It has being a trend of so-called "the revolution of new competency" in western countries to apply competency as a critical element for running business both in public and private sectors. For the government, it is important to recruit and select higher civil servants with excellent competency to enhance policy effectiveness through a competency-oriented selection system. This paper tries to introduce related initiatives in US, UK and Canada as a reference to create Taiwan's higher civil service system in the future.Keyword: Higher Civil Service, Senior Executive Service (SES), Senior Civil Service (SCS), Selection system, Competency model