Selection Criteria Examples – Teamwork and Training

Selection Criteria Examples, this is a huge topic that I will post a lot on but one thing I will say now is, make sure that you browse through plenty of examples to find the best examples. I personally try to find 5 – 10, read through them and pick out the bits that are most suited to me.

Here are some selection criteria examples to get you started. They are fairly basic examples (more like a outline that needs expanding on) but that doesn’t mean they are not valuable. Every government job I have applied for has had either one or both of the examples below. So grab them and make them your own. If I get enough interest I might even put them into a downloadable pdf for you guys…

Selection Criteria Example 1 – Teamwork

A typical criterion for team work would be “Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based environment”

Like some other criteria, this should be a pretty easy one to write a response to, as there are few jobs that don’t involve working in a team of some kind. And if you don’t have suitable examples from your working life you can easily draw on your personal life: perhaps you play in a band (that’s a team) or you play a team sport.

Here’s a sample response:

I’ve always enjoyed the experience of working as part of a team, and find that the opportunity to be a valuable contributor is one of my strongest motivations for getting out of bed in the morning.

My view is that effective teams rely on each and every member endeavouring to be friendly, respectful, and above all supportive with the other members of the team. I try to live these values, and am always willing to jump in and lend a hand to other team members where I can see that it would be of assistance.

In previous jobs I’ve found that I have a natural ability to slot in alongside other team members and to accept and embrace colleagues regardless of their background, ability level or seniority.

In my present position I’m one of a team of consultants with no clear line manager. We are out of the office most days conducting client visits, and this makes it difficult to meet en masse on a regular basis, as is common in other workplaces. Rather than just accept this situation, we have decided collectively to make a concerted effort to have regular catch-up meeting where we discuss our work, share complex issues and challenges that we’ve encountered, and support each other in our work. While it takes effort to organise these meetings, I believe that they are well worth it, as the mutual commitment to our colleagues gives us encouragement that helps us to out-perform. I believe it’s no coincidence that we have received team awards for consistency in sales, and that we have on a number of occasions achieved the highest sales targets of all teams within the company.

In the future I hope to put my experiences of good teamwork to even better use by managing a truly effective team.

This is a pretty stock standard example but in most cases you will find that this type of answer is sufficient (note: mangers and upward will need to expand this further).

Selection Criteria Example 2 – Training

A typical criterion here would be “The ability to deliver learning and development programs to staff”

Here’s a sample response:

Throughout my career so far I have taken every opportunity presented to me to develop my skills in the area of delivering training programs.

For example, as Administrative Support Officer at the Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner I supported three staff members who ran our daily four-hour sessions training Victorian Public Service workers in the operation of the Privacy Act.

My role was not supposed to include presentation duties, but there was a need for an additional presenter to cover for staff absences, so I volunteered to ‘act up’ in a presenter role approximately one session per fortnight.

At the end of each session our participants were asked to fill out feedback forms where they rated the presentation and the presenter. My average after six months was 8.8 out of 10, which was the highest of any presenter.

As well as giving the presentations, I also worked on the content of the presentations. For example, I updated all of the stories, news clippings and examples in our standard presentation to reflect up-to-date technology and social issues.

At one of our end-of-year functions I received an achievement award. This award was voted on by my colleagues, and it recognised outstanding contributions to the section during the year. To have my hard work rewarded in this way was very gratifying, and it made me want to do an even better job the following year.

A further example of my ability to deliver learning programs comes from my private life, as I’ve been teaching a ten-week adult education class in photography twice a year for the last three years. People in these classes come from all walks of life and a wide range of ages and skills levels are always represented. Teaching this class has above all really improved my ability to adapt what I’m presenting on the fly if I realise that I’m pitching the lesson at the wrong level.

 Once again there is nothing earth shattering in this example but it has all the parts required in a response (note: mangers and upward will need to expand this further).

I hope you find these selection criteria examples helpful in some way.

Ok guys, hit me with it. What selection criteria examples tips have I missed? Please leave everything and anything that you can think of in the comments section. I’m hoping we can come up with a nice sized list to help out all the job hunters.

Disclaimer: please don’t copy these word for word. You will need to insert your own experiences and skills into them.