When they think that other employers are competing for your services, you'll seem like a more desirable candidate.

The pay on the board - lucrative by most measures - means a cut of up to 50 percent for the most desirable candidates.

In addition, experts say that the practice is bound to attract less desirable candidates as companies try to mimic the success stories.

I've ranked the list, and I sincerely hope I don't have to go past the five or ten most desirable candidates.

That degree and an honorable service record made him at age 22 one of the more desirable candidates for an engineering position.

The pay for managers, at least the most desirable managerial candidates, has risen dramatically in recent weeks.

Whether he is the most desirable candidate still presents me with something of a dilemma.

"Even when they found a desirable out-of-town candidate, they were less willing to cover his or her relocation expenses."

Once all candidates have been interviewed, the employer typically selects the most desirable candidate and begins the negotiation of a job offer.

He said Pierce was a desirable candidate for a government special-ops team.