Sentences with phrase «handed the job of»

Then, I was handed the job of improving this situation, and I rolled out a video conferencing solution in five hours, without any cost to the startup.

Actress EVA LONGORIA PARKER and comedian GEORGE LOPEZ have been handed the job of hosting this year's (09) American Latino Media Arts (ALMA) Awards...

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If she were to write the Democrats» autopsy for 2016 - and she'll have a hand in it as one of the newly elected co-chairs of the House Democrats» policy and messaging arm - she says her message would be to «not only talk about jobs and the economy, but do something about it.»

Non-productive meetings interrupt the flow of the day and we should all challenge the temptation to call a meeting rather than get on with the job in hand.

(The company was preparing for an all - hands meeting later in the day, and was trying to do a better job of linking in their satellite offices in Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Rochester, N.Y.)

«We're not waiting for them to call us This is hand - to - hand combat out there, folks: you have to do a better job,» said Jay Myers of Interactive Solutions Inc..

As he grew up, LaCola went to college and tried out all sorts of careers — a job on Wall Street, one in healthcare and he even tried his hand at investing in small businesses, like liquor stores and ice cream shops.

On the other hand, increasing the minimum to that amount two years ago might have cost the economy about 500,000 jobs, or 0.3 percent of the workforce, by 2016, the CBO found.

Along the right - hand side of the resume, you'll see things like similar descriptions of the jobs you've listed in your resume, a list of skills that are applicable to the jobs you've listed, job openings that fit your experience and access to resume coaches and professionals who can guide you to your next position.

The jobs that most closely match your experience will populate the right - hand rail of your resume.

On the other hand, members of the middle class take jobs they don't enjoy «because they need the money, and they've been trained in school and conditioned by society to live in a linear thinking world that equates earning money with physical or mental effort.»

Ours is an era of perpetual hand - wringing over the jobs market.

One of the most dreadful offenses last season has come alive under Watson, who has seemingly revived wide receivers like DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller (who undoubtedly make Watson's job easier with their speed and hands) and running back Lamar Miller.

On the one hand, social platforms fuel their businesses: Paul is CEO of RebelMouse, a social content distribution platform, and Milena is CEO of PowertoFly, an online community that connects women to tech jobs.

A University of Arizona study on college students» financial behaviors found that three things help there: Parental involvement, taking a personal finance class and having a part - time job and other hands - on money experience.

«So, on the one hand, we know from research that people are much better at work when they feel empowered, which consists of having meaning on the job, a sense of autonomy, a sense of confidence, and also an impact on what you do and the people you're trying to help.

TechCrunch reports that SoundCloud's founders told staff during one of the post-redundancy all - hands meetings that investors had asked them in March to make the job cuts as part of a $ 70 million (# 54 million) debt funding deal that was first reported by Business Insider.

But even when they aren't reflective of that guest, they can evolve to see their job as more than just a responsibility to do what needs to be done and instead have the expectation to get their hands dirty and help.

It does show that for Pao, as for many of the women in Snyder's study, simply being excellent at the job at hand isn't going to get you very far.

Colin Barnett has a job on his hands to balance public expectations with the realities of a growing economy, particularly with regard to household prices.

Luckily, this did not get out of hand or cost me relationships, opportunities or my job because, of course, if I wanted to succeed at Waze, I had to shape up real quick.

And the association has been joining hands with groups like Silicon Valley Leadership Group to show members of Congress how the economies of states like California are almost entirely dependent on foreign workers, from the people who grow and produce food there to the people who are creating high - tech jobs at startups in Silicon Valley, Regelbrugge says

«A lot of people that didn't raise their hand, didn't get that job.»

Once «green jobs» got moved out of the hands of folks who were responsible for starting it, they were suddenly no longer based in political or economic reality.

Americans fluent in the language, on the other hand, tend to take on higher - paying, communication - intensive jobs that are out of reach of those without a strong grasp of English.

According to the post, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, the originator of the company's commitment to quirkiness, announced at an all - hands meeting in November that the 1,500 employee company would be restructuring into what is known as a «Holacracy,» in which there are no job titles and no managers.

AMARILLO, Texas, April 20 (Reuters)- In a sprawling plant near Amarillo, Texas, rows of workers perform by hand one of the most dangerous jobs in American industry.

Equity crowdfunding under the JOBS Act has been seen as a democratization of the startup and small - business investment process, and one which will put the ability of entrepreneurs to raise capital into the hands of «the crowd» and not just wealthy investors, banks and Wall Street brokers.

On the other hand, as defenders of the company point out, the factory is giving jobs to a few hundred Palestinians, and giving someone a job is hardly an act of aggression.

All four people left the firm, handing Kedl the daunting task of filling those jobs with qualified leaders who had knowledge of the region.

The program stoked public anger when some Royal Bank of Canada employees complained their IT jobs were being handed to temporary foreign workers.

The «job - killing carbon tax» line is nothing if not a dog whistle to westerners still fearful of Ottawa's grubby hands.

On the other hand, if you need to work long hours at your current full - time job, you commute 60 miles round - trip, and you have two - year - old triplets, piling a part - time business on top of all those commitments could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Many of the most stressful jobs involve peril and significant hazard, whether it's coming into contact with hazardous materials, or having other people's lives in your hands.

We think the band does a great job of capturing what is surely the inner turmoil going on behind the mustache of this left - handed lover of the Lord.

King tells the story of his uncle dragging a huge, hand - made toolbox with him on every carpentry job, even small ones that barely needed a couple of turns of a screwdriver.

On the other hand, raising prices forces a company to do a better job of providing value — and explaining to customers what that value is.

Separately, Torstar says the officials also visited its corporate offices in Toronto to seek more information about the deal in which 41 newspapers changed hands and 36 were closed, mainly in Ontario regions served by multiple publications, at a cost of nearly 300 jobs.

In this photo, you can't even see the end of the long line of prospective job candidates — it's blocked by the truck handing out free shaved ice to people waiting in the sun.

Otherwise, at least a third of job seekers are using their hand - held devices to do some form of research — for instance, read reviews, look up salary information, or familiarize themselves with recent company news.

No good for man hands I bought this pen (in error, evidently) to write my reports of each day's tree felling activities in my job as a lumberjack.

Whether it's your employees or a VA (virtual assistant), hand off as much work as you possibly can to people you know are capable enough of doing a decent job.

With Wright now gone, Harper has handed the thorny implementation of the Canada Job Grant to Jason Kenney, a loyal follower, but there's little doubt the strategy flowed from the Prime Minster's Office.

But after a little bit of instruction in the ins and outs of Google Docs and Skype, some hand wringing about cultural fit and eight months on the job, she's thriving.

The industry is waiting on the SEC to hand down rules for Title 3 of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, signed into law in April last year.

Stryker encourages them to see the «amazing» impact of their jobs with opportunities to observe surgeries, speak to patients and doctors and participate in hands - on procedures with cadavers and anatomical models.

«When he took over as CEO,» the representative said, «he was handed one of the toughest jobs in the history of American banking.»

«For the first time, the Canada Job Grant will take skills - training choices out of the hands of government and put them where they belong, in the hands of employers and Canadians who want to work,» Flaherty told the House of Commons.

I can attest first hand to the frustration and exhaustion associated with being responsible for hundreds of employees while learning how to do the job.

Happy Melly is a collection of people hands - on resources to help you learn how to be happy at work and to empower you to help others achieve job satisfaction.