Resumes & Cover Letters Tips

Here's a sample response to demonstrate you're a client-focused professional. Use the template as a guide to addressing this key selection criterion.

If you're applying for graduate positions in government departments and agencies, the selection criteria will often ask you to highlight how you've taken academic learnings and applied them to real-world situations. Here's a sample response.

Here’s a sample response that demonstrates your experience with information and technology. Use it as a guide and template to write a winning job application.

The first thing you need to do is find out what the selection criteria are. You will find them either in the advertisement or on the government department's website along with a downloadable job application kit.

Responding to selection criteria is the area that trips up most people applying for a government job. We've got you covered with these samples.

Hiring managers wade through hundreds of generic applications, and your cover letter is your chance to grab their attention and shout from the rooftops that you are the perfect fit for the role. These tips will help you do just that.

Struggling to address key selection criteria in your job application? Use this professionally-written sample response to highlight your attention to detail and stellar literacy and numeracy skills.

Struggling to address sample criteria in your job application? Use this templated response to demonstrate that you have the skills and ability to organise high volumes of information materials.

Here’s a sample response that will highlight your interest in current affairs and demonstrate that you possess good general knowledge.

Use this sample response to highlight your awareness of OHS issues. By nailing the key selection criteria, you'll put yourself ahead of the pack and be one step closer to securing your dream job within the public sector!