Postings

All open positions are posted on the government Postings web site. You can search open positions by ministry, location or functional area. To learn more about current job openings please visit:

www.employment.gov.bc.ca

Advice for Applicants
Accomplishment Statements - 1 page PDF

Behavioural Competencies:
A competency is any behaviour that drives how you accomplish work and is essential for superior performance in the job or role.

Behavioural competencies in the BC Public Service are starting to be used for:
• Screening; and
• Interviewing.

Screening:
Competencies help to select the right people for the right roles. Competency-based staffing goes beyond simply matching job requirements with a person’s academic credentials or technical qualifications. The focus is on the behaviours that result in exceptional performance and determining how closely candidates can perform those behaviours.

When applying for a position that has advertised competency qualifications, using Accomplishment Statements will help you to describe your practical experience in a way that highlights the specific competencies and behaviours that the panel is looking for and will help to get you invited further in the process.

Interviewing:
Increasingly, behaviourally-based interview techniques are being used to identify those competencies.

Traditionally in interviews, you might be asked a situational question like, "What would you do if a customer was unhappy with your service?"

Behavioural questions begin with phrases like, "tell me about a time when," or "can you give me an example of." The interviewer wants to hear your real-life examples. When an interviewer asks such questions, he or she is listening for examples of how you handled situations similar to the ones you may handle for their organization. This is your chance to talk about your accomplishments and demonstrate, through examples (preferably recent ones), that you've succeeded in certain areas of interest. After all, if you did it somewhere else yesterday, you can do it for this organization tomorrow.

When preparing for this type of interview, the internet can be a valuable tool and a search of the key words ‘behavioural interview’ should result in many useful links.