The inspection conclusion in Bac Lieu ward, Ca Mau province shows that some civil servants and public employees are being assigned jobs that are not suitable for their training expertise.
Some people study accounting but are in charge of internal affairs, some people are trained in foreign trade and culture - sports, and there are even cases where they are accepted but have not been assigned tasks.
Notably, the story in Ca Mau is not an isolated phenomenon but partly reflects the inadequacies that still exist in many localities across the country.
For many years, especially at the grassroots level, the arrangement of cadres sometimes had to be based on the actual conditions of each locality. Where there is a shortage of personnel, cadres have to concurrently hold many fields.
Some people are recruited for one position but then transferred to another job to meet the requirements of the organization. Therefore, there are many cases where the training major and the field of work do not completely match.
Especially, in the stage of implementing administrative unit arrangement, streamlining the apparatus and operating the two-level local government today, the pressure on personnel organization is even greater.
When many units are merged, the number of cadres and civil servants who are transferred or retired increases, and the emergence of cases that are not arranged in accordance with the training expertise is inevitable in the early stages.
However, that is not the reason for prolonging the arrangement of cadres who are not the right people, the right jobs at the commune and ward levels.
If the arrangement of cadres is not based on job position requirements, does not take into account actual capacity and does not have a suitable training and fostering plan, the effectiveness of work will certainly be affected.
At that time, the ultimate beneficiaries are people and businesses - the direct users of public services.
Especially, in the context that the whole country is building a professional and modern administration, putting people at the center of service, completing the project on job positions and using officials according to actual capacity is an unavoidable requirement.
Reducing focal points and rearranging the organization to streamline the apparatus is an inevitable requirement and the initial effectiveness has been verified in practice in the past time.
However, for the streamlined apparatus to operate effectively and serve the people better, each job position must be assigned to the most suitable person; each official must be given conditions to promote their best capacity; each task must have a clear responsible person.
Reality shows that people do not care too much about what industry the officials working with them graduate from. What they want is that dossiers are resolved faster, procedures are more convenient, and the apparatus operates more efficiently.
But to achieve that, the government must pay special attention so that the principle of "right person, right job" becomes a consistent criterion in cadre work, first of all at the commune and ward levels - the places closest to the people.
