Applicant
noun
A person who makes a formal request or application, like for a job or for acceptance into a school or program.
The job applicant was nervous for the interview.
Often appears as...
- job applicant
- student applicant
noun
A person who makes a formal request or application, like for a job or for acceptance into a school or program.
The job applicant was nervous for the interview.
Often appears as...
- job applicant
- student applicant
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Contexts
The term 'applicant' is often used in formal settings where a process requires selection from candidates.
Each applicant must submit their documents before the deadline.
Pro Tip 2/3Process Involvement
Using 'applicant' implies the person is in the midst of a process, like hiring or enrollment.
Applicants for the position will need to pass through several interview stages.
Pro Tip 3/3Competition Implied
The word 'applicant' can suggest competition as the person is often one of many seeking the same opportunity.
Over 100 applicants are vying for the scholarship.
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Contexts
The term 'applicant' is often used in formal settings where a process requires selection from candidates.
Each applicant must submit their documents before the deadline.
Pro Tip 2/3Process Involvement
Using 'applicant' implies the person is in the midst of a process, like hiring or enrollment.
Applicants for the position will need to pass through several interview stages.
Pro Tip 3/3Competition Implied
The word 'applicant' can suggest competition as the person is often one of many seeking the same opportunity.
Over 100 applicants are vying for the scholarship.
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Contexts
The term 'applicant' is often used in formal settings where a process requires selection from candidates.
Each applicant must submit their documents before the deadline.
Pro Tip 2/3Process Involvement
Using 'applicant' implies the person is in the midst of a process, like hiring or enrollment.
Applicants for the position will need to pass through several interview stages.
Pro Tip 3/3Competition Implied
The word 'applicant' can suggest competition as the person is often one of many seeking the same opportunity.
Over 100 applicants are vying for the scholarship.
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Put those smartphones...
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How to Alter the...
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The era of blind faith...
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Shabana Basij-Rasikh:...
I asked her why she wanted to come to SOLA, which is a question I ask all our applicants. She said, "I have dreamed of this.
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Raspberry Pi: engaging...
when you look at the skills that these people had when they came in the door you've gone from an environment where pretty much everyone had done fairly advanced programming in the beam programming maybe for a decade at the point where they came in the door at 18 to a world in which many of our applicants had only ever written the web
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Put those smartphones...
conversation you ever have so no pressure right it's okay couple of reasons why I do think that this is really important number one this is something that can really set you apart from the crowd and we all know that there's a lot of job applicants out there right now number two it's expected
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What does it mean to be...
and not officially recognized as a refugee until the application has been accepted. While countries by and large agree on one definition of refugee, every host country is responsible for examining all requests for asylum and deciding whether applicants can be granted the status of refugee.
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What role does luck play...
it occurred to me there's a way to fix this problem. And here's what we could when people apply to college, we distinguish between the applicants who are good enough to be successful and the ones who aren't, and we reject the ones who aren't good enough to be successful,
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How to Alter the...
having a good diploma is not enough. Our psychologists undergo a test and a case study interview, including ethics questions, because the client's safety is the priority. The sad truth is that only around 15 percent of applicants
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The era of blind faith...
It would be trained to look for people to learn what led to success, what kind of applications historically led to success by that definition. Now think about what would happen if we applied that to a current pool of applicants.
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Hangout: Cause an Uproar...
in the tearing URI region applicants people and Wildlife funds we're leading a four-step process for big tax conservation starts with putting out fire conflicts with our living walls projects is way of reinforcing people's
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How policewomen make...
in overall fitness, but more importantly, in how they police. The law-enforcement community is admittedly experiencing a recruitment crisis. Yet, if they truly want to increase the number of applicants, they can.
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How to Raise Successful...
to be sure they're not screwing up, not closing doors, not ruining their future, some hoped-for admission to a tiny handful of colleges that deny almost every applicant.
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Shabana Basij-Rasikh:...
I asked her why she wanted to come to SOLA, which is a question I ask all our applicants. She said, "I have dreamed of this.
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Stephanie Ruhle
American Journalist
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Robert Pozen
American Businessman
America is the only major country that tries to ascertain who was the first applicant to invent the product or procedure. This may seem fair, but long proceedings to determine precisely when each party conceived an idea result mostly in keeping innovations from hitting the market.
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Jeffrey C. Hall
American Scientist
In my day, you could get a faculty job with zero post-doc papers, as in the case of yours truly; but now, the CV of a successful applicant looks like that of a newly minted full professor from olden times.
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Ryan Holmes
Canadian Businessman
Sales departments use social to nurture leads and close sales. HR posts job openings and vets applicants. Community and support squads mine networks, blogs and forums with deep listening tools.
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Henry Spencer
Canadian Scientist
NASA has never had a problem finding capable people to be astronauts. NASA's problem was, and still is, finding ways to cut the list of capable applicants down to a manageable length.
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Des Browne
British Politician
The process of establishing the identity of passport applicants needs to be strengthened by introducing a requirement for some applicants to attend a passport office in person.
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John Hickenlooper
American Politician
When I opened my first brew-pub, I did not include a checkbox on hiring applications that required applicants to disclose criminal convictions. And we were better for it.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
It is one thing to open job opportunities. It is another to train people to fill them, or to persuade American enterprise to seek Negro as well as white applicants.
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Florenz Ziegfeld
American Producer
Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.
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S. Truett Cathy
American Businessman
We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.
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Stephanie Ruhle
American Journalist
Every year, deans of admissions are pushed: 'Did you increase the number of applicants? Did you decrease the acceptance rate?' And it's an institutional priority for colleges and universities to look for students that are going to have a philanthropic family that could give to that school.
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Robert Pozen
American Businessman
America is the only major country that tries to ascertain who was the first applicant to invent the product or procedure. This may seem fair, but long proceedings to determine precisely when each party conceived an idea result mostly in keeping innovations from hitting the market.
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Jeffrey C. Hall
American Scientist
In my day, you could get a faculty job with zero post-doc papers, as in the case of yours truly; but now, the CV of a successful applicant looks like that of a newly minted full professor from olden times.
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Ryan Holmes
Canadian Businessman
Sales departments use social to nurture leads and close sales. HR posts job openings and vets applicants. Community and support squads mine networks, blogs and forums with deep listening tools.
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Henry Spencer
Canadian Scientist
NASA has never had a problem finding capable people to be astronauts. NASA's problem was, and still is, finding ways to cut the list of capable applicants down to a manageable length.
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Des Browne
British Politician
The process of establishing the identity of passport applicants needs to be strengthened by introducing a requirement for some applicants to attend a passport office in person.
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John Hickenlooper
American Politician
When I opened my first brew-pub, I did not include a checkbox on hiring applications that required applicants to disclose criminal convictions. And we were better for it.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
It is one thing to open job opportunities. It is another to train people to fill them, or to persuade American enterprise to seek Negro as well as white applicants.
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Florenz Ziegfeld
American Producer
Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.
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S. Truett Cathy
American Businessman
We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.
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