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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION _________________________________________________________________ 2
Contents ____________________________________________________________________________ 2
Read This First! _______________________________________________________________________________ 3
The Levels of Government, How Government Works and Who Are Public Servants? _______________________ 4
Why work for the Government? _________________________________________________________________ 6
How Your Application Will Be Assessed: ___________________________________________________________ 8
The Merit Principle ____________________________________________________________________________ 8
The Selection Process _________________________________________________________________________ 11
Who are the People on a Selection Panel? ______________________________________________________ 12
Differences Between Public & Private Sector Processes ____________________________________________ 13
What is an Order of Merit and How is it Used? __________________________________________________ 14
When a Position is Advertised as Several Positions ______________________________________________ 14
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