Sentences with phrase «number of candidates taking»

He said: «The small window in which examinations can be taken, the large number of candidates taking examinations and the diverse range of subjects available to candidates, places significant limitations on the changes that can be accommodated for any one group.

Organisations such as the Cultural Learning Alliance, the National Society for Educators in Art and Design and the Design and Technology Association have separately gathered evidence that clearly shows a fall in the number of candidates taking creative subjects at GCSE and A Level.

In fact, over the past month we've seen a number of candidates taken off this list for a variety of reasons.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Job Seekers Find Success Using Social Media (Mashable) The infographic below shows that companies using social recruitment strategies saw significant improvements in the quality, quantity, and the time it took to hire candidates as well as the number of employee referrals the company recieved.

Sources said that a number of other prominent candidates had been contacted for the CFO job, as well as to take on top legal jobs at Uber too.

The Human Resource Department of a company performs a number of core tasks such as posting job ads, sourcing candidates, conducting interviews and screening applicants, resolving conflict among employees, coordinating with managers, and most of all, taking charge in organizing the payroll system of the company.

Evangelical churches that frequently support conservative candidates are finally admitting something the rest of us have known for some time: Their young adult members are abandoning church in significant numbers and taking their voting power with them.

[W] hen one takes a closer look into the numbers it becomes clear that Trump does not come out on top among those voters for whom the religious faith of the candidate matters most.

Furthermore, when one takes a closer look into the numbers it becomes clear that Trump does not come out on top among those voters for whom the religious faith of the candidate matters most.

The question of who will eventually take over the honour has been debated before and there are a number of candidates, but I think that there is definitely a new name on the list, that of Francis Coquelin.

Additionally, before an IBCLC candidate can take the certification exam, they must document a minimum number of supervised clinical lactation contact hours.

While the exact rules vary from state to state, essentially a voter is voting for a set of electors chosen by the party, and the most votes for a given party / candidate selects that set of electors, so where there is winner takes all, the set of electors is equal to the total number of electors for that state

Recent stark examples of the absurdity in a «winner - takes - all» system occurred in Florida and New Mexico during the 2000 presidential election when candidate George W. Bush won both states by a fraction of a percentage point, but gained the total number of each state's electoral votes.

Not surprisingly, the number of first time candidates outnumber the incumbents (10 to 7; the full list appears after the jump), and the highest - level elected to sign on is Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who has been calling for many of these changes for some time and probably stands to gain if redistricting is indeed taken out of the hands of elected officials.

In fact, the only sign of any dynamism in the political scene are the number of different parties, groups and independent candidates taking part in the European Parliament election.

Since President Donald Trump took office, a number of Democratic candidates have prevailed in historically Republican districts across the country and state.

Davis» disqualification comes on the heels of Raymond Blackwell's disqualification that took place just days before, narrowing down the number of total candidates in the race.

But if one takes «first past the post» to mean the horse with the greatest speed, then extendingthat to the candidate with the greatest number of votes isn't difficult.

Take it as read each of the candidates will campaign against the government's crazy police cuts which will see up to 16,000 officers, a similar number of back office roles and 1,800 PCSOs face the chop.

Those vacancies also lower the total number of potential votes (the denominator) used to determine whether a candidate earns a primary spot (which takes 25 percent of the weighted vote), formal nomination (which takes a majority) or Wilson - Pakula proclamation, the formal document required to let a non-W.F.P. member (an enrolled Democrat, usually) run on the party's line.

Other arguments I've heard is to prevent a too large number of candidates to take part, but a requirement of presenting at a minimum number of signatures should sufficiently prevent that.

The Enfield Southgate seat was low down on the list of Tory targets (number 114) but David took the seat - once held by Michael Portillo - with the biggest swing of any victorious Conservative candidate.

(CNN)- New York City's Democratic candidate for mayor would take the city from its now - plummeting crime numbers back to the rampant violence of the 1970s, his Republican opponent charges in a new online ad.

Like all winner - take - all voting methods, IRV tends to exaggerate the number of seats won by the largest parties; small parties without majority support in any given constituency are unlikely to earn seats in a legislature, although their supporters will be more likely to be part of the final choice between the two strongest candidates.

Although neither race featured an incumbent — though both had well - known front runners — an anti-Albany sentiment was repeatedly expressed at polling locations and the plentiful posters, placards and number of people handing out fliers attested to the seriousness with which each candidate took the race.

The Buffalo businessman has repeatedly said he would like to see the majority leader ousted, and is backing a number of the insurgent GOP candidates taking on incumbent members of the Senate.

«In New Jersey, if you take a look at the third party candidate in that race, that candidate had polling numbers going into the election week, that had they met on election day, would have assured a re-election of the incumbent liberal Democrat,» he said.

While the organizers asked for unity among the candidates, Faulkner took a number of shots at his Republican opponents — jabbing Massey for donating $ 4,950 to de Blasio's 2013 mayoral campaign.

Former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter has the Democratic field to himself after a number of other potential candidates — including Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper — took a pass.

His declaration takes the number of leadership candidates to three.

Voters will cast their ballots Tuesday to decide who fills six seats on the Buffalo School Board, but it could be days before some of the races are settled.Elections officials expect a large number of write - in ballots for candidates in two districts who are running write - in campaigns after being disqualified from the ballot, and it could take an extra day or two to hand - co...

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Six months after residents voted in a town election with the largest number of candidates in decades, a special election for town Trustee is taking shape for Election Day.

The Lib Dem conference in Glasgow today agreed to force senior party figures to undergo the training before they can take up the role, in a bid to increase the number of female candidates for standing for Parliament and local councils.

Sources in both the Espaillat and Wright camps insist that they have, respectively, taken into account the blocs of the Dominican and black communities that already dislike them — and maintain that the other candidates will not dig too deep into their numbers at the ballot box.

This could mean that graphene - based chips, already held as promising candidates for the next generation of ultra-thin electronics, could not only bring us much faster number crunching but also help scientists understand the complex quantum phenomena that take place inside celestial objects at the other end of our universe.

Most states have prescribed the coursework that candidates for licenses must take, down to the number of credits in specified courses with specified content.

Although neither candidate's K - 12 education platforms mentioned civics education, Hillary Clinton had taken citizenship into account, proposing executive commitments to promoting service, including a threefold increase in the number of...

Firstly the good news: since the introduction of the new curriculum, the numbers taking GCSE Computer Science have increased each year with over 67 000 or roughly 12 per cent of candidates taking the exam this summer and the majority of secondary schools entering candidates.

The need to raise awareness amongst schools and candidates is something the REC has been taking forward for a number of months.

Although neither candidate's K - 12 education platforms mentioned civics education, Hillary Clinton had taken citizenship into account, proposing executive commitments to promoting service, including a threefold increase in the number of Americorps service members.

EDSE 691: Take 3 - 6 hours - Number of hours determined by advisor based on candidates; prior background and experiences in Gifted and Talented education.

Select categories that are appropriate but not too competitive by researching how many books are in potential candidates and the number of sales it takes to rank.

There were a number of qualified candidates that could've made this list, such as Titanfall, with its fresh take on the first - person genre, and inFAMOUS: Second Son, with its engaging story and living, breathtaking recreation of Seattle.

The firm is already speaking to a number of potential candidates, but managing partner Richard Masters, who took over from 1 April, told Legal Week that he would like an «acquisition» rather than a merger, with the ideal candidate being a small boutique.

Eugene Meehan, a lawyer at Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa who specializes in Supreme Court of Canada matters and is a former executive legal officer to the court, agrees that retirement in a foreseeable number of years «may take some candidates out of the mix» despite all of them being highly qualified for the position.

To be proactive, employers can take a number of steps, including appropriately vetting all candidates for employment, providing appropriate training to all employees, ensuring compliance with all legislation such as the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and, if appropriate, putting in place appropriate policies and procedures such as human rights policies and procedures.

It took time for Mr. Papp to receive any offers but six months after the termination of his employment, he was advised by the Government of Yukon that he was their number one candidate for a job.

If you have a high number of events in either category, you are likely to be passed over for another candidate, unless you take the necessary corrective actions and clean your driving record.

The process can take a while because the company wants to explore a number of candidates, and then the stakeholders must talk or sometimes debate over whom to hire.