applicants

What kind of job applicants do employers look for?

Dutt says they were not able to evaluate the actual scientific qualifications of the applicants using the data in the files.

Female applicants to postdoctoral positions in geosciences were nearly half as likely to receive excellent letters of recommendation, compared with their male counterparts.

They found that female applicants were only half as likely to get outstanding letters, compared with their male counterparts.

Applicants are asked to describe an ethical dilemma they've faced and its impact on them, or discuss a public issue of special concern to them, or tell of a fictional character or creative work that has profoundly influenced them.

Today many universities require their applicants to write an essay of up to five hundred words

Applicants and their parents are said to believe that the personal essay can sway the admissions committee.

Applicants are usually better off if they can write an essay that distinguishes them from the rest

In writing about their own experiences many applicants slip into clichés, thus failing to engage the reader.

In the old days, applicants only had to submit a sample of their school papers to show their writing ability

What applicants does the author think MBA programmes should consider recruiting?

Applicants with prior experience in business companies

Applicants with sound knowledge in math and statistics.

Applicants from outside the traditional sectors

Applicants from less developed regions and areas.

The gap-year phenomenon originated with the months left over to oxbridge applicants between entrance exams in november and the start of the next academic year.

To my delight, I was chosen from hundreds of applicants to attend the opening ceremony.

If we know female job screeners are more likely to reject attractive female applicants, we can help screeners understand their biases—or hire outside screeners.

The interviewers had rated applicants on a scale of one to five.