Public Service - A Career Choice

Public Service a Distinct Career Choice

HILARIO P. MARTINEZ 1

Public Service … … is improving the lives of the sovereign citizen-taxpayers Is NOT …


Personal Challenges

Working in Government is… PUBLIC SERVICE -


Pondering on Considerations and Preparations for a Future Scenario Influencing Factors Imagining a Future

Ambition

Money/Fund

Education/ Institutions

Residence/Location

Employment/ Market Prospect


Basic Occupational End-Goals

Own Business /Entre-preneur

Employee/Worker

Farmer-Producer

Public Servant/

Government Employee


Decision Points: Objective, Commitment, Aspiration

INCREASED

INCOME and

LEISURE

BUSINESS OWNERS

FARMER- PRODUCERS

EMPLOYEES

PUBLIC SERVANTS


Rules of Engagement in Government

Employment

More

DON’Ts than

DOs

…in Government Employment

PUBLIC

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES


NOTE: GAA – General Appropriations Act

Issue of Credibility

S T A T E WORKERS


Issues Affecting the Bureaucracy


“It’s WHO you know”, CONTACTS – how should this matter?

Businessman/ Entrepreneur

Employee/ Worker

Farmer-Producer

Public Servant



The Unquantified Effects of Misfits in Public Service

Whose INTEREST should be SERVED? Whose WELFARE should be PROTECTED?



Respect for “Constituency and Public Service”

Rationale for Government Employees


PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS FOR

SOCIAL SERVICES

PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS FOR

ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURES

delivers delivers

A Prescription … and an Oath

If “…Public Servants shall remain

accountable to the public at all times…”

(Phil. Constitution)

…then, shouldn’t they also prove themselves to be competent and

committed at all times to serve and protect the public and the

public interest?


The Burden of Public Service and the Criticality of Civil Service Reforms


Government officials and employees takes an oath to serve, protect and defend the country,

and the interest and welfare of the public

Government officials and employees are entrusted with enormous resources drawn

and contributed by citizens-taxpayers

As stewards of huge state wealth and public funds, they are expected to be intellectually

capable and armored with integrity

Competency, not civil service eligibilities, builds professionalism and reinforces integrity

in the workplace

Public Service is all about CHARACTER


Public Service requires Teams of Competent and Good Performers


See www.slideshare.net for “CAPE-GPS” for details

http://www.slideshare.net/

Proposed New “Rules of the Game” [ONLY the Competent and Good Performers in Public Service]


ODD MAN OUT

is

only

thru


See www.slideshare.net for “Differentiated Selection of Public Servants” for details

http://www.slideshare.net/

Public Service is a COMMITMENT


To best serve Public Interest, Requires a Deliberate Selection and Discrimination of

Workforce

Only for the honest and trustworthy,

Persevering and dedicated to serve the public,

Strong willed but humble, and

Preferably among the best of professionals


N O T J U S T A N Y B O D Y C A N S E R V E

From OUTPUT to OUTCOME


DESIRED ANTICIPATED

Public Service - A Career Choice

Government & Nonprofit

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