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  Use the framework to create roles, recruit roles, manage performance, develop capability, career planning or workforce planning.
- Performance development
  Performance development information and resources including the Performance Development Framework, Managing for Performance program and Talent Review Framework.
- Recruitment
  Includes the NSW Government Graduate program, recruitment and selection guide, NSW Public Service talent pools, assignments, transfers and secondment guides, onboarding and exiting information, and the NSW Aboriginal internships program.
- Role descriptions
  Guidelines, templates, capability comparison guide, and a library of sector role descriptions.
- Strategic workforce planning
  The Strategic Workforce Planning Framework and planning cycle.
- NSW Leadership Academy
  The Leadership Academy delivers trusted leadership development programs that transform the individual and their teams to deliver benefits for the people of NSW.
- People Manager Hub
  Key policies and resources for NSW public sector people managers.
- Strategy mapping guide
  A guide to support senior leaders with organisational strategy.
- Workforce Management Tools
  Includes key resources on the Government Employee Number (GEN), position coding automated tool (PCAT), the workforce dashboard and research scientist classification.
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  Information on organisation and role design for HR professionals, managers and executives who are contemplating a restructure.
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Enabling workplaces where everyone is valued and can participate
- Workplace culture
  Includes information and resources on ethics, positive and productive workplaces and sexual harassment.
- Disability employment
  Learn how to create inclusive and barrier free workplaces for people with disability.
  
  People with disability are currently underrepresented in the NSW public sector workforce and we are working to change this. Increase your knowledge about disability and make your workplace inclusive for people with disability. 
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  Information and resources on all things relating to Aboriginal workforce development, strategy and cultural capability.
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  Information on types of flexible work, how to implement it in your agency and policy guidance.
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  Access guidance to help NSW government agencies and employees navigate their responsibilities and participation in the referendum process
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Reports and data

Insights and analytics into the public sector workforce.
- State of the NSW public sector
  The report provides an assessment of the key factors that influence the shape, performance and behaviour of public sector agencies and the people who work in them. Includes reports from 2012 to now.
- Workforce Profile
  The Workforce Profile collection provides deeper analysis on workforce issues and characteristics. Includes data collections from the past 20 years.
- People Matter Employee Survey
  The NSW public sector’s annual employee opinion survey
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  Includes the Capability Framework Stocktake Report and State of the Sector agency survey.
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  The framework for NSW Government Sector Employment and Workforce Management.
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Recruitment and selection guide
Planning a recruitment and selection approach

Planning a recruitment and selection approach

Make time to plan your recruitment process to put yourself in a good position to find the best person for the role.

On this page

In this section, you will find guides on:
Plus you will find:

In this section, you will find guides on:

Deciding the recruitment and selection approach
Designing the assessment process, including:
Selecting fit-for-purpose assessment methods, including:
Setting the standards and rating approach

Plus you will find:

An Assessment Matrix
A guide to writing interview questions
A guide on designing work sample exercises and the capabilities commonly assessed using work samples.

Recruitment and selection guide

Navigating Recruitment
Filling a role
Planning a recruitment and selection approach
Attracting candidates
- Attracting and encouraging applications
- How to write job ads
Assess candidates
Deciding and appointing
Onboarding a new employee
Glossary
About recruitment legal requirements

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