Selecting a suitable candidate for appointment

Assisting hiring managers across the WA public sector in the application of contemporary best practice in recruitment.

After completing the assessment process, you need to decide who meets the job requirements and who to recommend as the successful candidate. There are a number of options to consider.

After completing this section, you will have:

  • understood how to choose suitable candidates for appointment.
  • ability to identify the candidate you want to recommend for appointment.

Actions

  • Recommend a candidate as suitable if they have the required skills, knowledge ability to do the job. You don’t have to recommend all candidates as suitable, especially when you have large numbers.
  • Recommend a candidate for diversity reasons if it is a team or agency priority at the time. Candidate/s you find suitable or recommend for appointment do not have to be the most competitive in the process.
  • .Explain in the selection report why you are recommending some suitable candidates and not others.
  • Finalise the selection report without recommending anyone for appointment if you don’t have any suitable candidates that meet your job requirements.

What’s next?

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