How to be a Civil Servant

Civil Service Careers

Are you interested in working in the UK Civil Service? If so:-

Start with browsing the Government gateway to jobs in the Civil Service throughout the UK.

Then buy "Do What? The Civil Service" by Terry Edge (ISBN 1-903019-74-5):- very readable and excellent value at only £4.99. A first class introduction to a huge range of jobs around the UK. As Terry says:-

    There are 460,000 people in the UK you may never have heard of. Yet without their work the country would grind to a halt. Thousands of civil servants help collect taxes, give out benefit monies and inspect our buildings. But they are also weather forecasters, vets, secret agents, air crash investigators, forest rangers ... and some even make money - literally - for the Royal Mint.

If you are specifically interested in working in Whitehall, you should certainly read How to be a Civil Servant and also browse the rest of this website.

Further reading and links are listed elsewhere on this website.

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