The Secretary General of Public Service, Javier Rueda, was interviewed yesterday in the Madrid Trabajo de Onda Madrid Program, directed by Javier Peña.

During the interview, the discussions started on 16 November at INAP, dedicated to rethinking the selection in public employment scheduled to end in March, were discussed. He also referred to the days of gathering talent that since 2019 are being developed by the General Directorate of the Public Service and the professional career of young people as a way of retaining talent.

Javier Rueda explained that with the start of the debates around rethinking the selection it is intended to open a framework for reflection around updating the selective processes, for several reasons. One of them, as explained by Rueda, is the need to streamline the process, due to the long period of time that elapses since a need for personnel is detected and incorporated into the corresponding job offer, until finally the public employee occupies his job. Secondly, it is about making the public service attractive for young people to join. In addition, there are bodies that are covered in very low percentages, there are new needs especially in digital skills, with an additional problem, which is the disparity between the academic and educational scope and the model of access to public employment.

According to Rueda, the acquisition of new talent must be done both at the university level and in the field of Vocational Training, since “before this was not needed, the supply of public employment was published and there was great demand, now we do not need to compete with the private sector, we do not know well what we do, we have to break stereotypes, what we want is to tell the society we do”. In addition, it is necessary to communicate that a career can be developed within the administration, since it is not only important to capture talent, but to retain it.

He also encouraged participation in the Virtual Community that INAP is open about the "Rethinking Selection" project and advanced other lines of work included in the Talent Capture Plan. He also recalled other recently launched projects such as the decentralization of selective processes, which entails significant advantages in making it easier for citizens to gain access to the Administration.