ISABEL CAMUS
UNLIKE careers in culinary arts, law, or medicine, the path of someone who wants to be a public servant is less defined. There isn’t an exact bachelor’s degree offered at schools to learn all the skills necessary to work in the bureaucracy. Many of these competencies are learned on the job and in seminars provided by the government. With regular changes of elected officials and cabinet members, it is important to strengthen the workforce and systems that remain with an institution in the long run. Technology and the emergence of new ways of doing things have drastically changed the governance landscape, and as it continues to evolve, so must the competencies of our public servants.