Write a Winning Job Application
A guide to Responding to Selection Criteria
By Lloyd White
4th Edition
25,000 copies already sold to people who now write successful job applications.
Address the selection criteria for State and Federal Government jobs and, in fact any position that has Selection Criteria.
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Answering selection criteria is the key task when applying for jobs. The formats and key words are important. This book focuses on how to write your application. With this you can write an application that gets you an interview.
To write a winning job application you need to know how to answer Selection Criteria, prepare an interesting Résumé and write an Application Letter that will grab the attention of the employer enough to want to Interview you.
Preparing for job interviews is a different skill. You need some interview preparation and interview presentation techniques that will enable you to convince the panel that you have a positive contribution to make.
Write a Winning Job Application will teach you all these things and help you win that job.
The 4th edition of Write A Winning Job Application has 18 fully written examples of responses to selection criteria and instructions on how to apply for another 31 criteria. It gives you words and phrases to use and good opening a closing statement.
Make your CV look like a professional resume. This book explains, in full, how to write a resume and gives a simple sample resume you can adapt. There are words and phrases to read and adapt for your own resume.
You will need a cover letter. Read the three sample cover letters and use the formats and extra information to make your application letter get the employer’s attention.
This 4th edition of this book contains 257 job interview questions and explains how to prepare for interviews so that you present yourself confidently. Job interviews are stressful so be well prepared. This book shows you how.
To get you started the 4th edition contains:
- 18 full written examples of addressing selection criteria
- 31 criteria that are explained with a model to follow when you answer the selection criteria
- 257 job interview questions based on 65 of the most common selection criteria
- 41 selection criteria are broken down into skills and a
vocabulary you can use.
These are the action words the panel is looking for. - A sample résumé with instructions on how to write your own targeted résumé
- A sample application letter, or cover letter, plus instructions on how to format your letter
