Sentences with phrase «from being a job»

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But Eric had fond memories of visiting Orcas Island, so when he was living in Delaware and got a call from a relative to come out for a construction job, he was enticed to go back.

And, that could be anything from, are there other people from the university that I attend who work here, could I talk to them, to what does it look like to change jobs in a couple years after I've been successful on my first project, to how long do people stay in this office?

Well «designed» technology makes every job easier, from hundreds of employees who are managing operations, to the thousands of customers who are trying to purchase your goods.

It's no surprise then that the fastest - growing job in the U.S. between 2012 and 2016 was for a solar photovoltaic installers or someone who assembles solar panels on roofs, according to MarketWatch, which cites a study from personal finance technology company SmartAsset.

In 1998, Leder, a financial journalist, was fired from her business - reporting job at Gannett's Poughkeepsie Journal.

This new form of equity crowdfunding — which is the result of the new Title III of the JOBS Act — allows companies to raise up to $ 1,000,000 each year, from investors for their businesses, using crowdfunding platforms.

He grew up poor in communist China, failed his college entrance exam twice, and was rejected from dozens of jobs, including one at KFC, before finding success with his third internet company, Alibaba.

Today there are numerous online freelancer marketplaces available for virtually any job — from online only work (like writing or website development) to offline work (like IT field services).

In fact, a November 2017 report from CareerArc of 1,162 respondents found that female job - seekers surveyed were 33 percent less likely than male job - seekers to apply to a one - star rated company.

«He walked in the door, and you would have thought it was Snoop Dogg,» says attendee Lindsay Carter, a store manager from Atlanta who was recently promoted to a regional sales job.

There are endless ways to publish your vacancies, from taking advantage of free job boards, like Indeed, to posting on specialist sites such as StackOverflow, or tapping into your personal networks — whether that's via LinkedIn, your college alumni network or any other professional group you're a member of.

Even a mildly generous interpretation supports that claim — Wolf mentioned Sanders» eyeshadow in passing while criticizing Sanders» job performance, and a comparison of Sanders to a character from The Handmaid's Tale was first and foremost a political rather than personal attack.

Whether it's taking a love of baking and starting a cupcake empire, or moving from a 9 - to - 5 job in IT to designing custom websites on your own schedule, there is are plenty of reasons to turn your personal talent into a money - making venture.

Secret from a recruiter: «You must also remember you are being «interviewed» from the moment you are initially contacted about the job.

As the economic environment continues to soften, many young professionals are contemplating returning to graduate school so they can «take shelter» during the downturn and be set to reenter the workforce as the job market turns around a couple of years from now.

To borrow from Clay Christensen, the question here is how well does the product or service do its job?

Aside from being an educator, you are a manager, a mentor, a nurse, a confidante, an advisor, an entertainer, etc., and you have to bring 100 % to each of these jobs — every.

Aside from getting a second and third job, being an effective teacher also means furthering your own education.

As much as recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievements.

This book does a great job of being therapist and consultant — from someone who's been there and done that — to those of us who have asked ourselves this very question.

Ali, moreover, points out that planners, because they work so often with members of the public, need to be versed not just in the technical elements of the job; they must also possess exemplary communications skills, and have to be able to respond to criticism or skepticism from residents.

I say tread lightly because some employers, remote or not, might think that your side project is going to take time away from your day job.

Unsurprisingly, research demonstrates that attractive folks are more likely to land everything from startup pitches to job interviews.

So while California, as seen above, has the largest total number of Canada - dependent jobs in total, it's actually North Dakota that would feel the biggest effect from heightened trade barriers, with more than 4 % of all jobs in the state having a direct connection to trade with Canada.

Jun 27, 2013, Lori King showing by example, not being afraid to get your hands dirty and do the tough jobs, many lead from their thrones, true leaders inspire and show how it's done

«Job descriptions that have too many qualifications or are worded in a non-collaborative manner are less attractive to diverse candidates,» Middleton told me via email from her Dallas - based company.

Earlier this year, senior deputy Bank of Canada governor Carolyn Wilkins warned of job losses and greater income inequality stemming from AI and robotics, though she expects these technological developments to eventually create more jobs than they replace.

Or is it because Comcast is doing a better job of adapting, or benefiting from the difficulties of other players in the TV distribution marketplace?

Fuel prices remain relatively low, the jobs report continues to show that we are near full employment, and small business lending has rebounded from the depths of the credit crunch to record levels by some measures.

I'd heard from so many people that you should say yes to every opportunity, even when you don't think you know how to do it and that you should just dive in and learn on the job... And that's great advice!

Conversely, if you do need a self - starter, and mentoring is not something you enjoy, make sure your job description makes this clear from the start.

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As a business leader, it's your job to make sure your team knows it's not only acceptable to break from work from time to time, but expected.

So good earnings news from Berkshire (BRKA), especially on the same day where the jobs numbers were a lot stronger than expected, and showed signs that wages are finally increasing, would seem to be a really good sign for the economy.

Aside from this, the company's search engine is one of the most powerful for undertaking job searches online because it allows people to find opportunities across a multitude of platforms some of which include LinkedIn, DirectEmployers and even Facebook, among many others.

It's possible Trump was referring to the larger mining and logging sector, which now boasts about 715,000 jobs — up from 673,000 in January, according to the BLS.

If you immerse yourself in the remote community and show passion for your work, you are sure to separate yourself from other remote job seekers.

Inspiration can come from anywhere, no matter what your job is.

I brought this up with Lauren Friese, a consultant and the founder of youth job site TalentEgg, who says the «money doesn't matter» stereotype comes from anxiety about finding steady work: «In an interview, you're not going to say, «Well, you pay a lot, and that is what's most important to me.

According to a report released by Human Rights Watch yesterday, prominent Chinese technology companies such as Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent are outwardly excluding women from job opportunities.

So far, she's worked at about 50 jobs, from UPS package delivery to carp processing to spot welding.

Productivity can also suffer if employees believe they are ill - equipped to do the job from a training perspective.

Company values should be evident from the moment a job is posted.

The claim: On Dec. 1, 2016, Trump announced that he had negotiated a deal with Carrier, which is owned by United Technologies, to save 1,100 jobs in Indiana from being shipped to Mexico.

If you like your job but the Sunday dread comes from the stress of commuting, you might be a good fit for remote work.

The rise of companies like Uber and Instacart is only part of a larger trend in the ways Americans work, away from full - time employment and toward «contingent» freelance jobs, according to a new study by financial services company Intuit and consulting firm Emergent Research.

And an additional 1,300 jobs are still moving to Mexico from the Carrier factory and a United Technologies Electronic Controls plant, combined.

If you want to commemorate the years they've spent in college, or, if they're going far from home for a job opportunity — frame a nice picture of their loved ones.

The increase from a decade ago was led by debtors whose highest education was high school, suggesting they could struggle to find decent jobs in a weaker economy.

Here's an interesting excerpt from a media report on the problem of automation eliminating human jobs: