qualifications

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The employees have equal qualifications, the company does not use race in hiring, and initial hiring is fair.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

The article contends that California voters prioritize real economic concerns—such as housing affordability, rising utility and grocery costs, and fuel expenses—over celebrity status and entertainment value, making substantive qualifications more important than star power.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

A woman jailed for five years for lying about her qualifications to get a senior nursing job has been ordered to return less than £300 of her fraudulent earnings.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

When assessing information from health and wellness influencers, look for their qualifications, says Emily Denniss, a public-health nutritionist and lecturer at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, who studies how food and nutrition are discussed online.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Back then, when a Colored school needed a teacher, the principal would provide the state’s Colored college with the school’s requirements, and the college would send a list of recent graduates who possessed those qualifications.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson