21.   On Monday, Kelly backtracked, saying age will not bar qualified applicants.

22.   On the inflation front, shortages of qualified applicants for jobs were pushing wages higher in many places, including wages for entry-level positions, the Fed said.

23.   On the inflation front, shortages of qualified applicants for jobs were pushing wages higher in many places, the Fed said, although consumer prices remained in check.

24.   Police officials across the country are facing shortages of qualified applicants to fill vacancies in their departments.

25.   Price, the National Urban League president, said he would encourage the executives to finance training programs in inner cities and to hire qualified applicants who complete them.

26.   Qualified applicants now wait more than a decade to get in.

27.   Resumes of highly qualified applicants reportedly are piling up in companies that once snapped up such talent.

28.   She recently organized a lunch at which women heard a recruiter from private industry talk about how to open a pipeline into the system for qualified applicants.

29.   Southwest spokeswoman Melanie Jones said qualified applicants can name their price.

30.   The company spent twice as much money this year in the area trying to attract qualified applicants.