Sentences with phrase «on projects»

What it's like: Colin Robertson spent three decades in the Canadian foreign service, working as a diplomat in Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Washington and spending time at home in Canada on projects including the patriation of the Canadian constitution and the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords.

This means that individuals may at times find themselves on projects that will be highly rewarded, and at other times find themselves on under - the - radar projects that go largely unrecognized.

One of the examples he cited was the recently announced Digital Defense Service, a sort of Defense Department job shadowing project in which technology workers can team up with the government on projects that could last up to two years.

The two got along well, worked together on projects and sometimes went out after work.

This project was created before Google reorganized itself into Alphabet and forced X to implement more stringent business analysis, hiring practices and cost controls on the projects it funded.

Additionally, he can test new ideas on his projects, giving him the ability to deliver great results for his clients.

Many Millennials have grown up working on projects collectively and collaboratively, and this is a style of working that they understand and enjoy.

Instead, I discovered that Atlanta was the perfect place to grow personally and professionally, to collaborate on projects and, yes, to launch a business.

Quey took on projects that would give him valuable skills for his business.

Roos says he likes working on projects that benefit society.

If I hadn't done the internship, it would have been impossible to have made the switch; it showed my passion for the industry, and a lot of the interview questions focused on the projects I worked on for Agfa.»

The company now offers products for every exterior surface of a building, working on projects ranging from bungalows to shopping centres to flashy Mercedes - Benz dealerships to public buildings like the National Library and Archives of Canada.

He currently works about 15 to 20 hours a week on projects and is able to take time off to travel.

As a creative person, she also takes on projects such as the One Word project.

The new plan: At some point, scale back to take on projects and hours of their own choosing, rather than schedule a hard stop.

If it doesn't make sense to hire a full - time employee, but having an extra hand on projects is essential to your growth, it's probably time to hire a virtual assistant.

Focus on projects you've completed, ideas you've developed, targets you've met... focus on what, not who.

They are also allowed to work on the projects that they are most interested in vs. those that are assigned to them.

But a funny thing happened as the company took on projects (research on the deaf as well as on drug use and AIDS) further and further afield from its initial market.

Follow through with promises and rewards «owed» to employees for helping out on projects big and small.

«There's a huge influx of people leaving places like Google and Facebook to work on projects in the space, and I think of that as the most promising indicator,» Huang said.

But what I've learned is that I'd rather work on projects that the market helps me bring into existence opposed to those I have to force through sheer will, until I'm nearly out of breath, uphill.

To analyze time spent on projects, Katharine Paine uses Timeslips time - billing software ($ 299.95 for DOS or Macintosh; 800-338-5314; in Massachusetts, 508-768-6100).

In 2011, two recent Stanford grads and a pal started the company because they wanted to create a place where students could work on projects for companies that would give them experience and job prospects.

I want to work on projects that don't require a lot of pushing, in other words.

Yes, there are plenty of platforms out there that have a slew of eager freelancers just waiting to bid on projects like yours.

However, employees who are at the same level working together on projects or simply around each other daily often become friends and build relationships.

Clients would put in requests for quotes on projects six months or more in advance.

Jacobson's managerial style has transformed from top - line decision - making on projects already in good shape to sweating projects» details.

It lets you work on projects with others; share files; track budgets, time, and expenses; and send financial information to QuickBooks.

Employing 43,000 people around the world, including 20,000 in Britain, Carillion has been fighting for survival since July, when it revealed it was losing cash on projects and had written down the value of its contract book by 845 million pounds.

For $ 20 to $ 40 a month, rival FreshBooks focuses more on billing, letting you invoice from your phone, as well as track time, log expenses, and collaborate on projects.

For example, blue and green have been shown to improve performance on projects that involve creativity.

Gusto allows you to spend your time working on the projects that will impact the growth of your company the most, not on the day - to - day administrative tasks of HR.

I feel if you shared my input on projects with the team, it would benefit both of us.»

There were deadlines to meet and they were probably being asked to work on projects they had no interest in.

In my case, I worked at Apple through the big turnaround on projects like Mac OS X, iMac and more.

But even in California, some execs joining tech companies in Silicon Valley have found they can not work on projects that compete directly with their former employers for a period of time.

Because even in 2015 I still see people riffing on ideas and working on business plans, product flows or coding on projects without first forming a company, signing contracts that assign intellectual property to that company and trusting that «friends» would never sue you.

At least the technologies that connect you to your office have gotten easier to use and more secure, whether you're manning your office desktop from afar or collaborating on projects via the Web.

One key to making QA work, Katz says, is effective communication — a challenge on projects like HealthCare.gov, which involved stitching together information from multiple stakeholders, including state health agencies, insurance companies, and the federal government.

«Sometimes they sit on projects for weeks because they didn't want to ask for help.»

Entrepreneurs who are forced to take lower rates on projects or products usually end up missing the mark with deadlines or have trouble delivering what they've promised to the customer because they understand it's not where they would like the price point to be.

They won't get the results they want and you'll spend time on projects that are against your best practices.

The three ways we accelerate the learning process at Dev Bootcamp is hands - on projects, engaged passionate teachers and a peer - learning environment, where mentorship and coaching is happening constantly.

Even if you are a solopreneur who spends most of your time alone working on projects, there are ways for you to get out into the world and connect with other like - minded entrepreneurs.

«When it comes to raising your productivity level, try working on projects with your email and sound alert turned off.

You'll work on projects for nonprofits and businesses and then receive a stipend in return, for between $ 250 and $ 1,000 a month.

«I usually reserve one to two hours both at the beginning and end of the day for emails so that I can respond to clients and team members promptly, stay up to date on projects and keep my inbox manageable.

So he worked on his projects while traveling to South America, Mexico and throughout the U.S..