Sentence examples for tapped for a position from inspiring English sources

As soon as you are tapped for a position, take stock of your strengths, weaknesses and leadership style.

Reflecting on both that battle and the one looming over Hagel, Powell suggested that the White House had not "handled it well", suggesting that both had been "left out there to dangle for weeks" after being tapped for a cabinet position.

He was tapped for a newly created position: special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Soon, rumors spread that Miller would likely be tapped for a top counter-terrorism or intelligence position.

Mayer may be tapped for a role in Yahoo's integration at Verizon, but her position has yet to be announced.

Last week President Bush chose Stephen Johnson to replace Michael Leavitt as head of EPA, the first time a career employee has been tapped for the position.

One Democratic foreign policy strategist said it was "disheartening" to see the vice president -- who was tapped for his position "precisely because of his foreign policy experience" -- forced to gloss over the issue of military escalation as if it were of secondary importance.

Q. How can you tell whether it's time to look for a position somewhere else? A. If the organization isn't promoting from within — or if others have been tapped for positions for which you were well qualified — it may be time to look elsewhere.

Richard Downie, deputy director of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said that because so many Somali professionals had left the country, émigrés working in other countries were sometimes tapped for high government positions.

But maybe be an actual violet Ms. Garrett-Cox, the Scottish investment chief, said that she had taken an unusual step to assert herself among colleagues after being tapped for the chief executive position: she redecorated her office in purple.

Mr. Ryan and Mr. Romney seem to have an effective partnership on the trail; the younger man has been deferential to a fault since he was tapped for the ticket, modifying long-held positions to conform with Mr. Romney's.