Det attraktiva arbetet : En kvalitativ studie om vilka möjligheter och svagheter det finns i att attrahera och behålla socialsekreterare och förskolepedagoger i en kommun.

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this essay has been to give an understanding of the possibilities and weaknesses in attract and retain social workers and preschool pedagogues in a smaller community in the middle of Sweden. Furthermore, the study contributes to the knowledge about what employees in a public-sector regard as attractive and less attractive in the workplace and how important it is to involve employees in the work with employer branding. To achieve this purpose, the method focus groups with the Attractive Work model have been used to find out what factors promote or under-mine the employer’s brand in attracting and retaining skilled employees. The pro-cess included two focus groups with three social workers versus five preschool ped-agogues. The results showed that the leadership has great significance for whether the work is regarded as attractive or not. Both focus groups indicated that the lead-ership is an important dimension in the well-being of work. The good leadership results in many dimensions being perceived as attractive and are showing that many dimensions and categories affect one another. The result also showed several other dimensions that promote an attractive work. These can be used to strengthen the employer's brand in such way as to maintain the good circumstances and highlight attractive dimensions in the recruitment work. From what was identified as attrac-tive in working life, a table has been created in which both improvement- and development proposals are presented, which the employer can use to create an attrac-tive workplace to be able to attract and retain workforce.