Smith was prompted by a friend to apply for the position because it fit the player's off-the-field interests.

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Mr. Thompson has told his new colleagues at Yahoo that he had approached Yahoo's board directly to apply for the CEO position, said a person familiar with the matter.

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They threw millions of people out of stable and comparatively well-paid work into infrequent, badly paid temporary jobs or trapped them in towns suddenly bereft of any reason to exist and with no jobs to apply for (intriguingly, this is a position that Norman Tebbit, a Thatcherite outrider interviewed in the book, seems to have some sympathy with).

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If they later apply for a loan, their lower credit scores put them in a weaker position.

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Still, it can be beneficial for job hunters to apply to them all since recruiters don't always agree on who makes an ideal fit for a position, says Ms. Rigoli.

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When she said that there was a paid opening at the station and she wanted to apply for it, I said, Great, apply for the paid position, and so she did, and she got the job and worked a hectic nonprofit schedule, sometimes six days a week.

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If the project is deemed suitable, the position is posted on MWB's web site and MBAs can apply for it, just like a regular job.

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