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72% of government vacancies remain unfilled

June 25, 2015  /   No Comments

Nick Elvin

Ministerial departments experienced a fall in recruitment spend and failed to fill 72% of job vacancies in 2014/15, Freedom of Information requests submitted by recruitment software provider Bullhorn have revealed.

The firm requested information on total spend in the financial year 2014/15 from all 24 government ministerial departments.

It also asked for data on the number of advertised vacancies in the last financial year, and the percentage filled.

The government figures revealed that the Department for Education, the Department for Energy & Climate Change and the Department of Health registered a 24%, 13%, and 8.5% decrease in spending respectively.

In terms of the number of positions filled, the Department for Communities & Local Government filled 200 out of 346 positions open (58%); the Department for Education filled 470 out of 787 (60%); the Department for Work & Pensions 1,518 out of 7,067 (21%); and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office three out of 74 (4%).

Meanwhile, the Department of Health filled 91% of positions (73 out of 80), as did the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (53 out of 58).

Commenting on the results, Bullhorn’s international MD Peter Linas said: “The results show very diverse recruitment patterns across each of the departments. The fact the Foreign & Commonwealth Office has a fill rate of just 4% and the Department for Work & Pensions 21%, is really quite shocking.

“There’s certainly room for improvement. According to our UK trends report this year, the top sources of qualified candidates in 2014 were existing candidates from recruitment CRMs and social media. So recruiters serving the public sector really need to make sure they are making the most of the technology available to them to find the most appropriate candidates for these roles.”

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