internal candidate

A. They looked at the internal candidates, and no one seemed up to the job.

Other management jobs only went to outsiders if there were no internal candidates.

One internal candidate said the board had pushed for an outside replacement.

An internal candidate will usually know the company and its culture better than any outside candidate.

"It's always difficult when you have an internal candidate who is not successful," Corran said.

Or its management may be so thoroughly lackluster that it has no appropriate internal candidates.

Tucker's appointment was initially opposed by several internal candidates within the department who wanted the position.

In this period, there were 482 appointments, of which 32% were filled by internal candidates.

Finding a new chief executive is unlikely to pose a challenge, he said, adding that two strong internal candidates are already being mentioned.

More often, however, boards looking for a new chief executive will find a number of qualified internal candidates eager to occupy the corner office.

Without strong internal candidates, boards often feel the need to hire a superstar to fill a leadership void.

P.S. 87 needed a principal, and for the first time in two decades, no internal candidate was available for the job.

Well I think your group selection thing with the internal candidates that's all gonna take time again isn't it?

There is a more important and powerful rationale for promoting internal candidates, however: it motivates other executives within the company.

It was felt that there are internal candidates of sufficient calibre, with experience within the organization, and knowledge of higher plants, who could be considered.

Three internal candidates are in the running to be the next chief executive of GSK.

Several internal candidates are being considered.

Yahoo veteran Susan Decker, the leading internal candidate, will leave the company after a "transitional period".

Cashman wants to lower the team's payroll while getting younger, and he insists the Yankees have viable internal candidates for all their holes.

Phelps and the leading internal candidate, Andy Phillips, bat right-handed.

The Mets have already begun searching for internal candidates to manage the Cyclones.

I prefer an internal candidate.

The Yankees will probably look at internal candidates to replace Mendoza, who wanted a three-year contract averaging $4 million a season, the official said.

This is very likely to be an internal candidate, as when Roth resigned, Danthine came from internal.

Analysts and investors said that they knew little of Ms. Carroll's background or that had expected an internal candidate.