The APS Recruitment Guidelines (the guidelines) are now available on the Australian Public Service Commission website. The guidelines have been designed to provide APS recruiters at all levels with a best practice guide to support the good work already taking place across agencies.

The overarching goal of the guidelines is to provide a resource that is easy to use, practical and explains the recruitment process.

The key aims of the guidelines are:

• ensure the principle of merit is upheld
• dispel some widespread myths about the recruitment process
• build capacity
• encourage agencies to consider alternative recruitment processes
• introduce performance measures
• provide a foundation for agency policy and practice.

Also available is the Manager’s Toolkit (the toolkit) which is a component of the APS Recruitment Guidelines that has been developed to provide a range of tools and resources to further assist managers through the recruitment process.

The toolkit includes:

• Information sheets which provide background information, good practice advice, examples and links to further information on a range of recruitment topics
• Templates and checklists that provide examples of forms, correspondence, and reports that agencies may wish to incorporate into their recruitment processes
• Agency case studies to share innovative recruitment practice being trialled by agencies across the APS.