Sentences with phrase «other than a private sector»

A federal resume has many specific requirements other than a private sector resume.

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[2] These jobs tend to provide higher pay and better benefits, and they have been more resilient to economic downturns than other private sector industries over the past decade.
In the United States last year, close to 20 percent of private - sector employees owned stock, and 7 percent held stock options, in the companies where they worked, while about one - third participated in some kind of cash profit - sharing and one - fourth in gain - sharing (when workers get additional compensation based on improvement on a metric other than profits, like sales or customer satisfaction).
Manufacturing in the United States is a significant driver of U.S. economic growth, featuring a higher gross output than any other private sector industry.
«One of the reasons why economic growth has been weaker in this expansion than others is a lack of government spending now I think that in the short - term negative in the long run I think a move in resources from the government sector to the private sector is positive but it takes a while for that to manifest itself in stronger overall GDP growth».
Some folks have no pensions; some have a defined contribution plan, which depends on the market; others, including most public employees and more than half of the private - sector ones have a defined benefits plan — you get a guaranteed pension based upon years of service.
Our one - of - a-kind energy is what has been attracting innovators, freedom riders, and immigrants from every other place on Earth, what has more than 2.6 million people waking up here every day, what has young scholars selecting our schools, and what has the public and private sectors investing billions of dollars here.
But according to Mayor Bloomberg, the city bounced back strong after the great recession, and there are now more private sector jobs than at any other time in the city's history.
It has overseen an explosion in the wage bill of the state, to the point where the average public - sector worker now earns # 74 more per week than a private - sector employee, as well as having much better pension and other entitlements.»
Therefore, you will need to mobilise, sensitise and motivate all your staff so that together you engage with your host governments, the private sector and other segments of the society to explain that Nigeria is much more than the negative image portrayed to them,» Buhari concluded.
There are more private sector jobs in Buffalo today than any other time dating back to at least 1990.
Poloncarz noted that Buffalo has added about 5,300 private sector jobs over the past year — more than any other upstate region — and that's not counting the Buffalo Billion, which isn't expected to generate jobs for another two years.
However, writes Andreas T. Schmidt (University of Groningen), within an environment where private companies frequently adopt nudge strategies, public policy nudges need not have greater implications for democracy and transparency than other forms of government intervention, and can be one tool in exerting democratic control over private sector nudge tactics.
Including the comparatively small amount spent by the private sector, the total amount spent on research amounts to roughly 0.03 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product — a number three times smaller than the amount spent by Japan and far behind other nations as well.
In other words, the total premium for teachers» family coverage is more expensive than it is for private - sector professionals, but the share coming from teachers more than covers the difference (see Figure 2).
In the Open Ceremony of the World Education Forum 2015 on May 19 there were more than 100 government ministers, along with high - level government officials, Nobel Prize Laureates, heads of international and non-governmental organizations, academics, representatives of the private sector, researchers, youth leaders, media activists, and other key stakeholders.
Parents have exercised choice in selecting a charter or private - sector school rather than a district school, making it impossible to say whether parental perceptions of the school are caused by actual school characteristics in each sector or some other factor.
Private schools are very much alike with respect to how parents gauge the seriousness of potential problems at the school; they are also more homogeneous than the other two sectors in their instruction in character and values, as perceived by parents.
«In past years, no one in the private sector thought to look to an education school for any reason other than to be of help [to them]-- never to themselves get help.
Washington — Although the nation's proprietary schools — which prepare young people for a wide variety of skilled jobs — enroll a higher proportion of disadvantaged students than do other sectors of the postsecondary - education system, a lower proportion of the schools» students receive financial aid than do students at private colleges and universities.
Data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that the Latin American private sector struggles more than that of any other region to find the right talent.
When 4th graders themselves were asked how often a language other than English was spoken at home, 18 percent in the public sector replied «all or most of the time» as did 12 percent in the private sector.
These firms believe that, using economies of scale as well as other tools that are more readily available to the private sector, they can build organizations that use time and resources more efficiently and effectively than public school districts, leading to higher student achievement at a similar cost.
To avoid undercounting those students in the private sector with language difficulties, we substitute for the LEP indicator the students» own reports of the frequency that a language other than English was spoken in their home.
In other words, Ohanian thinks you could use job security as a means of attracting employees into the public sector even if you offered salaries roughly 10 % lower than in the private sector because the job security itself has some value.
The gender imbalance in Australian primary schools is stronger in some areas than others; differing between states and territories and between the public and private sector.
Public schools are asked to be competitive and act more like private entities, but there is little comparison to the flexibility of the private sector in forcing public schools to furlough teachers based on seniority rather than performance or other important educational considerations.
Experience at the Department, in other Federal agencies, and in the private sector shows that alternative means of dispute resolution can achieve mutually acceptable solutions more effectively than traditional, non-collaborative processes.
Experience at the Department of Transportation, in other Federal agencies, and in the private sector have shown that alternative dispute resolution (ADR) can improve communications and achieve mutually acceptable solutions more effectively than traditional, non-collaborative processes.
The College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences was established in 1998 as the first new college of veterinary medicine in the United States in more than 20 years, and stands as a new paradigm in veterinary medical education: innovative instructional programs, cost - effective delivery of education, and cooperation with other educational institutions and the private sector.
In November 2015, a $ 14 million expansion with the support of its founder doubled the size of Alserkal Avenue, which now houses more than 60 spaces for artists, design firms, foundations, private art collections, and other creative - sector tenants.
I served for years as the technical watchdog for scientists and engineers, we had partners from the public sector, and I didn't sense any particular difference in behavior, other than those of us who worked for private outfits were paid better and had a much crisper and efficient work environment.
That is more than any other other private industry sector, and a whopping 152,000 cases more than manufacturing, the next highest industry sector.
The firm's global investment management practice intersects with our securities enforcement and white collar practices in a client portfolio that includes more than 780 venture capital, private equity; hedge and mutual funds; banks and trust companies; insurance companies; pension consultants; accounting firms; trade associations; transfer agents; and other businesses in the investment management sector.
ACC Europe, with more than 2400 members, promotes the common professional and business interests of in - house counsel who work for corporations, associations and other private - sector organisations though information, education, networking opportunities and advocacy initiatives.
Private sector organisations are more likely than the other sectors to say both their recruitment and talent management budgets will increase in 2017 — 18.
Starting pay for graduates and school leavers with A levels in the armed forces is at least on a par with that for other public sector employers and in some instances may be more generous than for first jobs in similar areas in the private sector.
More than 14 million renters live in single - family homes in the U.S., but over the past year the sector has received much more attention from private - equity funds and other institutional investors looking to build large pools of rental homes by purchasing foreclosures and other distressed properties at fire - sale prices.
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