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qSomejobapplicationsrequiretheaddressingofselectioncriteriaforthepositionaswell asthesubmissionofaresumeandcoverletter.
Whilemanygovernmentpositionsrequireselectioncriteriathereareanincreasing numberoflargerprivatecompaniesthatarealsousingselectioncriteriatoassistthemin findingtheperfectcandidate.
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qAsacomponentofthejobsearchprocessthekeyselectioncriteriaaccompanyingajob applicationhelptheemployertomakethemostaccuratematchbetweenthe requirementsofthespecificpositionandtheskillsoftheapplicant.
qNormallyselectioncriteriawillbepresentedasalistofessentialknowledge,skills, experienceand/orqualificationsthattheapplicantmustfulfiltobeeligibleforthejob. qIfadesiredpositionrequeststheapplicantaddressselectioncriteriaitisimperativethat thejobapplicantcarefullyandthoroughlyanswereachcriterion. qWhileitisadditionalworkintheapplicationprocess,submittingahigh-qualityresponse totheselectioncriteriawillplayasignificantroleinpositioningtheapplicantasa qualifiedcandidate.
qTheselectioncriteriahavebeenaddedtothejobapplicationforareason,thejob applicationwritershouldgivethemjustasmuchthoughtandconsiderationasthe resume. Tip1
qFollowthespecificrequirementspresentedbytheemployerincludingwordcounts,page counts,filetypewhenjobapplicationwriting. qThenumberofselectioncriterionwillvaryfromjobtojob,butthereareusuallyatleast four.AsageneralruleeachwrittenselectioncriteriashouldbeansweredinhalftotwothirdsofanA4page. Tip2
qTheselectioncriteriawritershouldcarefullyperuseeachselectioncriterionand understandwhateachoneisaskingpriortocommencingthetaskofwritingtheanswers. qThekeywordsusedintheselectioncriteriawillassisttheselectioncriteriawriterin formattingaresponsetoeachcriterion. Tip3
qForexample,‘knowledgeof’isrequestingevidenceoftheapplicant’sknowledgeina particularareawhile‘experienceusing’islookingforadescriptionofhowthejob applicantcandemonstratetheirskillsandexperience.
qTheselectioncriteriawriterneedstoensurethatthefirstsentenceaddressingeach criterionclearlydescribeshowtheapplicantcanfulfilthatspecificcriterion. qTheselectioncriteriawritercanthengointofurtherdetailsandprovidemore clarificationinthebodyofthedocument. Tip4
qTheSelectioncriteriawritercanusetheSTARmodeltoaddresstheselectioncriteriaand demonstratethecapacityoftheapplicanttoperformthedesiredtasksand responsibilitieswithinthejobroleSITUATIONdescribesarelevantworksituationthat theapplicantwasfacedwith. Tip5
qTASKdescribesthetasktheyhadtocomplete qACTIONdescribestheactiontakentosuccessfullycompletethetask. qRESULTdescribeswhatoccurredasaresultoftheaction
qTheselectioncriteriawriterneedstoprovidespecificexamplestosupporttheclaimsof theapplicantinregardstotheirskills,knowledgeandprofessionalqualities. qThepotentialemployerwantstoseehowtheapplicantbestmeetstheirrequirements. Tip6
qTheselectioncriteriawritershouldchooseasimpleandeasytoperuselayoutforthe selectioncriteriadocument. qLargeblocksoftextcanbeoffputtingandtimeconsumingsousingshortsentences, headingsandbulletpointscanhighlighttheimportantpointsmcensuretheemployer canquicklyandeasilydetermineiftheapplicantmeetstheirrequirements. Tip7
qProofreading,spellcheckandgrammarcheckareextremelyimportantpriorto submittingtheselectioncriteriadocument.Itshouldlookprofessionalandbefreefrom errors. Tip8
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