Sentences with phrase «set about asking»

It is helpful for lawyers to adapt their mind - set about asking questions to the objectives of the discussion.

Anticipating an attempt to repeal this law, several retired flag and general officers from all branches of the military created an organization called The Flag and General Officers for the Military Project, and set about asking their retired colleagues to join them in signing a letter to the President and Members of Congress.

Not exact matches

That said, it can't hurt to ask about how dedicated the company is to remote work, and about the systems they've set up for remote workers.

Maybe your awkward interview came in the form of a potential employer asking you about a skill set that wasn't outlined in the job description, or maybe your nerves simply got the best of you and you blanked on how to respond to a simple question.

It really depends on who you are and what you're looking to learn and do in your career, and I think if you think about it that way, you'll figure out the best set of questions to ask.

Their Code - Foo program selects participants by setting hopefuls up with online coding challenges and asking for a statement of passion about the company.

Too many Millennials complain about not getting paid enough while they do one of two things: they either do not ask for a raise, period, or they do not take the time to understand what would warrant a raise and going all - in on acquiring that skill set.

When asked about the SaaS sector in the country and the startup scenario, from a fundraising viewpoint, Subramanian stated that ventures like Freshworks (backed by Google Ventures) and BrowserStack (Secured $ 50 Million from Accel) have set precedents in terms of raising the bar for fundraising in India.

To understand their collaboration abilities, ask them about their roles and experiences in a group setting.

You're probably going to get asked about why you want to go to the particular business school you've set your sights on.

For instance, if you set a timer you'll be able to watch it countdown, you'll be able to see your calendar when you ask Alexa about your upcoming events, and until recently you could even watch YouTube videos.

Every time a man, whether it is our president, or a news anchor, demeans or diminishes a woman by grabbing her ass or talking about her body, or coming on to her instead of asking for her ideas and treating her like a professional in the workplace setting, they lose something too.

I asked a few business acquaintances about how they set goals and received a response from Jason Forrest, CEO of Forrest Performance Group who told me, «If you don't have clearly defined goals, you procrastinate.

The volunteers were asked to set aside 15 minutes each day to think about the exercise that they did under Kay's watch.

One way is to set aside time at the beginning of the year and ask people to think about what they would like their résumé to look like by the end of that year — in other words, the developmental goals they want for themselves.

Anecdotes found online at first seem unbelievable: floor staff cheerfully accepting unabashedly damaged returns, no questions asked; Nordstrom employees helping mall shoppers carry purchases from other stores to their cars; and an often - repeated tale about a customer in Anchorage, Alaska, who returned a set of tires to a Nordstrom location — despite the fact that the chain doesn't actually sell tires.

For most, the only question to ask about quotas is «Where should the target revenue or new customer acquisition quota be set?»

«The collaboration we saw was some billing and administrative contacts between the two of them, so you'd see similar people show up in each of the accounts,» said Schroepfer, when asked for more detail about what it had found, before declining to say anything else in a public setting on account of ongoing investigations — despite the committee pointing out other witnesses it has heard from have not held back on that front.

Would you be willing to set up a time to talk with me so I can ask you a few questions about our work together?

Other than asking me to participate, and setting me up with a facility to join the livestream later today, I haven't had any contact with Netflix about the call; neither has Mark.

The entire Bain Micro-battles System ℠ is set up to scale — individual teams worry about moving from prototype to repeatable model, and the executive team is constantly asking, «How do we scale insights from individual micro-battles across the company?»

One of the first questions asked at the Employee Advocacy Summit, was about after setting up an EA program, «what content are my employees going to use?»

He sets his timeline and asks for a ladder with 5 rungs of about $ 20,000 each.

Still others ask what the president may have known about a possible attempt by his son - in - law, Jared Kushner, to set up back - channel communications with Russia before Trump's inauguration, and about the June 2016 meeting with a Kremlin - connected lawyer attended by Trump's son Donald Jr., Manafort and Kushner.

Asked about his stance towards bitcoin, Sheikh Abdullah said the central bank would not focus on a single virtual currency, but would look at how to set best practice for such currencies.

I am wondering what you think about adding a complement to the way Buyer Personas are used to drive outbound marketing: Intelligent Alerting where you simply «ask» buyers to set their criteria and permission for receiving marketing communications.

Williams asked to set up a meeting anyway so she could learn more about CPI Creative.

The whole idea here is to get investors to look at what's going on in silver and the producers asking about how the price is set could do the trick.

We asked respondents a set of four factual questions about the TPP.

Mary Ann Glendon asks us to consider «what a set of legal arrangements that places individual liberty or mere lifestyle over innocent life says about, and may do to, the people and the society that produces them.»

(A similar set of questions could be asked, mutatis mutandis, about Jewish involvement with Islam, a religion that also claims, although to a much lesser extent than Christianity, descent from Judaism.)

Our friend set up a phone meeting with the lead pastor and asked questions about the vision and mission of the church.

When, in Acts 1, the disciples just before his ascension ask Jesus if he is about to restore the kingdom to Israel, they are told, «It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority» (Acts 1:7).

1 Peter 3:15 - 16, «But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.

If one had been asked, instead, about the prospects for a certain set of denominations usually called the mainline churches, such an emphatic response might not be possible.

Let us ask, for example, whether the word «place» in the 1961 New Delhi statement about «all in each place...» is a purely geographical term mandating one ecclesiastical organization at each set of coordinates on the map.

Happy Jack — I didn't say there was a set of established morals for Atheists, in fact i noted that there was NOT a set of morals, if you want to know if Atheists have morals and where they come from you'd probably have to ask an atheist, my post was simply pointing to the fact that the dictators i was talking about did not have a specific set of morals telling them that Murdering millions of people was wrong.

This book shows modern children in the magnificent setting of St Peter's, meeting a real pope and asking the questions that we all have about some of the big mysteries of our religion.

So modern a phrasing of the matter, involving mature ethical monotheism, is far distant, both in mental category and in circumstantial setting, from the questions which the early Hebrews asked about trouble's meaning.

This sets the stage for asking if there is a God who exists about whom we may talk, and at this point we rely on the writings of F. S. C. Northrop, Alfred North Whitehead, and Charles Hartshorne, and then we consider the educational results of their approach.

Strategically placed near the checkout line at the grocery store, where, after a frustrating hour of decision - making, calorie counting, list checking, and child - bribing, women would otherwise be forced to stop, wait, and ask themselves a few questions about the meaning of their existence, the magazine aisle dazzles us with photoshopped images of super-skinny models, next to impeccably arranged place settings, next to actresses praised for losing their baby weight in five minutes, next to Martha Stewart holding a perfectly frosted chocolate cake.

When I teach about practicing life at table, I ask learners to compare two meals which I set before them: a fast - food hamburger meal and the bread and cup of the Lord's Supper.

In a group setting it is essential that people be asked to share their experiences, first as partners, then in the total group; those who still feel stirred up or anxious or angry should be encouraged to talk with someone about it afterwards.

The authors of the report say that people doing federal research on things like income, spending and health should also ask questions about happiness because of the more developed view it could lend to in setting policies to improve people's lives.

In this setting many questions are inevitably asked, such as whether or not the history of religions teaches religion, whether religions of the world can be or should be taught without value judgment, and finally whether the history of religions is to provide intellectual understanding about religions or contribute to the religious growth of students.

There are some tea candles set on the ground (park rangers have asked the girls to extinguish them), and about ten chairs have been set up in a semicircle beneath an awning.

I was asked about a jam recipe that was on the web and whether it was safe to make for two reasons; could you make a jam without sugar, only using honey, and if you did would it set without using pectin.

To encourage young people to ask critical questions about where their food comes from and to demand more from their food system sets up a new generation of consumers willing to venture outside the strictures of duopoly shopping and fast food.

The other day my friend Liam asked me for a good muffin recipe, so of course I set about creating one.

The informal setting allowed bloggers to mingle, ask questions about the variety of dishes... and have a lot of fun!