Interview with a Government Recruiter - Page 4 Q.  There is some talk in government circles about abolishing selection criteria, what are your thoughts? A. I think the people who are proposing these ideas forget the actual purpose of selection criteria.  Selection criteria are just a framework for assessing an application. They tell the panel how to assess the applicant and ensure that the applicant knows what they are being measured against. If you were to abolish the use of traditional “selection criteria” and replace them with an assessment against the job description for example, which is what is being proposed, the job description just becomes the replacement “selection criteria”  so to speak. I personally think it is a lot easier to demonstrate skills against a set of say five selection criteria than a two page job description.  That said, some forward thinking panels are now removing the need for applicants to write statements addressing the selection criteria as a response to the war on talent with private industry. In this case, selection criteria still exist but it is the panel’s job to assess the resume based on the criteria, not the applicant’s job to write an essay.  I am fully supportive of this approach and think more panels should be doing it. Some of the best candidates for a job never apply because they just don’t have the time to prepare their application and this approach almost eliminates this problem. This article has been provided for our VIP members. To see more articles like this, become a VIP member for free by subscribing to the Public Service Jobs newsletter. Interview Page 1  |  Interview Page 2  |  Interview Page 3  |  Interview Page 4
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