Sentences with phrase «landing a job as»

Lee - Chin, a civil engineer by trade, landed a job as a financial adviser in 1977 after struggling to find work in his field.

She landed a job as the assistant to Vogue magazine's esteemed food critic, Jeffrey Steingarten.

After graduating from the University of Illinois in 1960, Jack Welsh Jr. landed a job as a chemical engineer in the Plastics division of General Electric.

A year ago, he moved to Prague where his wife landed a job as a diplomat, and found he had far too much time on his hands.

Shen studied biology in college but, after being rejected by Google and other companies, went on to land a job as product manager at Etsy.

Following a 10 - year stint in the Navy, he landed a job as a manager trainee in 1971.

I was a public affairs Marine, yeah, a POG and a short - timer, who somehow got it into his head that four years writing glorified propaganda would land me a job as a civilian journalist.

Cindy T. White, 41, of Slidell, Louisiana, took the phrase «fake it «till you make it» to new levels in 2015 when she assumed the identity of another woman in order to land a job as a human resources manager, PayScale reports.»

When she landed a job as a Starbucks barista at age 19, she wasn't prepared for the emphasis on human connections.

It took me a year to land a job as a teacher.

I graduated from a prestigious engineering school in France, landing a job as a computer scientist.

I studied math, physics, and engineering in college, graduated from a respected engineering school, and landed a job as a computer scientist in finance.

It took me nearly three months to find a new job, and after submitting over 100 resumes to various businesses, I finally landed a job as a carpet cleaner, where I worked 16 hour days at $ 100 per day.

After school, she landed a job as chef Tom Colicchio's personal assistant.

Five months after his arrival in California, he landed a job as a runner in MTV's Los Angeles office.

Nicole Fisher, CLC, a mother of five, recently and somewhat unexpectedly landed a job as a lactation care provider at a Texas hospital.

After his discharge in 1945, Mr. Scalzitti landed a job as a stationary engineer with the Chicago Park District.

Digital politics has come a long way since I landed a job as an «e-advocacy coordinator» way back in 2004.

Former County Legislator Sam Laguzza landed a job as the new deputy commissioner for the Onondaga County Department of Facilities Management.

You may recall how Bruno landed a job as CEO of an obscure software - development company just four days after retiring from office in July 2008.

Cohoes Common Councilman Ralph Signoracci IV has landed a job as a policy analyst for the Albany County Legislature's Democratic majority.

The ink was still wet on her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Waterloo when, in 1992, she landed a job as an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University.

Louise Sigismondi, a neuroscientist, landed a job as a regulatory affairs specialist at ChemBio after a year of postdoctoral training.

After five years of notable research which included publishing, presenting, and mentoring combined with connecting with colleagues and lecturing activities in Greece, Cournia landed a job as an investigator (lecturer) in pharmacology and pharmacotechnology at the Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Greece.

For doctoral students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics, landing a job as a research - oriented college or university faculty member typically requires having spent time as a postdoctoral researcher.

Majoring in psychology fueled her interest in the human brain, and she landed a job as a research assistant in a brain physiology lab at the University of New Mexico (UNM).

In 1999 she landed a job as the first and only full - time forensic anthropologist in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) in New York City.

After graduating with a degree in applied human nutrition, Pilon landed a job as a research analyst at a nutritional supplements company.

Then, after graduating Columbia University, she landed a job as a sales associate at A Pea in the Pod.

Descended from a long line of Ohio political bosses (his grandfather was mayor of Columbus), William Riley Burnett was educated at that state's Miami Military Institute and at O.S.U. Thanks to family connections, Burnett landed a job as an Ohio state statistician, a post he held from 1920 to 1927.

The boys play a couple of ex-GIs who use their discharge money to finance a trip to Florida, where Jerry Hotchkiss (Lewis) hopes to land a job as a circus clown.

When Ali lands a job as a bouncer in a nearby nightclub, things quickly start to look up for the itinerant father and son.

Estranged sister Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) returns from her stay in a sanatorium and lands a job as a PA for C - list celebrity Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore), coincidentally a patient of Stafford's.

He lands a job as an assistant to the profane yet haughty Evie Walton (Walters), an aging diva of a retired actress.

Robert De Niro stars as Travis Bickle, a war veteran (though the war is hardly mentioned) who lands a job as a nighttime New York City cab driver.

With little money, Molly crashes on a former teammate's couch and finds work serving drinks at a trendy club and lands a job as an office assistant for one of the club's regulars.

Alice lands a job as a paralegal at a big law firm where she makes fast friends with a flamboyant co-worker (Rebel Wilson) eager to show her the ropes both around the office and the Manhattan dating scene.

Laurel Welk is an out of work aspiring fashion designer who lands a job as a personal assistant to superstar quarterback Danny Holland.

After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess (Cher), the club's proprietor and headliner.

After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theatre that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess (Cher), the club's proprietor and headliner.

The wafer - thin storyline follows a man (Paul Hofmann's Paul) and a woman (Ekateryna Rak's Olga) as they leave their respective homes in search of a better life, with Paul traveling to the Ukraine to install videogambling machines and Olga landing a job as a cleaner at an Austrian geriatric home.

(2015) dir Jamie Babbit w / Judy Greer, Natasha Lyonne, Aubrey Plaza, Malcolm Barrett, Ron Livingston, Allison Tolman, Fred Armisen [85 min; DCP] This black comedy from director Jamie Babbit (But I'm A Cheerleader) features the great Judy Greer — finally in a starring role — as Shannon, a fresh - out - of - rehab sex addict, whose optimistic sister Martha (Lyonne) lands her a job as a maid at Fresno Suites, the local hotel.

Once landing a job as a paralegal at a law firm, she learns the ropes of singledom from her uninhibited co-worker Robin (Rebel Wilson), who parties hard and never wants to settle down.

Suddenly brimming with confidence, she patronises her «plain» friends, gets a boyfriend and lands a job as a receptionist at a top Manhattan cosmetics company.

I grew up in a conservative working - class family who had left its roots in farming communities of Ontario to travel to Hamilton, Toronto and other large metropolitan areas (where my dad landed a job as manager of Eastern Canada for Philips Electronics and brought us temporarily into the middle class).

Mr. Klein, who had long planned to serve only through two mayoral terms, mulled the decision for the last few months and in the past week landed a job as an executive vice president at News Corporation.

Early on, Shang's English skills land him a job as a translator with the Americans stationed in China, but the Chinese have also recruited Shang as a spy for the country's national security apparatus.

The resulting magazine story was short - listed for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing and landed him a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times.

In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers.

I landed a job as a church secretary.