Sentences with phrase «gig when»

(That was also the name of Abraham Lincoln's side gig when he did woodwork.)

Put your work and your accomplishments out there in these five places and you'll find it easier to find your next gig when the time comes.

Should Tiger be looking for a new gig when his playing career comes to an end in the near future, motivational coach might be a good fit.

Hamm, who yesterday cleared a cool $ 3 billion in less than three hours off his shares in Continental Resources Inc. after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced that it had finally agreed to cap its production at 32.5 million barrels per day, also serves as the CEO of Continental Resources, which is clearly a full - time gig when he's not busy raking in billions on the back of OPEC deals.

Giving yourself a buffer, especially on the first day of a new gig when you don't want anything to go wrong, will be helpful.

I thought about what my next move should be, and I started to look at other full - time gigs when I realized: I just want to give full - time blogging a shot.

Shaw started doing fairy tale party princess gigs when she moved from California to New York in the autumn of 2008.

Some people can afford to get a part - time job or freelance gigs when faced with financial troubles.

The thing about being an actor is you never know how much money you will make per month and you need to keep your costs low so that you can take gigs when you get them.

It's common to be nervous about doing gigs when you first start, but it's possible to learn how to get over them.

Not exact matches

TORONTO — When Lise Cartwright grew tired of a string of full - time office jobs, she turned to the Internet to see if there were any writing gigs she could try on the side.

LinkedIn recently joined the gig economy earlier this year when they launched ProFinder, a service that enables freelancers to promote their business and be found by those in need of their services.

When I tell people that I work remotely, and that I manage a team of remote workers from my backyard, I always get the same response: «how did you land that gig!»

The comedian and TV personality Conan O'Brien spoke about his very public failure in 2010 when he was given NBC's Tonight Show hosting gig (that once belonged to Jay Leno) only to be forced out of the role.

When bootstrapping a startup, there isn't a nice, comfortable salary that comes with the gig — you have to be prepared to drastically prune unnecessary personal expenses or eliminate them altogether.

On the other hand, it's hard to throw yourself fully into finding something better when your current gig is sucking the life out of you every day.

There were rumors that Adele was rumored to headline the next Super Bowl halftime show, but the «25» singer set fire to those hopes at a Los Angeles concert on Saturday night when she said that she wouldn't take the gig.

She left Starbucks (sbux) in February 2007 at the top of her game — when she took over in 2004, the stock price of Starbucks Japan was in the low teens; when she left, it was in the low 50s — without another gig lined up.

When I interviewed Karoli Hindriks, founder of Jobbatical, a site that helps professionals find gigs working for startups abroad, about why American marketers and techies were so interested in these gigs, she had this to say: «I love Airbnb not only because it is often cheaper than hotels, but because you're experiencing a culture.

The availability of dear old Dad has been an issue since September, when the 47 - year - old quit his former gig as head of Microsoft's business division in Redmond, Wash., and moved to snowy Espoo, near the Finnish capital of Helsinki, where he is currently trying to save the world's largest mobile phone company from itself.

Gig workers are also on their own when it comes to saving for retirement.

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.

Why She's One to Watch: Krishnan landed her first government gig — a contract to create a database of images for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms — seven years ago, when she was a senior at Virginia Tech.

He apparently didn't get any traction when he applied for a gig at Netscape in the 1990s.

When politicians run for office and lose, they wind up with speaking gigs and cushy chairs on corporate boards and at think tanks.

Unfortunately, chasing raw numbers this way often leads to decreased quality, fewer engagements and, overall, a weaker social media presence — especially when those followers are bought through cheap third - party methods, such as Fiverr gigs.

When I talk to gig workers, I hear again and again that they want good jobs, and should not be forced to choose between decent wages and flexibility.

«I've found that each career informs the other, and that when frequency of gigs temporarily lightens up in one field, it increases in another.

Making matters worse, when you're searching for a new gig on a job board, there's a good chance your company is also looking for new talent on the same website.

But the few lower - paying projects I wouldn't have considered when I was only looking at the money part of the equation had their own payoff: Those projects directly led to more lucrative connections and gigs later.

But when it comes to his many speaking gigs, he compares himself to a musician who has had a huge hit.

The growing number of gig economy workers in this country may have the freedom to work whenever they want, and sometimes from wherever they want, but when it comes to buying a home, all of that freedom has its price.

Self - employed individuals, as gig economy workers typically are, often use a Schedule C when filing taxes to report income and write off numerous expenses tied to working the way they do.

«When we refer to the «gig economy», we are discussing the trend of using online platforms to find small jobs, sometimes completed immediately after request (essentially, on - demand).

When not public speaking or publishing articles for her various activities she is busy sharing her blueprint to others like YOU the exact steps to get published and earn speaking gigs on your own.

In it we discuss tips and best practices to maintain contact with boomerang employees through every step of their trajectory, from when they leave to when they're at their new gig and finally when they start looking for jobs again.

How does it happen when you get blindsided by a terrific employee who comes in one day and says, adios, got a better gig and I am outta here in two weeks?

When you're just starting out as a public speaker, it can be a challenge to find actual speaking gigs.

The financial reward, if you're so inclined, can come after, when you take your next gig.

It may be silly, but then getting paid minimum wage to read books when one is 18 years old ain't a bad gig, and this man and the library he led and the town which made this library possible are irreplaceable factors in both making and preserving important things like the opportunity to read good (or not so good) books in quiet solitude.

What's wrong with the church when folks like Shane Claiborne who have reputations for loving their enemies, giving without expecting anything in return, and withholding judgment can't get speaking gigs because of their «questionable» theological positions?

Dalahast, catch up, you just look the fool when you do the ignorant Christian gig.

Hale and his wife met in New York City, when Hale was a struggling actor doing «every job under the sun of temp work» until he started landing a few commercial gigs, including the famous Volkswagen ad where he danced to «Mr. Roboto.»

Instead, the unheralded but uniquely talented songwriter has had to settle for the status of Texas Music icon (which ain't a bad thing to have to «settle» for, especially when it means that a former Texas Governor and President of the United States is a big fan and it gets you a gig playing at his 2004 Presidential Inauguration).

In its latest study published in a special section of the Journal of AOAC International focusing on food allergens and gluten, GIG said obtaining representative test samples for antibody - based testing (traditional way for testing gluten) is challenging when analyzing whole grains for gluten.

So the only time I cook like this is when I know my kids will be visiting and DH is away, or has an evening gig doing music.

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.

When the GIG certifies something as gluten free is there any consideration of whether or not the source is a GMO product or not?

When Nickerson entered coaching in 2007, his first full - time gig was as Smith's LBs coach at Chicago.

«The guitar was a great way to connect with the players when I was managing,» says Flannery, who plays 20 - plus gigs every off - season and has performed with Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne and Jimmy Buffett.