Selection Criteria

Many people often feel overwhelmed when faced with selection criteria. But from an employer’s point of view, they provide an equitable means to measure each job applicant’s suitability to perform the duties of position.  Your ability to demonstrate your level of competency against each selection criterion is very important, reflecting competencies such as communication, teamwork.  Essential criteria are those absolutely necessary to do the job, so you should be competent in them all to be competitive for the position. Desirable criteria are those not necessary for you to have, but would assist you in carrying out the job. In a competitive environment, your ability to satisfy desirable criteria will become more important.

The Process

Responding to selection criteria can be tricky at first, so Monique at All About Image works with you to help you identify relevant experiences, consider how you might use each experience as an example and decide which experiences best describe your behaviours within related activities and situations, and which highlight positive outcomes as a result of your involvement.

Government departments and increasingly private sector organisations use selection criteria in staff selection processes. These organisations require you to address each criterion as an attached, but separate document, so your application may includes the following, which is normally submitted online via their website:

-  Application Form

-  Cover Letter

-  Résumé