applicants

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Few job postings on the entry-level career website Handshake require applicants to submit GPAs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The state ostensibly has a “merit selection” system, in which nominating commissions compose lists of the most qualified applicants for judgeships, and the governor chooses from the list.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

More than 1,300 applicants for postal votes have not received their ballot papers ahead of election for the Welsh Parliament on Thursday, a council has said.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The moves come on top of a long-practiced yield-protection tactic: Rejecting or wait listing applicants who seem overqualified and therefore unlikely to enroll.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

These applicants will still be required to submit conviction-history information at the beginning of the hiring process.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander