The National Association of Colleges and Employers says about one-fourth of those who applied for a job have found one.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

But she applied for a job that required the prints of her fingertips be taken.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

Last year,one of my friends applied for a better job at her office.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

I applied to about a hundred and fifty jobs.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

The McAnespy's have applied to take part in a British Petroleum program to employ fishermen in the oil cleanup.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

Two other countries are negotiating for IMF credit lines: Poland applied for about $20 billion and Colombia is asking for a loan up to $10 billion.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

"We do know that your friend, Senator George Mitchell, who,of course, played such a valuable role in Northern Ireland, has applied himself diligently and with great attention to detail."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

He is the director of applied research for the Solid Waste Association of North America, a professional organization that promotes the efficient and environmentally-sound management of municipal solid waste.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

But we need the world to move with us and reach consensus on a broader set of global standards that can be applied more evenly and enforced more credibly around the world,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

(Speaking) Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the imprisoned Kremlin critic and former head of the Yukos Oil Company, in a recent op-ed column, said Russia's demand for skills in fundamental and applied sciences is declining in light of the appetite for raw materials and corruption.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03