Sentences with phrase «numbers work by»

Some are making the numbers work by creating smaller new projects.

They'll test if the card numbers work by making a small purchase in the hopes you won't notice.

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«An audacious company is one that measures its success or failure by the number of people whose lives are improved as a result of its work,» he told me.

China's working population is projected to decline by more than 10 % by 2050, while the number of retirees will triple, to more than 300 million.

It has already cut the number of marketing and media agencies it works with by 50 percent, aiming to reduce complexity and get better work.

«The total volume of the room, when empty, divided by the number of people normally working in it should be at least 11 cubic metres.

Ross's numbers jibe poorly with recent work by the Bank of Nova Scotia, a big lender in Canada and Mexico.

Though it's tempting to leave the analytics to the techies, it's only by looking at the hard numbers that you discover what is and isn't working.

«An unforgettable cast of small - town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by number one bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout,» explains Amazon.

As I've said, there have been a number of research papers of late, led in large part by the work of French scientist Laurence Zitvogel, that are building a strong case for a central role for the microbiome in cancer treatment response.

Swelling ranks of seniors with ever - increasing lifespans will soon be confronted by a retirement in poverty while a diminishing number of working taxpayers are saddled with a crushing public - services liability.

But that's not the case in Arizona, which requires businesses to use E-verify, a system in which businesses electronically verify that the documentation presented by a potential employee has matching information between the name and the social security number (securing proof of eligibility to work).

But a small business with a work force of half a dozen people will be hurt far more by such an employee than will a company with a work force that numbers in the hundreds (or thousands).

A recent study by Accenture found that, for at least half of men and women, «work - life balance» is the number one determiner of whether or not they have a successful career.

May, however, insisted that the spending plans should focus more on working - class voters who feel they have been left behind by globalisation, and who voted in large numbers to leave the European Union in June.

There, Pao held court on one side of the room, greeted with hugs and hearty handshakes by a number of start - up entrepreneurs she has worked with.

Yet the number of hours worked by Americans has steadily declined since the 1950s.

That places Vargas in a similar position to a rising number of Silicon Valley workers brought in by tech giants to work on third - party firm contracts, not only janitorial services and caterers that can be found in any corporate campus, but more specific roles created for contractors as projects evolve.

Also recommended by Gilette: Keyhole for social media monitoring, SharedCount to track the total number of shares any given URL receives, and BuzzSumo to find out what content will work best for your organization and which influencers you should partner with to promote your content,

It has already automated sorting and distribution at a number of its busiest facilities — which the company said has improved labor productivity by 20 % — and plans to fully automate all work at its 30 largest US hubs by 2020.

That's because the number of people working on - demand jobs is expected to grow from a current pool of 3.2 million Americans to 7.6 million by 2020.

The unemployment rate in Western Australia was unchanged at 6.1 per cent in September, however it disguised a fall in employment as the number of people working fell by over 9,000 during the month.

Little do these skeptics, who rain on the home business owner's parade, know is that the number of people working from home, and making very good annual incomes, has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years.

That works out to roughly 300,000 iPhone SEs — a rather modest number by Apple's (aapl) standards.

As it is, 1,000 full - time employees in the United States and Canada surveyed by Virgin Pulse in 2015 rated work - life balance as the number one way companies can show employees they care; 40 percent said they wished their employers cared more about this balance.

«In soliciting investments in the Fake Funds, CASPERSEN made the following false representations to investors, among others: in recognition for his prior work with Park Hill Group, CASPERSEN had been offered a «friends and family» investment allocation in a security that was allegedly offered by a private equity firm; CASPERSEN was personally investing in the security, and offering it to his family and a limited number of friends; the investment was a credit facility secured by a portfolio of assets owned by one of the Legitimate Funds; the investor would receive quarterly interest payments, ranging from 15 to 20 percent; the investment was practically risk - free, as the loaned funds would remain in a bank account; the investor could withdraw the principal at any time with 90 days» notice; and investor funds should be wired to one of the Fake Fund Accounts.

Effort was apparent by the number of steals and blocked shots, resulting from the seemingly unrecognized dirty work necessary to catalyze transition opportunities and get easy baskets on the offensive end.

The number one piece of advice shared by guests on my show is to find an opportunity to work within the industry, technology or business model you are considering before jumping in.

While the metrics on the white board are different, Coach Dave's words remain eternal: energy (number of hours worked of overtime), effort (percentage of new product developments and revenue streams created by non-Bauer family staff) and desperation (the proportion of our overhead to sales, or how efficient we are in utilizing our capital and labor in our hungry quest for higher profit margins) remain an integral part of the winning formula.

While Pew reports that one - third of 25 - to 29 - year - olds in the U.S. had completed at least a bachelor's degree in 2012 (a record number), a survey by Braun Research for staffing firm Adecco found that 66 percent of hiring managers do not believe college grads are ready for the work force.

But Robinson stressed that «increasing a team's hours in the office by 50 percent (from 40 to 60 hours) does not result in 50 percent more output... In fact, the numbers may typically be something closer to 25 - 30 percent more work in 50 percent more time.»

It's also showing up in the number of MBAs who are anxious to work for smaller companies and startups that are, by nature, more entrepreneurial.

When the U.S. ended the bracero program 1964, which had allowed large numbers of Mexicans to work on U.S. farms, neither the wages nor the employment rates of U.S. farm workers rose, according to recent research by economists Michael Clemens, Hannah Postel and me.

Working with its strategic investor will reduce Indochino's production costs by around 20 %, which is «an incredible number,» boasts Green.

It also lets you manage inventory in multiple locations, track items by serial number and cost history, track multiple stages of work - in - progress, and create pick tickets and packing slips.

The organization determines the average hours worked per year by taking «the total number of hours actually worked per year divided by the average number of people in employment per year,» according to its Web site.

Over 3 million UK workers — 1 in 10 — are now employed in «insecure» work without fixed contracts, a number that has grown by a quarter over the past five years according to the TUC.

He is working to stabilize the city and help fix the suffering public safety issues by decreasing the number of abandon buildings.

That number is even higher for millennial workers: by now, 60 % of them have begun slacking at work in anticipation of holiday festivities.

According to Immigration Canada, the number of American temporary residents in this country grew by almost 15 % in 2009, and applications for work visas doubled between 2008 and 2010, hitting a record in 2010.

A recent UK study showed cycling to work reduced the number of sick days taken by half.

Here's how it works: Multiply the number of full - time employees a company has (E) by the median salary in the market (MS).

But each time he had backup on hand — time sheets signed by the customer's managers, which showed that Larkin employees had worked a certain number of hours on specific projects.

Assuming I got along with both CEOs and enjoyed working with either of them equally, but the number of women - led ventures receiving venture investment was still disproportionately less than their male counterparts, I would probably invest in the venture led by a female CEO.

Office workers are often judged by petty things completely unrelated to the quality and quantity of the work they do, such as what time someone gets to and leaves work, the number of breaks they take or if a passerby happens to notice they've got Facebook open.

It's quick and easy to add a tag when we're replying to a customer, and seeing the number of requests per tag makes it easier to choose what to work on next without being overwhelmed by the vocal minority.

«The reason I said I didn't like Samsung is because throughout my entire life, because of how my parents raised me, I have to work with the number one, I can't work with anyone but Jay Z because he's number one, I can't be with any girl but Kim because that's the girl that I look at her pictures the most and get turned on by.

But those doctors, by a wide margin, also said they are «not at all familiar» with how a number of important aspects of those exchanges and plans offered on them will work — aspects that will directly affect their bottom lines.

In a fast - paced work environment like Facebook, where I manage a number of people and teams, I know how easy it can be to give «drive - by feedback.»

Put a cap on the number of hours employees are working by managing schedules to ensure none work more than 10 hours each day, even if they're clocking - in at home.