Hiya, I'm applying for a civil service job and I'm so desperate not to fuck it up. I'm having no luck with applications and I really want this to be The One.
I've got the experience in the field (which is quite specialist) and postgrad qualifications, but I don't think I've been selling myself properly? You have to fill in the essential criteria section and show that you hit competencies. There's a 300 word limit. How much do you focus on the essential criteria, and how much on the competency? They're worded differently and the competency list has about seven or eight things on, only of which come under the umbrella of the criteria. So for example the criteria is something like "strong communication" and the competency list has stuff on it about delegating tasks? It's a graduate level job and there will be hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of applicants
Do you use one STAR story for each box/criteria or do two or three, just to make sure you score highly?
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AndroidsConundrum · 06/02/2018 18:55
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