{"id":8076,"date":"2018-07-27T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/?p=8076"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:17:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:17:48","slug":"public-service-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/public-service-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Service Career Options for ALL Majors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever consider a public service career or a position in local government? In the busyness of school and life, we get distracted and miss some great career opportunities. Did you know that <strong>every major<\/strong> offers the possibility for a position in public service? Whatever type of degree you are pursuing, you have the potential to develop a rewarding career in public service.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Public Service Career Opportunities &#8211; Save the Date<\/h4>\n<p>Clearwater Career Services is hosting its <strong>Third Annual Government Forum<\/strong> on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 11 a.m. in the ES Building, Room 104. We invite you to join us to learn more about the wide variety of positions and opportunities available in public service. This event is open to the public as well as students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Career Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Accounting<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">Communications<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">Emergency Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Engineering<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">Information Technology<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">Network Administration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Urban Planning<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">Public Administration<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">Risk Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The theme for this year\u2019s event is, \u201cHow to find, hire, and retain men and women into public service.\u201d This forum is a great opportunity to meet and engage with local city managers from Dunedin, Pinellas Park, and Tarpon Springs. Discover why and how they chose to enter into public service. Our guest panelists will share their insight, knowledge, and first-hand experiences about working in public service and in government. The guest panelists include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:kronschnabl.jeffery@spcollege.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Kronschnabl<\/a> \u2013 Keynote Speaker<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Bramley \u2013 <a style=\"text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dunedingov.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dunedin <\/a>City<span style=\"text-align: center;\"> Manager<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Douglas Lewis \u2013 <a style=\"text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinellas-park.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinellas Park <\/a>City<span style=\"text-align: center;\"> Manager<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Mark LeCouris \u2013 <a style=\"text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctsfl.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tarpon Springs <\/a>City<span style=\"text-align: center;\"> Manager<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-align: center;\" href=\"mailto:Slater.Roy@spcollege.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Roy Slater<\/a><span style=\"text-align: center;\"> \u2013 Moderator<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Local governments have excellent career options available and these agencies offer rewarding careers with competitive salaries and benefits. With low unemployment rates, local governments are faced with the added challenge of competing with the public sector for recruiting and retaining qualified personnel. According to the survey findings in the <em>2018 State and Local Government Workforce: <a href=\"https:\/\/slge.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 Data and 10 Year Trends Report<\/a><\/em>, 82 percent report that staff recruitment and retention is a top workforce priority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark your calendar for Nov. 13<\/strong> and come listen, meet and network with our guests. Learn first-hand how working in public service and in local government can be very rewarding!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2018\/07\/Third-Annual-Government-Forum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8087 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2018\/07\/Third-Annual-Government-Forum.jpg\" alt=\"Flier for public service career event\" width=\"765\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2018\/07\/Third-Annual-Government-Forum.jpg 765w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2018\/07\/Third-Annual-Government-Forum-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For any questions regarding the forum, please contact <a href=\"mailto:Kimsey.Wanda@spcollege.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wanda Kimsey<\/a> in Career Services.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stpetersburgcollege\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spcnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/careerspc?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#careerspc<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/spcintern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#spcintern<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/workforcespc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#workforcespc<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clearwater Career Services is hosting its Third Annual Government Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 13,  at 11 a.m. in the ES Building, Room 104.\u00a0 Learn more about the wide variety of positions and opportunities available in public service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002,"featured_media":5153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4,10],"class_list":["post-8076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-career-services","tag-internships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8076"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8113,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8076\/revisions\/8113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}