What’s on the site?

LGcareers.com hosts a wealth of careers information for anyone wanting to find out more about working in local government. As well as over 200 individual career descriptions, the site also offers general local government information, application and interview advice, ‘day in the life’ diaries and interviews with local government employees.

Finding your way around

You can use the menu bar links on the left hand side of the page to navigate all the main sections of the site, including the career descriptions. You can also use key words to search the career descriptions using the search facility box underneath the left hand menu bar. For an advanced search, follow the relevant link under the box.

Use the quick links on the right hand side to navigate between the different specialist sections for different groups of people.

How can I use the site most effectively?

“The site contains very good brief information on the role of local authorities and the issues facing local government. It has been really useful for training purposes.” Local council officer, West Midlands

Many local councils use LGcareers really effectively within their own careers promotion and recruitment programmes. Here are some examples:

• use as a link to further local government careers information on your recruitment web pages;
• include a link and information about LGcareers.com in your recruitment information and advertising;
• take up the opportunity to promote yourself as an employer FREE of charge in the meet the employers section of the site - contact us about how to do this;
• promote LGcareers.com as part of your suite of careers information at job fairs and in schools and colleges;
• find out more about our range of careers materials and use them at careers fairs, schools, libraries and other public buildings;
• use the general information about local government in the what is local government? section to build links into citizenship lessons in local schools;
• use LGcareers.com as part of your council induction programme, to introduce new starters to the variety of services provided by local government.