Councils told online recruitment is way forward

Eric Pickles has used his speech at this year’s LGA conference to say that council job adverts should be published online to save money, increase transparency and help reduce pointless posts.

Pickles pointed out in his speech that it can cost £5,000 to £10,000 to place an advert in some national newspapers.
This will doubtless be poorly received by a publishing sector which has already seen advertising revenues slump in the recession, but Pickles claimed that local papers will remain an important resource to advertise jobs to those who may be "digitally excluded”.
Putting job adverts online will not only drive down council advertising costs, it will make it much easier to compare pay ranges within and across the nation's local authorities. The coalition further plans to work with local government to put information on spending, tenders and contracts over £500 online.
Pickles also promised tackle the business of grandiose job titles and those that appear superfluous: "One council was even advertising for someone to spin for their bins last week,” he said. I wonder whether their residents actually want a 'communications waste strategy officer.' Or whether they'd prefer a few more bin men."