Once upon a time, when dinosaurs ruled the earth, we used to write government and NGO selection criteria.
We charged the standard fee of $40.00 per criteria. We didn’t write many in Adelaide because of the price. They were a lot of work and while we had success, I had some ethical issues.
I stopped writing them for two reasons: a senior recruiter in the Australian Public Service (APS) said they wanted – she used the word “demanded” – the applicant to write them, not a professional writer. The reason was selection criteria has a subjective component. The employer wants to read the lived experience of the applicant.
The other reason is government recruiters can tell when an applicant has hired a writing business to write the selection criteria.
Cover letters are short. Maybe half to three quarters of a page, stating why you want the job, your qualifications and special skills and capabilities.
Selection criteria look like this (below) and the word length is around 250-400 words (check the job specification) per criteria.
- A degree or postgraduate qualification, in library and information services/management with substantial relevant experience; or extensive relevant experience and management expertise; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
- Demonstrated experience with a national bibliographical utility such as Libraries Australia, and a unified resource management system such as Alma.
- Demonstrated knowledge of principles of authority control.
- Demonstrated knowledge of cataloguing rules, metadata schemas, standards, tools and their applications, and data interchange standards.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively with evidence of flexibility and the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
Etc, etc…
Here is a link to the APS which shows how to write government selection criteria: https://www.apsc.gov.au/working-aps/joining-aps/cracking-code/3-applying-aps-job-cracking-code
If you want it edited or some advice, I can help out. But remember, we don’t write selection criteria.