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Structure of your application

Your application should consist of five parts:

  1. A completed Personal Details Form (322KB DOC).
  2. A document addressing each of the selection criteria in the graduate position profile.
    • See below for advice on addressing selection criteria.  
  3. Your CV or Resume.
  4. A copy of your academic record to date.
  5. The names of two referees, their location and daytime contact details, and their email addresses if available. You do not need to provide written references with your application. If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to provide full references later.

Addressing selection criteria

This document is an important part of your application. It allows you to demonstrate to the selection committee how your skills, experience and qualifications relate to the selection criteria, and it is the selection criteria that are used to rank candidates for appointment.

You may feel that you are re-stating material that is already quite clear from your CV or resume; however, it may not necessarily be clear to selection committee members how particular qualifications or skills satisfy the requirements laid down in the selection criteria.

You should address each selection criterion in turn. Generally, we would expect your response to each selection criterion to be between 150 and 300 words in length, varying according to both the selection criteria and your skills and experience in that area.

It is best to avoid simple re-stating the selection criteria themselves. Specific examples of how your experience and qualifications relate to the selection criteria provide a better guide than general assertions.

Examples

What not to do:

  1. Knowledge of statistics or quantitative social science, and research techniques, and ability to apply them in the fields of health or welfare services.

I have a good knowledge of statistics and research techniques relevant to the health and welfare field as a result of my university degree.

Some examples of more specific ways of addressing this selection criterion are:

  1. Knowledge of statistics or quantitative social science, and research techniques, and ability to apply them in the fields of health or welfare services.

In my university training, I completed (four) statistical/research methods units. This involved undertaking (e.g. univariate, bivariate, multivariate) analyses using (e.g. Minitab, SAS, SPSS), interpreting the results of these analyses and preparing brief reports on the findings. For example, in one assignment I examined (e.g. the links between aging and health status). I am also familiar with (e.g. age-standardisation, factor analysis, logistic regression) techniques.

My degree also included units on (e.g. public health, population sampling, qualitative research methods, women's studies). These subjects helped me to gain a general awareness of health and/or welfare issues. In particular my work on (eg human behaviour in stressful situations) required me to appraise the extent to which research evidence supported some of the major debates in the literature.