on merit
idiom
: on a person's having the required skills or qualifications
Hiring decisions are based entirely on merit.
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Newton went through the same hiring process as all other applicants and hired based on merit, Measmer said.
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Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 Mar. 2025
Detractors counter that people should be hired on merit without taking into consideration gender or race.
—Ariane Luthi and Oliver Hirt, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Loyalty to the leader, not the law Security force personalism happens when leaders reshape the country’s security forces by purging nonpartisan, law-abiding officers and promoting loyal officers who would never rise through the ranks on merit.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
The resulting Pendleton Act in 1883 started the process of creating a professional bureaucracy, and reforms continued into the 20th century to ensure that these roles were allocated based on merit.
—Yong Kwon / Made By History, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
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Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 Mar. 2025
Detractors counter that people should be hired on merit without taking into consideration gender or race.
—Ariane Luthi and Oliver Hirt, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Loyalty to the leader, not the law Security force personalism happens when leaders reshape the country’s security forces by purging nonpartisan, law-abiding officers and promoting loyal officers who would never rise through the ranks on merit.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
The resulting Pendleton Act in 1883 started the process of creating a professional bureaucracy, and reforms continued into the 20th century to ensure that these roles were allocated based on merit.
—Yong Kwon / Made By History, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
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“On merit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20merit. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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