Sentences with phrase «set of working hours»

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Each day I had set out to work harder than the last and to complete more and more hours of work.

Employees who work outside of the office and who set their own schedule may work atypical hours depending on their workload and lifestyle.

What sets elite performers who turn out prodigious quantities of valuable work apart from normal worker bees, who despite our best intentions and long hours, consistently produce less than we hoped?

A dedication to deep work requires setting aside stretches of time each week (of say an hour or two) when you work with urgency and your concentration is not disrupted by anything,» concludes the article.

«We don't have set work hours, we don't keep track of work hours.

Nick and Jill moved into a cottage in the redwood forest near Pescadero, where Nick set about working 16 - hour days at the computer and the sewing machine, testing new fabrics for the next - generation product, designing marketing materials, writing patent applications, and starting to build up a network of retailers.

«Lots of people set high goals, and, if things don't work out, they may be disappointed for a few hours or a day, but they move on,» Antony says.

What else to keep in mind: In the future, set boundaries with your clients, whether that is a total number of hours you will work in an engagement or specific times that you can be available to them.

To establish structure and discipline, plan your meals out ahead of time, set a weekly work schedule, and track your hours to ensure that you're working effectively and not just being busy.

With the growth of the freelancer economy, employees can work for a portfolio of companies and essentially set how many hours they want to work.

Baxter can be taken out of the box, set up, trained, and put to work in about one hour.

«There was length, there was strength, there were physical talents, but to go with them was a beautifully polished set of skills, the kind of skills that a 17 - year - old could possess only after long hours of dedicated work,» writes Lazenby.

SEO professionals may charge by the website page, hour or project, or ask for a set monthly retainer to cover a pre-determined amount of work.

On - demand jobs are appealing to Millennials because they offer exactly the type of flexibility they desire — the ability to set their own hours, seamless technology to find and complete work, and the ability to take on work or «gigs» that appeal to them most.

Instead of just working until your brain basically starts to smoke, set a target number of hours you want to work in, say, a week and work from there.

Exhausted from hours of nonstop work, the interns would sneak into a bathroom stall, plug headphones into their smartphones and set the alarm, in hopes of stealing a few precious minutes of shut - eye, according to several former interns who worked for the bank in the summer of 2011.

Organizations that offer flexible work options and embrace telecommuting may have a competitive hiring edge over companies that require workers to report to a brick - and - mortar office for a set number of hours.

Unless your company has set working hours, you can try implementing any of these tips to make sure that your telecommuting team is on task — all the time.

I've set myself a stock portfolio target of $ 1 million, but if anything I might end up revising that down if I just get sick of the work I'm doing, and want to make a change in career without worrying about the money, or perhaps just cut down my hours.

I was a victim of corporate layoffs a few years ago and although I loved my job I can now work when I want and do so in the confines of my own home, setting my own hours and wearing what I want:)

Work has morphed into a twenty - four - hour fact of life, bringing its own set of standards and expectations when it comes to sleep... Sleep is ingrained in our cultural ethos as something that can be put off, dosed with coffee, or ignored.

You get to work from the comfort of your own home, set your own hours, and make your dreams a reality.

A lot of times people will decide their salary by setting an hourly rate and multiplying it by however many hours a week they want to work.

Managers and directors set the tone for the rest of the organization, and having a discussion about healthy work culture will be worthless if the person leading it works 60 - hour weeks, takes no vacations, disrespects others, and thinks the discussion does not apply to them.

I read when I want, set my own work hours, and feel very little compulsion to produce anything but tangible results, which are usually the outcome of having harvested good ideas from books.

So, the focus of households is quite different from companies and is set on the renumeration for working hours and consumption.

As a computer consultant working for Warner Brothers in Burbank, California, through the 2000s, Fawcett made $ 65 an hour and had excellent job security, since the company needed him for a set of large, critical projects.

They also know that the most productive hours of the day are usually in the morning — and if they have work to do this weekend and want time left over for some recreation, they have to set their alarm clock earlier.

Life will never be put on hold for the sake of your timeline, but if you're volunteering, going through personal challenges and working 70 hours a week, you may be setting yourself up for failure by taking on something new.

May I also suggest giving 10 % of your work week to the poor / homeless / those in prison / those sick (4 hours a week) to satisfy your conscience, and then setting aside that 10 % cash in savings for emergencies for your family?

It's the perfect weekend project because you'll want to set a couple hours aside, but only about 20 minutes of it will require actual work.

I set it out on the counter for a couple of hours and it worked great.

Something that I can make 4 of and freeze on Saturday, and have one meal a week for a month, setting it out to thaw in the morning, cooking as soon as I walk in the door (I have 1/2 hour between getting home from work with boys and boys - losing - it - from - hunger.)

If you want to stop tanking in baseball — we're talking in the NBA sense, where teams intentionally set themselves up to lose, allowing them better odds at a top draft pick — the solution is simple: Make it so that the MLB Draft is an enigmatic mess, where thousands and thousands of working hours from scouts and executives lead to incorrect decisions to draft players who provide absolutely no value to their new franchise.

Nonetheless, the importation of big names such as Thierry Henry, Rafael Marquez and Marco Di Vaio kept me glued to my television sets to watch the North American league in the late hours of the night, between one coffee and another, a few hours before school, and now work.

Another that same year had the former Manchester United, Everton and England defender appearing to say: «Morning men couple of hours cricket be4 (before) work sets me up nicely for the day.»

This year's announcement means that by 1 January 2017 all members of staff directly employed by Chelsea will earn at least # 9.75 an hour, while those working outside of London will receive a minimum of # 8.45 an hour, with the process of ensuring that staff of external contractors and additional agency staff on our sites will get the same rate of pay set to be completed by 1 July 2017.

Get started this summer when school lets out and act as if you're homeschooling 3 days a week, Kindergarteners don't need more than 1 — 2 hours a day sitting still, you have to get yourself out of the «school is an 8 hour a day» mind set, that was set up for public schools because parents work, that is the only reason the school day is so long.

It depends on your situation, but all kinds of arrangements exist — from a full - day nanny to a mother's helper that comes for a few hours a few times a week — and setting up a regular routine with a sitter can help ensure you have dedicated time each week to get your work done.

In this new play, set in turn - of - the century Philadelphia, children Julia and Gus work 14 - hour days with their mother in the textile mills.

TIP: most of us working moms use Microsoft Outlook linked to our PDA and have nursing or pumping set up as a reoccurring calendar appointment every three or four hours, depending on how old our baby is.

One of those rules should be to set your working hours in advance.

Parents who must adhere to a stricter schedule due to work hours and the use of outside caregivers may set the routine rather than letting their baby take the lead.

IBCLE Numerous titles are given to persons who typically work in health care and public health settings who take 15 to 45 hour courses in various training programs and certifications whose training equips them with basic knowledge of lactation support.

I set it at 1.1 miles per hour when I work and wind up burning a whole bunch of calories.

Evidence shows that the most effective policies to reduce alcohol harms, including harms to others, are: - Raising the price of the cheapest alcohol, through taxation and minimum unit pricing - Regulating the density of outlets that can serve alcohol and restricting the permitted hours of sale - drink driving laws, including a lower legal blood alcohol limit and random roadside breath tests - Screening and brief advice for people who are at risk of drinking to a level that is harmful to themselves and others However, the most effective approach is a comprehensive, multi-sectorial set of measures that work together to reduce levels of harmful drinking.

Brian Shea, Mayor Kathy Sheehan's chief of staff, said council members passed a resolution in 2014 setting the standard work day at six hours, which makes them eligible.

Nick Clegg has set out proposals that give all workers the right to demand flexible working, so people can work at home, reduce their hours or take advantage of flexitime arrangements.

«Our summer camp will have a variety of activities for all ages in a beautiful outdoor setting with convenient hours for working parents,» said Chuck Maze, President / CEO of the Rockland YMCA.

The legislation sets up a 24 hour hotline to report suspected abuse, and will prohibit any care giver convicted of abuse from ever working with people with disabilities again.