Sentences with phrase «of sectors working»

Already, there are a variety of sectors working on different, grassroots solutions to move away from the current extractive economy.

«I hope to set out the risks still faced and the critical importance of the sector working together at national and international levels.

Speaking about the verdict, and the attack on the online dating industry from the press and law enforcement officials, the Chief Executive of the ODA, George Kidd, said: «The ODA was set up by companies that saw the importance of the sector working together to set and maintain standards and to give users the advice, guidance and signposting so they can have a safe as well as positive experience.

Everybody has a clear understanding of how the next - generation messenger should look like as has seen the dubious principles of which the leaders of the sector work under in these days.

Not exact matches

The run of mining companies turning to the technology sector is far from over with another reverse takeover in the works.

From 1998 to 2001, he worked for the Department of Justice's antitrust division, focusing on the telecommunications sector.

Speaking to the influx of investment by the world's largest technology companies into the U.K. as Facebook, Google and Apple all recently announced greatly expanded plans for London headquarters and staffing levels, Marshall said the technology sector is more able to cope with the uncertainty wrought by Brexit.

With Fitbit, Park is partnering with a host of companies and his gadget company is increasingly embedded in the traditional health care sector as it works with insurers, medical device companies, and employers to try to figure out how to motivate and engage individuals in behaviors that can help manage chronic conditions as well as general wellness.

The State Government's role in regional Western Australia was recognised in Perth this week when two of the year's StateWest Achievement Awards were won by public sector employees working in fields that service predominantly regional areas.

Teams of Telfer students also work with Natural Resources Canada and the private sector to commercialize energy - efficient temperature - control systems for households.

Ottawa's big bet on government - designated superclusters was designed to encourage academia, not - for - profit organizations and companies of all sizes to work together on strategies to boost high - growth sectors.

Broadly, they would be among the roughly two - thirds of working Canadians without a workplace pension (three - quarters in the private sector).

The Silicon Valley worker benefits and perks — the free, fresh produce and transcendental meditation pods — have become symbols of the riches created in the tech sector and how good it has been to workers, but the hype belies the truth that many of the employees operating within big tech companies are working on second - class contract terms.

TORONTO — The rise of so - called precarious employment in Canada — mainly work in the services and retail sectors — has brought with it some questionable employer practices that have employees stressed out and labour activists fuming.

TORONTO — The rise of so - called precarious employment in Canada — mainly work in the services and retail sectors — has brought with

When Appnovation Technologies founder Arnold Leung graduated from the University of British Columbia's commerce program in the late 2000s, he knew he wanted to work in the information technology sector and soon set up a software systems integration shop in Vancouver, a city that's home to a burgeoning network of code writers.

Midwest Tactical experienced a slide in sales, he says, because many of his clients work in the energy sector.

While there's still a lot of work to be done, the corporate sector is improving, says Dibb.

It's efficiencies like these that make Rose think he and the 100,000 other individuals who compose Canada's plastics business — 400 of whom work at Layfield — are effecting real change in a sector not always known for boasting high levels of innovation.

If you're intrigued by the idea of working on applications that millions of people could potentially use, then you'll want to take a look at the growing group of software engineers who are researching, designing, evaluating, integrating and maintaining software applications, technical environments, operating systems (you can thank these guys for all those Apple iOS updates), embedded software, information warehouses and telecommunications software in both the private and public sectors.

This research indicates that the difference in earnings between a woman and man who both graduated from the same university and who, one year after graduation, both work the same field and have identical jobs (in terms of occupation, sector and hours) is about 7 %.

Project Jasper, a joint effort between the private sector and Canada's central bank and payment systems operator over the past two years, is a good example of this type of work, and is a blueprint that the U.S. should follow if we ever want to see blockchain become a viable Social Security number replacement.

Programmed managing director Chris Sutherland says the group's annual results show the benefits of its diversification, with its government and property contracts largely offsetting a decline in resource sector work.

Agil8 draws on experience of working with organizations across all industry sectors over many years, and the management and delivery of some of the world's largest and most complex Agile implementations.

Following successful models like the X-Prize, private - and public - sector leaders should work together to set up a high - profile Canada Prize that offers incentives for entrepreneurs and researchers to solve critical problems with commercial and public benefits, like cheap desalination units or better distribution of electricity to villages.

«Amazon is on its own path and will not just keep on buying for the sake of it,» says a banker working in the retail sector.

Similarly, in 2001's economic dip, women's job losses accounted for only 14 % of total layoffs, largely because women overwhelmingly work in recession - proof industries such as health care, education and the public sector.

Most people in the sector only work part - time and often have no indication from week to week whether they'll mostly be on site in the morning, evening or the middle of the day.

While my more than two decades of work experience in the telecommunications sector provided me with a sound financial base, it could not smother the entrepreneurial spirit within.

With the cost of college surging ever higher and the job market continuing to be precarious, it makes sense that science and tech degrees that provide a clear path to work in hot sectors are looking attractive.

Within days of launching, he and his co-inventor had raised almost half a million dollars, and had orders in hand for 1,000 units, with most of the customers in the fast - growing «maker» sector (groups of people who jointly rent work shops and share tools and equipment).

The theme of the paper, co-authored by Commerce Secretary nominee Wilbur Ross and White House National Trade Council head Peter Navarro, an economist and University of California at Irvine business professor, is shifting the ownership and operation of public works to the private sector.

After graduating, he spent the first 14 years of his career working toward that goal, rising to head of research at the Bank of Canada, before leaving for a short tenure in the private sector.

So the group committed to making that a reality — working with their Global Forum colleagues and others in the private and nonprofit sectors to fund a corps of 750,000 community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa and other underserved rural areas of the globe.

According to Industry Canada, SMEs employ about 90 % of working Canadians and account for more than 30 % of private - sector gross domestic product.

In the private sector, Canadian women working full time are earning hourly wages that are 80 per cent of what men earn.

Working in oil can be dirty, but it pays The oilpatch is booming, and several of our Top 50 jobs are related to the energy sector, including two in the Top 10.

But Whande found working in the not - for - profit sector frustrating, and found that a lack of resources often meant worthy projects would be discontinued or not reach their potential.

To start a conversation about the future of work, consulting giant PwC, led by technology sector people and organization leader, Toni Cusumano, created three different scenarios for the future of work, which they broke down into worlds.

2.Right - to - work is generally defined as a state where it is against the law for a union to be a so - called «closed shop,» requiring all employees to join a union and pay dues.The Michigan laws would make membership in a union and payment of dues voluntary and would cover both the private and public sector, except for fire and police unions.

The freshly ousted secretary of state's exit package from former employer Exxon Mobil Corp. stipulates that if Tillerson returns to the private sector to work for a competitor, he could forfeit roughly $ 180 million in deferred compensation.

Earlier this year, Indiana passed right - to - work legislation and two cities in California voted to curb the pensions of public sector workers.

The right - to - work drive in Michigan is the latest of a series of setbacks for labor unions in the United States, beginning in 2011, when Wisconsin's Walker pushed through the legislature limits on public sector unions such as teachers.

Only about half of public - sector employees get top - ups, as do roughly one in five parents who work for corporations — usually big firms in competitive fields.

While there are charitable organizations out there doing their good work with dignity, the sector has degenerated into one of marketing's rowdiest corners, a place where a noble enough cause seems to excuse almost any tactic.

About two - thirds of millennials in certain business sectors have flexible working arrangements — including time, location and role — and the greater the flexibility, the higher they rate its positive effects.

«The future of the company is to make sure that we diversify, go heavily into private sector work, and grow nationwide and internationally,» says the entrepreneur, who's been able to focus his talent for construction and engineering on building a thriving business.

And she's worked in the public sector, as head of California's Business, Transportation and Housing Administration.

This portion of the British group has been around since the»90s working with tech companies in a variety of sectors, ranging from transportation to health care and energy.

This is according to Jaime Moreno, chief executive of Mormedi, a strategic design consultancy that works in the transport sector.