Your Keys to Selection Criteria

Looking for a one-stop-shop for information about working in Australia’s public services?

Are you applying for a job in the Australian Public Service but can’t figure out how to go about it?

Do you under-sell yourself due to lack of confidence, reluctance to promote yourself or not having the right words to present what you have to offer?

Are you part of a selection panel but unsure what to do?

Do you need to keep up-to-date with the latest in what’s happening to recruit, select and retain your staff but haven’t got time to do the research?

selectioncriteria.com.au has been created to give you the keys to:

• Unravel the mysteries of applying for public service jobs.
• Unlock your talent and potential so you can confidently present a convincing case.
• Unpack research to inform your search for talent.
• Unveil the myths about selecting staff based on merit.

With separate sections devoted to the needs of applicants and managers/selection panels, you’ll find information about workshops, books and CDs, creating web site career centres, coaching, ecourses,  teleseminars, and free resources such as articles, audio interviews and news update.

This material is provided by Dr Ann Villiers, Mental Nutritionist and author of national best-seller How to write and talk to selection criteria, the most authoritative resource on selection criteria, now in its fifth edition, with proven results over more than a decade.

These services and free resources direct you to good practice in recruiting and selecting staff, and give you the tools and techniques for increasing your chances of job success in the public service.

How to Write and Talk to Selection Criteria receives Highly Commended

in the Non-Fiction section of the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards.

"Judges' comments: The book is a slick, highly readable, professionally designed and competently edited guide to the complicated process of applying for public sector jobs. If there is a better, more helpful, tool around for first time and seasoned applicants, the judges were not aware of it." http://www.actwriters.org.au/awards/index.shtml

Three new resources are now available in the Product Store:

A Manager's Guide to Career Conversations: A practical eguide to help managers understand how career management is linked to staff retention and engagement and how to conduct effective career conversations. The guide gives tips on structure, content, tools and issues that can arise.

A Six Pack on Selling Yourself: Downloadable MP3 files covering six key self-promotion questions that are commonly asked during job interviews. Each coaching segment explains why the question is asked, traps applicants fall into, and provides illustrated tips on how to respond so you express your real value. Download one, several or all six.

Expect More From 2013, a free ebook containing 39 articles from experts in professional and personal development. My article, 'What is your retirement song?' is number 24.

How to Write and Talk to Selection Criteria (5th edn)

 Hear Ann talk about what's new in this fifth edition.

Promoting career information excellence on organisations' web sites

Read the awards reports analysing government Career Websites

For an overview of this website, listen to Dr Villiers' audio tour . (MP3 file: 5 mins.)