How to respond to recruitment criteria and how to deal with selection criteria

Employers will consider the recruitment criteria when selecting candidates. Selection criteria generally list requirements such as experience, skills, personal characteristics, qualifications, knowledge and professionalism.

Here are some key steps to help you successfully meet the recruitment criteria and stand out as the right candidate.

Step 1: Understand the requirements

Before answering, it is extremely important to understand the requirements and meaning of recruitment standards. For example, recruitment requires you to have "proof ability", which is very different from "proof knowledge". It is suggested that we should spend enough time to know the details of job advertisements in order to make an appropriate response. This will help you stand out from many applicants.

Step 2: Disassembly method

Many recruitment criteria consist of multiple parts, such as "… professional and positive customer service attitude and ability to cope with pressure". This requires you to have three conditions: a professional attitude, a positive attitude and the ability to cope with pressure. In order to fully show that these conditions are met, you'd better give specific and appropriate examples in these three aspects.

Step 3: Meet the demand

The next step is to imagine how you can meet the requirements of the recruitment standards, and try to find examples that can show your skills and sexuality from previous examples. Write as many examples as possible, and then choose the most impressive and valuable example as your best response.

Step 4: Confirm the qualification.

Responding to the recruitment criteria should not only outline your experience and position, but also provide examples to prove your ability and past achievements. The best deployment is abbreviated according to the STAR method: situation (explain the background of the event), task (briefly describe your role), action (explain your work) and result (important positive result). Quantifiable criteria, including how much cost has been reduced, how much workflow has been accelerated, or how much productivity has been improved, can confirm your achievements.

Step 5: Review repeatedly.

Employers don't have much time to read your cover letter carefully, so the content of the cover letter should be as concise, direct, informative and easy to understand as possible. Of course, you should also review grammar, spelling, design and word limit to ensure that you use positive language and powerful vocabulary, pay attention to language selection requirements, meet recruitment standards and illustrate your abilities with examples.