords: Social media |

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Phill Lane, Head of Planning at Penna, comments on the suggestion that young people could change their names in adulthood to shrug off their online trail.

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Keywords: Social media |

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The Municipal Journal recently chaired a debate organised by Penna about how district councils are planning for the drop in funding. Anthony Hopkin, Principal Consultant at Penna, reports on the key conclusions.

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Keywords: Local Government |

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Nearly two-thirds (65%) of graduate recruiters are wary of using Social Media and one in seven sees it as “dangerous” according to our recently published Social Media Audit – a survey of 84 graduate recruiters, conducted in association with the AGR and launched in at their Annual Conference in July.

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Keywords: Facebook | Graduate recruitment | LinkedIn | Social media | Twitter | YouTube |

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"It’s not easy to hold a mirror to oneself sometimes, but for the public sector, now is the time to do it, to identify capability gaps and to look at where improvements can be made" says Owen Morgan, Commercial Director of HR Consulting at Penna.

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Keywords: Councils | Local Government | Outsourcing | Public Sector |

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We are thrilled to announce that TCS (part of the Penna family) won Agency of the Year at this year’s CIPD Recruitment Marketing Awards. TCS were also awarded Best Art Direction for their work on Orange.

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Keywords: Communications |

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Offering voluntary redundancy needs to be carefully managed if local government is to avoid an exodus of its key talent, says Bev White, Managing Director of HR Consulting at Penna.

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Keywords: Local Government | Public Sector |

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