• The 5 steps to writing selection criteria - a step by step guide
• 8 principles that make the best written applications
• Why the old selection criteria models (STAR, CAR, SAR, PAR) will help you write an application but won't get you a job
• How every selection criteria will fit into one of 5 categories and how each of these categories should be addressed
• What to do when selection criteria are weighted
• The 29 most common selection criteria and how you should attack them
• The number one mistake applicants make that will rule them out straight away
• Examples of winning statements addressing selection criteria
• Strategies for eliminating writers block
• Top selection panel complaints about applicants' selection criteria
• Proof reading checklist
• How to unravel the mystery of capability frameworks, people frameworks and competency statements
• Strategies for using examples
• Selection criteria template

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I'm a Government Recruiter, and I have written down a proven 5 step approach

to writing powerful and effective selection criteria

As a professional government recruiter who sits on selection panels every week, I have written The Selection Criteria Coach, to help you quickly and easily write the best possible selection criteria that you can without spending hours stressing over your application or having to pay someone else to do it for you.  I've assessed over 15,000 statements against selection criteria and I know what works and what doesn't work and I know that it really isn't that hard to write convincing selection criteria that can win you the position you want, and I am going to show you how.

I've been in your shoes. I know what it's like to spend hours trying to write selection criteria. The guide The Selection Criteria Coach is not only based on my own personal experience as an applicant and on selection panels, but I've also interviewed hundreds of selection panels in the major government departments across Australia about their opinions of the best selection criteria to provide you with the most specific and relevant information possible - straight from the other side of the table, to you!

If you are content to spend hours putting together your own selection criteria that will look just like every body else's please don't read on.  This guide is only for those who are serious about putting together exceptional responses to selection criteria that will get them an interview.

You can learn...

    How to write an application even if its due by the end of today
    How to get started straight away even if you don't know what to write about
    How to have impressively written selection criteria even if you don't have good writing skills
    How to get an interview for a job where your application has failed in the past
    How to compile an application like a pro even if you've never applied for a government job before
    How to land that promotion once and for all
    How to write powerful and convincing selection criteria with minimal effort (because this book has already done most of the work for you!)

Success Stories

After buying and using The Selection Criteria Coach I have just been successful in gaining a position with the Customs Department. Just thought I would let you know that you can add another success story to your list.
Angela

I followed your 5 steps exactly and ended up with an application that I'm very proud of. I never would have known how to start without this advice. Now is the long wait to see if I get an interview.
Alison

This is the first time I have ever attempted a government job application, and I have to tell you that I was really confused when I first started. Your book The Selection Criteria Coach made it really straight forward.
Robert

Who would have guessed that writing selection criteria could be so easy? Not me! Lol! I was very skeptical but bought the ebook anyway, what did I have to lose? Turns out I got myself an interview with it. Thanks!
Catriona

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