candidacy

The title of the article is in definite candidacy for troll-bait, but the above quote is quite interesting.

They see a person's candidacy for a job and their first association is with mental illness, not competency.

As an example of the problem with rumours in the press, look at the candidacy of Herman Cain.

Would be interesting to see the same study performed on graduate students at various stages (pre-Masters to Masters, Masters to Candidacy, Candidacy to Doctorate, Doctorate to Post-Doctorate vs Doctorate to Industry).

In grad school, these were the ones booted with a masters after candidacy exams or even sooner.

If her elbows were the first part of her anatomy to touch the wall, she was eliminated from candidacy.

Will make that candidacy a worthwhile charity (supposing the bizarro candidate has reasonable probability of winning)?

He's got a shot in the way anyone who declares a candidacy and meets the legal requirements has a shot.

Professors' salaries are around $100k and graduate students cost ~~$50k-$60k before candidacy and probably ~$25k-$30k after.

You've withdrew your candidacy for the position, now it's time to move on.

After consideration I have decided to rescind my candidacy for the position of <insert position here>.

As a bonus, crowd-funding your candidacy would give you early validation.