Sentences with phrase «paying gigs in»

Many of those are lower paying gigs in the retail or warehouse management sectors.

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.

Not exact matches

Brad probably could have got a steady gig with great pay working in the sciences after completing his master's degree.

Yet much of the fastest job creation in the gig economy is coming at the highly skilled, highly paid end of the marketplace, where physicians, lawyers, programmers, and other professionals sell their services on new marketplaces like UpCounsel, Doctor on Demand, and Upwork.

Job - hunting site Glassdoor calculated the best gigs in places where pay goes furthest, based on salaries and the cost of living.

In that case, why wouldn't he choose the gig that offers exposure plus pay?

Wage growth has been scarcely better, particularly as more workers become contractors in the so - called gig economy, which offers little by way of job security, benefits, and pay.

Job seekers who manage to land these desirable gigs will be paid in kind.

In a finding that will be little surprise to high - schoolers looking for a part - time gig or college and university graduates seeking a first permanent position, StatsCan says young employees are most likely to be paid the minimum wage:

In the same way that singers are paid more for national campaigns than they are for local gigs, photographers will charge more depending on how the images are being used.

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.

For example, while a number of communities are debating how to provide benefits to gig economy workers, without policies that ensure a baseline wage threshold or that grant workers a voice in determining their wages and benefits, low - road companies could respond to requirements to contribute to benefits with commensurate decreases in pay.

Get a side gig to increase your income so you can build savings or pay down debt to free up more cash in your budget.

The Gecko Investor Group (GIG) is a closed group of paying subscribers that will from time to time get access to private placements (PP's) in Canadian junior companies, just like the ones mentioned above.

I have fortunately gotten offers to work at a startup and in several different contexts similar to my previous position — and these are things I would potentially enjoy, yes, but to waste the potential equity that «personal brand», dirty as it may sound, creates for me (or anyone else) to leverage into client work that pays well and speaking gigs that open up other opportunities — would be a true «lighting on fire» of that which I had done to build that before quitting.

As any journalist will tell you, work in media doesn't always pay the bills, and Larry King's first gig in radio was no exception.

It may be silly, but then getting paid minimum wage to read books when one is 18 years old ain't a bad gig, and this man and the library he led and the town which made this library possible are irreplaceable factors in both making and preserving important things like the opportunity to read good (or not so good) books in quiet solitude.

I was eventually laid - off to due to «lack of funds» (which I have in writing) it seemed as though people in our congregation began fleeing contemporary church and we couldn't pay me and the Lead Pastor (who sat in his office day in, day out)... I won't settle for another stagnant «building - pastor» gig, I promise.

Some practical points: If you're just starting out, some opportunities that make a lot of sense for platform - building include: writing guest posts for popular bloggers who share a similar audience, writing a regular column for a newspaper or online magazine, seeking out speaking gigs (paid or unpaid), participating in conferences (for networking opportunities as well as exposure to new, inspiring ideas), using social media to share your message, and requesting interviews with popular authors / speakers / leaders to feature on your blog.

Before I got this gig in Hawaii people in DC paid for a trip for my interview there, coming all the way from Fresno.

Ousted White House communication director Anthony Scaramucci doesn't think he'll land another West Wing gig, which means he's likely going to have to pay up to $ 16 million in taxes on the proceeds he made from selling his hedge fund.

Only a handful of council members, whose jobs are considered part - time, currently earn substantial pay in other gigs.

Industry would allow me to stay at the bench — at least for a while — but I figured that in taking an industrial gig (even though it paid more money), I probably would be closing off some options, which I wasn't quite ready to do.

The unfortunate part is that this all - consuming gig doesn't pay money — it pays in stress, unhappiness, anxiety, and inner turmoil.

Part of your final conversation around starting a new teaching gig should include, in writing, how you will be paid and if you need to fill out any paperwork.

Through a friend he got a peanut - paying freelance gig at a podunk newspaper in an overgrown farm town in Northern California, writing one review a week.

Ben Stiller stars as the eponymous Brad, a once - idealistic late forty - something who used his journalism degree to start a non-profit that connects other non-profits with funding sources while his friends and college classmates (Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson, White, and Jemaine Clement) went in more enterprising directions that paid off in designer homes and lucrative gigs as cable - news pundits.

In the feature, Donaldson effectively compares and contrasts the career trajectories for Mimi Leder, who made her name through her Emmy - winning work on «ER,» directed the one of the top - grossing films of 1998 with «Deep Impact» and then went to «movie jail» and didn't direct another film for nine years after the middling performance of her 2000 family drama «Pay It Forward,» to those of Trevorrow, who made his feature debut with the Sundance hit «Safety Not Guaranteed,» won the choice gig helming «Jurassic World» on director Brad Bird's recommendation and managed steer to the reboot of one of the most popular film franchises of all time to giant box - office success.

Nowadays, New York - based Jackie has to slum it in low - paying nostalgia gigs where he follows such fellow small screen has - beens as Brett Butler («Grace Under Fire») and Jimmie Walker («Good Times»).

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.

So when an equally broke but wonderfully mohawked concert promoter (David W. Thompson) can't pay them after his show is canceled, he sets them up with a gig on their way back home so they won't have made the trip in vain.

People told me it was a big gig and I guess it was in the fact that the game was well known but I was getting paid in those days scale or a little bit above so I didn't make much off those cd - roms at all.

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.

Rooted's unique model provides students with internships in high - growth, high - wage start - ups — gigs that pay $ 16 an hour.

My first paid writing gig was reviewing back when I was in junior high — the Kansas City Star had a teen section and I did reviews on books, TV shows and films for several years there, as well as the occasional humor column.

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

In column # 1 add the link to the Fiverr gig or paid service you're tracking.

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

They paid us $ 2,000 and we decided that since we were going to be in Florida anyway, let's see if we can dig some more gigs up.

I'll show you how I traveled to five continents (over 146,000 miles flown so far) this year for speaking / consulting gigs, sold a ton of my books, wrote for the largest websites in the world, got paid for my writing, and much more.

continents (over 146,000 miles flown so far) this year for speaking / consulting gigs, sold a ton of my books, wrote for the largest websites in the world, got paid for my writing, and much more.

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

Gig workers must pay their own taxes more or less evenly in four installments using Form 1040 - ES (Estimated Taxes for Individuals).

Let me tell you: these piddly little underpaid gigs will not pay the bills in retirement — and in times like ours, «retirement» is not a choice; it's the result of layoffs at an age where people can't get rehired in the job field where they have experience and have earned a decent wage.

I would think that completing gigs on Fiverr (that are relevant to your studies in college) is like getting paid to study and develop your skills.

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.

Every tax software company offers versions that can take on more complex incomes, deductions, and credits — in fact, more than one has introduced a new version this year designed for self - employment and the gig economy — but you pay more for this advanced coverage.

These paid positions include freelance gigs that can be completed from virtually any location thanks to continued advances in technology.

In addition to cutting expenses, you might need to find ways to boost your income by negotiating a higher salary, seeking a higher - paying job or picking up side gigs.

Side gig can be best debt - payoff option — Taking on a part - time job to pay down thousands of dollars in credit card debt is smart; make the best of it by carefully considering your payment options.