Our client wanted a tool to help job seekers find specific information and guidance to get them in to government jobs and enable government staff to move through the sector.

The PSC's Capability Definition Tool was modified from its original purpose to help veterans decipher what civilian job ads were asking for and help them to present their many skills and strengths to show that they were an excellent fit.

The PSC wanted to manage and maintain the tool themselves and replicate it for other departments who needed a similar tool customised to use their own terminology. 

Our tool was easy to modify as it's built using Silverstripe, a flexible, free, open-source platform with a user-friendly content management system (CMS). This made it simple for the PSC to change any veteran-specific words that were on the original site.

Users of the tool manually enter the capability levels they find in a NSW government position description, for example ‘Communicate Effectively’ at an ‘advanced level’ and ‘Project Management at ‘adept’ level. The tool gives job seekers a document explaining what job recruiters will be looking for and the kinds of questions that might be asked in an interview for each criterion.

While this wasn’t strictly an open-source project, it reflected our ethos of sharing and creative re-use. We were delighted to help these government departments to customise and re-use this practical tool to help different groups of people apply for jobs.