candidate selection
Picking potential hires
Candidate selection is the process of choosing among people competing for a position, nomination, or opportunity.
In politics, it refers to how parties decide who will represent them in elections: The party's candidate selection process favored insiders.
In hiring, it describes evaluating applicants to fill a job: Our candidate selection criteria include both experience and cultural fit.
- skills assessmentEvaluation of one's capabilities
- ballotVoting document
- background checkInvestigation of someone's history
- voteFormal choice expression
- shortlistCulled selection for review
final round · election process · aptitude test · headhunting · hiring manager · talent acquisition · caucus · smoke-filled room · party faithful · eligibility · vetting · career fair · winnowing · personality test · job interview · preelection · succession · primary
- Nominationsnomination, nominee, nomination process, nomination speech, nominating committee
- record matchingdeduplication, linking, golden record
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- interviewsjob interview, interviewer, panel interview, interviewee, group interview
candidate selectionjob offer
Formal employment invitation
onboarding · hiring decision · appointment · placement · employment
candidate selectiontermination
Act of ending something
firing · dismissal · layoff · workforce reduction · downsizing
candidate selectionrandom assignment
Allocation determined by chance
lottery system · nepotism · patronage · cronyism · self-selection