Sentences with phrase «gig like»

Them's the breaks when you work a gig like this.

Pick up a weekend job at a local restaurant or shop or try a freelance gig like tutoring or babysitting.

On the other hand, a regular gig like a once - a-week shift at a food pantry can help build lasting relationships with other volunteers and be less disruptive to your routine.

If I ran the day gig like I run the night gig, I'd be out on my ear.

Having a regular gig like that is GREAT — good on you!

In sharp and squirmy comedies like Chuck & Buck and Cedar Rapids — and even an above - average studio gig like Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day — Arteta has proven a deft, graceful director.

So, it's hard to take it all in if you've got a 9 — 5 gig like me.

When Bonomo told the senator his son was treating the gig like a no - show job, Skelos told him, «Just work it out,» Mukhi said.

When another writer suggested, upon hearing Bonds bleat about the rigors of travel, that he secure a gig like Roger Clemens has with the Houston Astros, allowing him to skip certain road trips, Bonds smiled superciliously and said, «I ain't white.

With a gig like that, Taggar is certainly someone with demanding work commitments and, no doubt, a packed schedule, but he recently decided to disable the email app on his phone.

The other traits can predict certain workplace outcomes — extroversion is a great fit for highly social gigs like sales and openness to experience often leads to creativity — but conscientiousness is remarkable for the way it cuts across roles.

Over the years, he used his «Idol» success to bring more attention to his long - running radio show, score more gigs like «Dick Clark's Rockin» Eve,» and branch out into producing shows including E!'s Kardashians franchise and NBC's drama «Shades of Blue.»

The title of «owner» beats out in popularity classic gigs like teacher, assistant, and sales rep — and its prevalence on Facebook shows exactly how strongly this generation self - identifies as entrepreneurial.

These moments are so much more apparent when I go home to my parents and even more so when the entire tribe head up for family gigs like Christmas.

I hope you get more gigs like this, you look so natural.

Lowery is spending the capital he's earned on big gigs like Pete's Dragon to make something bizarre and experimental, and as his film starts flitting through the weeks in unannounced leaps, you'll come to appreciate his gamble.

It's a far cry from Dreamcatcher and recent writing gigs like Robotech and an early draft of the Clash of the Titans remake.

He is hilarious and sexy as Wade Wilson, a former Special Forces tough guy who takes on freelance gigs like scaring a pizza delivery boy who's harassing a young woman.

That performance (coupled with some high - profile US gigs like hosting the MTV VMAs for two years straight and a Comedy Central stand - up special) catapulted him to movie stardom, leading to starring roles in 2010's Get Him to the Greek (in which Brand actually reprised his Sarah Marshall character) and a remake of the Dudley Moore classic Arthur.

What I really want is 32 gigs like they have in Japan for the Manga kindles and a return of audio so I can have room for an audible book or two.

Of course, there are always side gigs like driving for Uber or Lyft, delivering for Postmates or similar, or even one - off gigs that you can find on Craigslist under the «Gig» section.

As a freelancer, those are the gigs I like best — the -LSB-...]

It's hard, hard work to make a living as a blogger, and many bloggers make the bulk of their money from other gigs like freelancing, social media management, and more.

Not exact matches

Just like an entrepreneur, one of the biggest challenges you'll face as a recent college grad starting out as a freelancer is landing your first paying gigs.

It seemed like a pretty great gig at first — and in many ways it was.

Like many post-recession pros, I rotate through freelance and contract gigs to earn dough, which made me give serious side - eye to a recent Glassdoor study finding that 89 % of 18 - to 34 - year - olds would prefer more perks to a pay raise.

And, despite Meyers» insistence that Trump would not have appeared on his show anyway, the GOP candidate is a frequent media presence who made a number of late - night TV visits in the early months of his campaign, including with Meyers» NBC colleagues like Jimmy Fallon, on The Tonight Show, as well as a hosting gig on Saturday Night Live.

A California Supreme Court ruling on Monday will make it easier for workers in the gig economy, like Uber drivers or TaskRabbit gofers, to claim they are employees as opposed to independent contractors.

At benefits company Stride Health, which sells and manages healthcare benefits to «gig» workers like Uber drivers, CEO Noah Lang said that he would want to be sure that the replacement plan has tax credits available to people as they need them, rather than at the end of the year only.

As a freelancer, you get to work wherever you like, schedule your own hours, and accept gigs from the clients or projects that interest you.

Fiverr gigs, which might seem like small fries to many businesspeople, have allowed me to supersize my income and offered me the credibility I needed to create a brand - new dream from scratch.

«I'm trying to encourage people to not think about the gig economy like driving for Uber or working part - time because they need to.»

Yet much of the fastest job creation in the gig economy is coming at the highly skilled, highly paid end of the marketplace, where physicians, lawyers, programmers, and other professionals sell their services on new marketplaces like UpCounsel, Doctor on Demand, and Upwork.

Within a few months, I landed higher paying gigs that focused on issues like relationships, mental health, and parenting.

Looks like his creative technique helped him land a few gigs too — Hamilton's worked for companies such as Brave and Virgin Media.

If you count yourself among these gig workers — yet feel like you're winging it when it comes to your financial picture — here are some tips to get you up to speed.

I'm going to make me happy, I'm going to run my own gig — and if you don't like my life, then you probably don't like your own, either.»

Despite the trend towards increased workplace flexibility in the form of perks like unlimited PTO, working from home and staggered hours to cut down on commute time, more Millennials are job hopping or leaving behind the security of full - time employment to join the gig economy.

Promoting a fight is an important part of the gig, just like talking to reporters is part of the gig for professional athletes, doing press for a movie is part of the gig for actors... and chatting with employees is part of the gig for CEOs and business owners.

It may seem like a guy who tools around his home base of Los Angeles in a white van emblazoned with «1 -800-Autopsy» — and a guy who, as a side gig, sells couches made out of coffins — would be a sucker for attention.

And sorry, business leaders, you're not going to like which gig tops the list:

Among them: that online gig marketplaces like Elance and oDesk will become a significant source of jobs for independent workers.

The Holy Grail for online income doesn't reside in doing services on sites like Upwork or gigs on sites like Fiverr.

Though just 3 percent of those work more than 15 hours a week as an independent cited the likes of Freelancer.com as their primary source of work, «they are relatively important for young and inexperienced independent workers, with 18 percent of Gen Y independents» listing them as a source of gigs and «21 percent of those who have been independent for less than one year» relying on these marketplaces as well.

First, a new gig economy driven by born - in - the - cloud platforms like Lyft, Upwork, and niche sites like FitnessTrainer.com are providing the opportunity and the platform for small - time entrepreneurs to dip a toe in the water.

«Everyone thinks the gig economy is for Millennials — Uber and Lyft drive - sharing services, AirBnB home rentals and the like.

On the surface, the Giants feel like they should be a more attractive destination for somebody looking for a head coaching gig in the NFL considering their history and the Browns, well, being the Browns.

Furthermore, a study by JPMorgan Chase looked specifically at gig economy workers working for labor platforms — such as ride - sharing companies — and capital platforms, like temporarily renting one's apartment.

Seems like a pretty sweet gig.

Taking on a side gig during the holidays seems like it would only add stress, but there are a number of reasons why a side job can help during the holidays.