Sentences with phrase «going up against candidates»

If you are interviewing for a sales job, but you know you are going up against candidates who have more experience than you, what can you do?

A strong resume alone will not cut it when it comes to making a career shift into this arena where competition is stiff and you are going up against candidates with more directly relevant experience.

LA School Report: In 2013, Zimmer went up against a candidate that was well - financed and supported by several prominent education reform advocates, like Broad and Michael Bloomberg, but still lost.

Not exact matches

Last year the Bruins football squad went just 2 - 7 straight up and 4 - 8 against the spread, but things are trending in the right direction thanks to their Heisman - candidate quarterback.

OP did not restrict his questions to a presidential candidacy, and a tendency would just mean that minority candidates are disproportionately likely to go up against minority candidates.

And, he saw it as an opportunity to go up against a establishment candidate with what was widely regarded as the «A» team of Democratic Party consultants.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Wendy Long has $ 68,212 heading in to the final 20 days of the general election, going up against the behemoth $ 13.5 million spent so far by her Democratic rival, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

The endorsements, announced during a press conference at Perez Williams» campaign headquarters, come just four days before the Democrat goes up against independent Ben Walsh, Republican Laura Lavine and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins in the general election.

Party committees have a much easier time receiving donations under election law than regular committees: They can receive up to $ 109,600 per donor, and unlimited amounts as long as the money doesn't go toward explicitly telling somebody to vote for or against a candidate.

Those against him can not act because they've tried everything up to and including a leadership challenge and everything so far has failed; those on his side can not put someone keener to lead into the role because despite their strength in the party, they know that were Corbyn to go, their next candidate wouldn't make it to the ballot.

Yet while Britain's First Past the Post acts against the representation of women, the fact that the number of women candidates is going up and that the ERS are able to project a rise in women does show that parties can move forwards in this area.

Republican Senate candidates across the country have seen an opening against Democrats who support the Affordable Health Care Act in light of news that premiums are going up an average of 25 percent in the 39 states served by the federally run online market.

Debates — something traditionally sought by underdog candidates, are a good way to make headlines, and going up against his significantly less experienced opponents would enable Grisanti to demonstrate his experience after four years in office and set himself apart from the pack.

The leader of Westminster City Council is going up against Zac Goldsmith and Sol Campbell with a late bid to be the Conservative Party's candidate for mayor of London.

Boyajian's departure leaves five candidates seeking to clinch the Democratic nomination to go up against Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) this fall: Tedra Cobb, Emily Martz, Patrick Nelson, Dylan Ratigan and Katie Wilson.

Cuomo has made it quite clear that he doesn't think an Albany elected official — be it Schneiderman or his fellow legislative AG contender, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky — should be the party's choice to go up against the Republican candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, in the general election.

Indiana Attorney General and 9th District Congressional Candidate Greg Zoeller says tactics by opponent Trey Hollingsworth are similar to the ones used by the scam artists his office has gone up against.

As for Degsy, there was a reason he didn't stand against labour, he knew he wasn't going to win, when Degsy was in militant, they put up candidates against labour.

In a surprise development, Town of Ulster Supervisor Jim Quigley has been nominated as the Republican candidate for county comptroller, going up against two - term incumbent Democrat Elliott Auerbach.

If successful, the first - time candidate will go up against Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) this November.

Now, not knowing what it went up against I can't tell you if it deserved the wins or not (mostly not for the latter), but it definitely deserved to be a candidate for the former.

On September 10th, the Democratic Party's endorsed slate of candidates for the Bridgeport Board of Education, candidates loyal to Mayor Bill Finch, Board of Education Chairman Kenneth Moales Jr. and Bridgeport's faux superintendent of schools, Paul Vallas, went down in a stunning defeat against a challenge slate made up of candidates opposed to Governor Malloy, Mayor Finch and Paul Vallas» education reform initiatives.

But where could they find such a candidate to go up against, say, a monstrous hungry bear?

«A lot of top students can be wary about specializing too early in their careers, and while that may tip the balance in our favor with some candidates, going up against big firms where associates can get that range of experience — and a good name on their resume — can be hard.»

The two will be going up against the official slate of candidates nominated by the Harvard Alumni Association.

You find out more through talking to people than you ever could ploughing through the classified ads, which let's face it, represents the largest pool of candidates for one job you're ever going to be up against and where Read More

Even if you're fully qualified for a military - related or government job, you'll likely be going up against other candidates with many of the same qualifications.