Sentences with phrase «lower rungs of the ladder»

The bottom line for small businesses, especially start - ups, is to focus on those strategies that are at the lowest rungs of the ladder and then gradually move your way up as needed.

Okay, so they're on a lower rung of the ladder to start with but if I can offer experiences that help them to take a step in the right direction, all to the good.

Your instrument cluster is all digital all the time on higher end models like the Golf R, and optional on the lower rungs of the ladder in Europe — only e-Golf and Golf R get the new dash in the US.

When short - term bonds from the lowest rung of the ladder mature, the funds are often reinvested at the long end of the ladder.

From my position on the lowest rung of the ladder, I believe that the most pressing concern for someone who wants to become a barrister is whether or not it will be a waste of time and money to take the BVC.

All of them, except the HT - C380 at the lowest rung of the ladder, support High - bandwidth Digital Content Protection or HDCP 2.2, which means they are able to play protected 4K content with no problems.

Let's start at the lowest rung of the ladder.

Not exact matches

At the lower rungs of the corporate ladder, the word «no» is taboo, and the habit of saying yes to everything seems to stick around in our careers for years.

Growth strategies resemble a kind of ladder, where lower - level rungs present less risk but maybe less quick - growth impact.

You are the lower rung of the evolutionary ladder squabbling on a web site about things you think is complicated but are plain and simple!

But for hispanic immigration, which tends to involve the lowest rungs on the education ladder, the number of Christians in the USA would be dropping like a rock.

The image of the cute child was the image of a wide - eyed youngster delighted at the newest toy (a toy possibly made by a child from a lower rung of the economic ladder, not yet privileged enough to enter the world of the «cute»).

Women in the unenlightened cultures are expected to have children early because women's education isn't a priority, women are on the lower rung of the class - ladder and are used to doing what they're told.

Most are unaware of the original malintent of the powerful men who were the authors and who are now the keepers and interpreters (even many of these keepers and interpreters on the lower rungs of the bureaucratic ladder are good but ignorant people).

Speaker Silver, saying that no one who works hard and plays by the rules should be «poor and bereft of hope», says the proposed increase in the minimum wage would help New Yorkers» in the lowest rungs of the economic ladder survive.

The Ryan plan charts a radically different course, imposing its most severe cuts on people on the lower rungs of the income ladder.

The report also outlines some of the causes of the wage gap, including the «sticky floor,» a term that refers to a wide range of roadblocks that prevent women from rising beyond the lowest rungs of the career ladder.

The campaign for a $ 15 an hour minimum wage in New York is being fought on emotional grounds - as a tool to fight poverty, to fix income inequality and to ensure a «living wage» for people on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder.

«We clearly need to create better job opportunities for everyone in the lower rungs of the economic ladder, where work has become increasingly hard to come by,» Bayer said.

Specifically, a semiconductor offers electrons a choice of two energy states, lower or higher, sort of like a ladder with two rungs.

Meanwhile, at a lower rung of the marital ladder, Sally and Roy (Watts and Josh Brolin; pictured at the top of this story) are on the cusp of splitting up.

Late Night Shopping is a low budget comedy made in Scotland that has no plot other than to show the state of mind that generates from the doldrums of life for young men and women on the lowest rung of the social and economic ladder.

Yet in terms of attention and status, elementary schools and educators occupy the lowest rung of the educational ladder.

In contrast, the math - score gains associated with having a career - ladder teacher actually appear to have been concentrated among students with teachers on the lowest rungs of the career ladder.

The principal intellectual and moral argument that advocates make — and for which I have considerable sympathy — is similar to that of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) backers: giving needy kids a boost up the ladder of educational and later - life success by narrowing the achievement gaps that now trap too many of them on the lower rungs.

But even though the 1.6 - liter V - 6 does sound vaguely like the engine in Mr. Hamilton's company car when revved, it normally settles on a lower rung of the decibel ladder and blipping the throttle doesn't automatically trigger a rain of paint chips from the ceiling.

Yet despite its position on one of the lower rungs of the evo ladder, the Clio is probably my favourite out of all the new cars I've driven this year, a group that includes machinery with much more power and presence.

It's clear who's at the top of the social ladder, who's not, and who's waiting to climb up from the lower rungs.

Mary Mallon was a courageous, headstrong Irish immigrant woman who bravely came to America alone, fought hard to climb up from the lowest rung of the domestic service ladder, and discovered in herself an uncanny, and coveted, talent for cooking.

Often, the jobs available are at the lowest rung of the economic ladder, and especially in the days of unregulated workplaces, required long hours under hazardous conditions.

Now that we're becoming established in different parts of the country, more and more of our early customers are reaching the Prime rung of the Ladder where those levels are available, meaning that they have access to installment loans with interest rates as low as 29 % (for comparison, installment loan rates offered by payday lenders are typically well into the triple digits).

Longer term: As each rung of the GIC ladder matures, you will need to reinvest the proceeds at lower rates.

Her tapestries depict murder victims, as sourced through social media, embellished to seduce viewers into witnessing the underreported brutality experienced by those on the lower rungs of the socioeconomic ladder.

Miller - McCune had a really good recent example of how by and large environmental problems disproportionately affect those on the lower rungs of the socio - economic ladder:

Worrying about this, having any sort of social stigma, personal social discomfort with this is just manufactured nonsense of the highest order — manufactured by advertising linking sweat to lack of control and, at a deeper level, by ingrained hierarchy (sweating is laboring and laboring is a lower rung on the social ladder than being able to pay or order people to labor for you; cool people don't labor).

More and more, those on the lower rungs of the global economic ladder are losing their tenuous grip and are beginning to fall off.

Rarely are these attorneys bottom - rung players, but many may flirt with the lower half of the «ladder.»

The AFL has repeatedly called for the phasing out of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, especially in low - wage sectors, because it is driving down wages and blocking the first rungs on the job ladder which traditionally have been filled by young workers, seniors and new immigrants.

The overall performance of the ASUS Zenfone 3 Laser, as judged by Antutu Benchmark, is on the lower rungs of our performance ladder.

Remember, you don't always have to target the head of the group — speaking with someone whom you already have a working relationship with, even if he or she is a couple of rungs lower on the corporate ladder, can also open doors.

The key to resume success is to boost your current qualifications — even if you're on a low rung of the corporate ladder.

From the top executive to the lowest rung of the career ladder, if you aren't continually seeking to learn how to increase your effectiveness, you are dead weight.

Even in the studies on socioeconomic status, researchers have found they could boost rich people's empathy and generosity simply by having them imagine being on a lower rung of the social ladder.

Long - term operating costs can be reduced by the greening of homes, and alternatives such as shared equity can get working families on the first rung of the homeownership ladder at a lower cost.

I think it's a well known fact that you can make a lot of money off renting to the lowest rung of the rental ladder, You don't have to fix things since these people have nowhere else to go.