applicant
One seeking employment
An applicant is someone who applies for something—a job, admission to a school, a loan, a permit.
The word emphasizes the formal act of requesting consideration: We received three hundred applicants for the position.
Until accepted, one remains an applicant rather than an employee, student, or member.
Career summary document
- interviewFormal questioning session
- cover letterJob application preface
- qualificationsProof of competence
- candidatePerson seeking selection
position · vacancy · hire · recruitment · job fair · employment · shortlist · screening
One competing seriously
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- contestantCompetition participant
- bidderOne who makes offers
- nomineeOne proposed for position
hopeful · prospect · runner · seeker · rival · frontrunner · finalist · pool
One who formally requests
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- claimantOne asserting entitlement
- litigantParty in lawsuit
- appellantOne who appeals
complainant · respondent · grievant · filer · asylum seeker · beneficiary · immigration · naturalization
resume
Career summary document
- interviewFormal questioning session
- cover letterJob application preface
- qualificationsProof of competence
candidate · position · vacancy · hire · recruitment · job fair · employment · shortlist · screening · onboarding
contender
One competing seriously
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- contestantCompetition participant
- bidderOne who makes offers
nominee · hopeful · prospect · runner · seeker · rival · frontrunner · finalist · pool · selection
petitioner
One who formally requests
appellant · complainant · respondent · grievant · filer · asylum seeker · beneficiary · immigration · naturalization · green card
qualified
Meeting necessary standards
capable · competent · skilled · prepared · ready · talented · experienced · credentialed · vetted · screened
- candidatescandidate, candidates, nominee, nominees, contender
- job candidatesjob candidate, job seeker, candidate, interviewee, finalist
- Prospectsprospect, candidate, hopeful, contender, aspirant
- examineesexaminee, AP students, retaker, test subject, candidate
- petitionersplaintiff, appellant, claimant, complainant, supplicant
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
applicantemployer
One who employs others
hiring manager · recruiter · interviewer · selector · admissions officer
- job applicationFormal request for employment
- college applicationsDocuments requesting university enrollment
- not applicableLacking relevance here
- applicable lawRules controlling a matter
- application formDocument for requesting consideration
- heat applicationDelivering warmth to tissue
application, applicable, applicants, applications, applicability, inapplicable, applicator, applicators, inapplicability