Sentences with phrase «paying gig»

If you feel there are still benefits to be offered by taking a lower - paying gig, though, try to also negotiate for one of these six kinds of supplementary payment options, too.

Not every connection will lead to a paying gig, but it doesn't cost anything to sign up for the service, and you'll be connected with potential paying clients.

Keith Kloor has found a paying gig as a Lomborg imitator, you know, the guy who starts every attack on environmentalists with the affirmation that he used to be an expert reviewer for the IPCC, a member of Greenpeace, a former editor of some the Audobon Society magazine or a lifelong Democrat.

In fact, you're probably better off just being good enough if a paying gig is all you're interested in.

Finding a job that's both financially and emotionally rewarding can be a rare thing but if you're moving to look for a better - paying gig, it helps to know what kind of wages you can expect.

You can even graduate debt free from college without scholarships or financial aid — just ask this cocktail waitress who worked a high - paying gig every weekend.

He told me about playing their first paying gig at a bar in Five Points.

Here's a great tip to keep in mind when those paying gig opportunities come along...»

Moore's students come to that realization because being a fifth grader in her classroom isn't just an educational obligation, it's a paying gig.

Andrew Garfield stars as Dennis Nash, a construction worker struggling to find a consistently paying gig.

Humans tend to the gardens, assisted by robot drones, although most of the men see it just as a paying gig to perform until the company asks them to come home.

After the band — lead singer Tiger (Callum Turner), guitarist Sam (Alia Shawkat), bassist Pat (Anton Yelchin) and drummer Reece (Jo Cole)-- are decidedly led astray by an aspiring punk radio host Tad, he offers them a legitimate, paying gig as recompense at a remote neo-Nazi bar.

«Shadow Complex wasn't a huge paying gig for me but I took it because I thought the developers were a nice couple of kids, and I found the story of a reluctant warrior being forced to find something worth fighting for to be a compelling narrative.

Just a few weeks after he began to play music with friends Jeffrey booked his first paying gig.

Former House Speaker John Boehner has parlayed a bad habit into a paying gig: The smoker is joining the board of tobacco company Reynolds American Inc..

As the longtime advocate for health care workers union 1199 SEIU, her paying gig is persuading lawmakers to send as many billions as possible to the hospitals and nursing homes that employ 1199 members.

I gave up a high - paying gig, and now my monthly income doesn't come close to covering my expenses.

Just like an entrepreneur, one of the biggest challenges you'll face as a recent college grad starting out as a freelancer is landing your first paying gigs.

Within a few months, I landed higher paying gigs that focused on issues like relationships, mental health, and parenting.

Hinton's gorgeous travel photography has earned him more than 150,000 followers on Instagram — a follower count that has helped land him a variety of paid gigs while on the road.

You can host these often and get all the social proof you need to pitch paid gigs.

Close to half of the 3,400 members of the National Speakers Association — all of whom book at least 20 paid gigs a year — earn their livelihoods from presentations that are at least partly motivational.

So video marketing services are now the highest - paying gigs on the platform.

Fiverr, an online freelance marketplace, crunched the numbers to determine which are the highest - paying gigs offered on its site, and it found that you could potentially make thousands for projects that are in high - demand.

Vergara's wealth comes from her well - paid gig on the hit series «Modern Family,» as well as her licensing deals with SharkNinja Coffee and Rooms to Go.

These aren't high paying gigs at all — sometimes you're paid only a nickel for each task.

Know when it's time to branch out for better paying gigs.

It isn't a paid gig, but it's a serious job requiring organizational and people skills.

He would have serious difficulty getting a real, well - paying job given his history, so he needs to stay at the top of the anti-vax heap to keep getting decent speaker's fees, book sales, and possibly paid gigs at various anti-vax orgs.

A couple months later, when a friend invited her to visit Los Angeles for a weekend, she met a number of local musicians who convinced her she could get paying gigs in California.

If you don't have a paid gig, start teaching your friends.

2000: wrote and performed poetry, based on positive audience reaction offered a paid gig at a cafe.

Submissions from Asheville, North Carolina are being accepted for the paid gig, and filming will take place throughout April and May.

But then it gets worse: after a while playing the slutty waitress, the higher paid gigs do quickly come her way — her promotion being now a «Sleeping Beauty», or a girl who takes a substance drug that will keep her completely asleep over night and won't be awoken by the physical acts old men perform on her while naked.

A medieval fantasy show that takes place at «the dividing line between the civilized human world and the unknown terrors of the outer savage kingdoms,» this paid gig rehearses in August and shoots in the fall in Utah.

After writing about games as a pastime for years, he got his first shot at a paid gig at 1UP.

BHSFX has accepted collaborative projects and paid gigs that run the gamut from costuming for the high school's production of Godzilla Meets Las Vegas to dozens of hand - carved tiki masks for a local restaurant's patio decor.

Notably, Lee and Fairbank are both former Colorado state legislators who took the revolving door out of public service into well - paid gigs, like peddling what K12 is selling to legislatures across the country.

I keep debating with myself about doing royalty - only books between paying gigs on ACX.

When I got into comics, there was no independent comics scene, and the few indies there were had no foothold until I'd already gotten my first paying gigs.

They get a few paying gigs, which is like self - publishing on Amazon.

Yes, there were still some paying gigs for genre stories in super-competitive markets like Women's World, Asimov's and Ellery Queen.

After working too many low - paying gigs, I've now learned how to comfortably ask for more.

Many people end up returning the favour which has led to many paid gigs.

Many of these gigs are advertised on Craigslist, and once you get one paid gig through a promoter, you can get on the list for future paid jobs.

I have a Broadcast - Journalism diploma, a blog and have fiction short stories, essays and plays published / produced but breaking in to on - line paid gigs always seemed overwhelming.

All want continuous website traffic so to convert to paid gigs and adsense / affiliate income.

Not only are most of these paid gigs, I have already parlayed them into free accommodations, free meals, and free tours & attractions, just as advertised.

After writing about games as a pastime for years, he got his first shot at a paid gig at 1UP.

Part of me wants to buy an Airstream trailer and just go live out in the desert somewhere, in between my paid gigs.