Areas of increasing the prestige of municipal service

Relevance. Currently, despite the emerging positive trends, the prestige of the municipal service is low. Young professionals who come to municipalities do not stay there to work, a characteristic feature is the high staff turnover. Under the current conditions, it is necessary to develop a unified, effective mechanism for the selection, adaptation and maintenance of the municipal service contingent.
The purpose of the study was to understand the key areas for improving the system of working with the contingent of the municipal service, as necessary conditions for increasing its prestige.
Objectives: to analyze the existing scientific, practical and regulatory approaches to working with the contingent in the municipal service system and identify areas of improvement that can ensure the prestige of the municipal service. The methodology consisted in analyzing and summarizing scientific approaches to the personnel policy of the municipal service, analyzing the regulatory framework governing the municipal service, and analyzing the websites of municipalities.
Results. The article analyzes the problems characterizing the state of personnel policy in the municipal service system. The directions of improving the municipal service, ensuring an increase in its attractiveness, are identified and systematized, and it is determined that the prestige of the municipal service primarily depends on personnel policy.
Conclusions. The key areas for increasing the prestige of the municipal service are: reviewing the existing personnel policy, forming an effective system of motivation for municipal employees to work with the public in a highquality manner, which will create a positive field of interaction with the entrusted population and qualitatively change the professional environment, targeted work with students studying in specialized training areas, and preventing professional burnout of municipal employees.

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