Selection criteria, sorted tonight

You're more qualified than your application says.

Paste the job ad and your CV. We'll show you which criteria you already meet, ask about your real examples, and write STAR responses the panel is looking for.

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APS and state governmentCouncilHealthEducationUniversity

Selection criterionAbility to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines

What most people write40 words · no evidence

I am a highly organised person who is good at managing my time. In my current role I often have lots of tasks to do and I always make sure they get done on time. I work well under pressure.

With JobNodGets the nod

As Administration Officer on a busy surgical ward, I support a team of 30 nurses and doctors. In March, our accreditation paperwork, the new staff roster and a backlog of 200 patient letters all fell due in the same fortnight. I listed every deadline, agreed the order of priorities with the nurse unit manager, and set aside the first hour of each day for the letters before the phones got busy. The roster went out on time, the backlog was cleared in eight days and our accreditation documents went in early.

91 words · STAR formatExample applicant

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Job ad

Senior Administration Officer, Grade 3

Riverbend Health (example employer) · Full time

Key selection criteria

1. High-level administrative support in a busy health environment

2. Written and verbal communication skills

3. Managing competing priorities and deadlines

4. Microsoft Office and patient management systems

5. Working with clinical and non-clinical staff

Checking your CV against 5 criteria…

Example job ad and applicant.

Sound familiar?

Applying shouldn't feel harder than the job

"It's 11pm and I'm still stuck on criterion one."Applications close tomorrow and the blank page is winning.

"Demonstrated ability to… demonstrated where?"You've done the work. You just don't know how to say it their way.

"Does my private sector experience even count?"It does. Most of your experience counts more than you think.

How it works

Paste. Check. Get the nod.

From blank page to ready-to-submit in one evening.

Paste the job ad and your CV
We pull out every selection criterion and the word limit, so nothing gets missed.
See what you already cover
A free gap check shows where your CV is strong and asks one question per criterion to draw out your best examples.
Get responses ready to submit
STAR responses in the panel's own language, at the word limit, written only from your real experience.

Built for one job: getting you shortlisted

General AI tools can write anything. We're built for selection criteria, so you skip the prompt-wrangling and get straight to a response worth submitting.

What you get

JobNod

AI chat appsChatGPT, Claude, Gemini

Doing it yourself

Professional writer

Pulls every criterion and word limit out of the job ad

Automatic

If you ask

By hand

Yes

Shows what your CV already covers before you write a word

Free gap check

If you ask

Guesswork

Sometimes

Asks the questions that draw out your best examples

One per criterion

If you prompt it

On your own

Yes

Knows Australian formats: STAR, APS pitches, word limits

Built in

If you explain them

If you research them

Usually

Sticks to what you've actually done

Never invents results

Can fill gaps with made-up detail

Yes

Ready to submit tonight

Yes

Often a weekend

Usually days

Costs you nothing to try

First application free

Free plans

Free

$100+ a job

Based on what each option does on its own, without extra setup. AI chat apps can do more with detailed prompts; we do that work for you. ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are trademarks of their owners, and we're not affiliated with them.

Who it's for

Made for people like you

Whether it's your first government job or your next step up, we help you show what you've already done.

Priya, 36

Moving from retail management into council

"I've run a store for eight years. Does any of that count?"

We turn her store leadership, rosters and customer complaints into the examples council panels look for.

Tom, 23

Applying for APS graduate programs

"All I've got is uni, a part-time job and some volunteering."

JobNod shows how group projects, shifts and volunteering count as real evidence.

Mel, 42

Registered nurse going for a unit manager role

"I know the format. I just don't have a free weekend to write it."

We draft every criterion in an evening, from examples she already has.

Daniel, 39

Back at work after five years caring for his kids

"I'm rusty, and I'm not sure my old skills still count."

We connect his past roles and recent volunteering to what the job asks for.

Example people based on the job seekers we built JobNod for. Not customer reviews.

Why JobNod

Good people shouldn't miss out because of the paperwork.

Too many capable Australians miss out on jobs they'd be great at. Not because they can't do the work, but because selection criteria are a strange, stressful format nobody ever teaches you.

We built JobNod to fix that. You bring the experience, we help you say it the way panels want to hear it, and you walk into the process with your best foot forward.

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Pricing

Your first application is on us.

Launch pricing. Nothing's for sale yet: try our free STAR builder in the meantime.

Free

A$0

Free gap check on every job ad
Your first full application free, cover letter included
No card needed

Single application

A$15

Responses for every criterion, or a one-page pitch
Cover letter included
3 rewrites and a Word download

4-week Job Hunt Pass

A$25

Unlimited applications for 4 weeks
Cover letters included
Pay once. No subscription, nothing to cancel

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