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What is a
Selection Criteria?
Some positions,
in particular with government organisations, require applicants to
respond to a selection criteria. The advertisement for these
jobs will refer the candidate to obtain an application kit or
position description from the web site or by contacting the
nominated recruitment officer.
Responding to
Selection Criteria can be time consuming. Research has
suggested that candidates on average should spend 22 hours
preparing their selection criteria responses. Given that most
candidates are already working on a full time basis this can be a
stressful process which may not even result in an
interview.
What
Impressions can do for you?
Impressions
Career Services can take the hassle from you by creating a
professional and interview winning document based on the
information you are able to provide us. Our selection criteria
responses are written using the preferred response methods such as
the STAR (Situation, Task, Action & Result) method and by
highlighting the candidates experience,
skills, knowledge, education/qualifications and achievements in
this area.
For example, a
likely selection criteria question may be;
- Demonstrated
effective written and oral communication skills
To effectively
respond to this criteria the candidate would need to describe their
skills in relation to written and oral communication and then
demonstrate their skills and the effectiveness by describing a
specific example of a time when they have demonstrated effective
written and/or oral communication skills.
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