Sentences with phrase «shot at a job»

With Trump's unexpected election win, Clarke has a shot at a job on the national stage, one for which he's certainly been angling.

It appears Lagow, Diamont, and Cameron will all have a shot at the job when fall camp begins.

Chambers got the first shot at the job and while he performed well, he lacked the pace to be a top - class fullback in the Premier League.

Does he deserve a shot at a job with someone?

He screwed up his shot at the job by dividing the AD department with petty power plays and creating a lot of unneeded drama.

That means that this more or less might be Desjardin's first real shot at the job.

Several senators abstained, including the Bronx's Ruben Diaz Sr. and Pedro Espada Jr., saying they didn't believe the nomination process gave women and minorities a fair shot at the job.

(«I'm sure I have no shot at that job.»)

For a better shot at a job, he needed to improve his skill set.

Some job seekers, though, get an unpleasant surprise when an interviewer pops the question of previous salaries — and it's important to know how to respond in a way that preserves your negotiating position without compromising your shot at the job.

You don't want to lose your shot at the job over someone misinterpreting the tone of an email.

To help you avoid the same mistakes, I decided to make a list of things I wish someone taught me before I lost my shot at the jobs I wanted:

If you're making it hard for the hiring manager to find the information he needs to consider you for employment, you just lost your shot at the job.

A well - written resume gives the potential employer enough information to convince them that the applicant is worth giving a shot at a job interview.

In turn this helps you to a) get employed quicker than you may have otherwise b) get a better shot at a job you really want c) potentially benefit from multiple job offers, allowing you to choose between different options.

You'll have a better shot at the job if you know what questions to ask an interviewer.

You can have a much better, more successful interview (and a better shot at the job) if you ask two key questions.

You definitely don't want missing keywords to be the reason why you don't get a shot at the job you want.

But if you've got veteran's preference, you may find that it's a big leveler and will give you a shot at jobs that you might have assumed were out of reach.

The government is making sure you can still take that shot at the job you want.

If you have a specific company and / or role in mind, you should look at this as a long game, not a specific one - off shot at a job,» Srinivasan says.

I have seen candidates try to phone interview in pretty common places that actually kill their shot at the job because they can't represent themselves well there.

Even though we went for the higher priced package, we got what we consider to be a poor representation of our skills and small chance at getting a solid shot at the job.

You can still put your best foot forward and have a shot at the job.

Each space on your resume is a precious commodity, as that single document may be your only shot at the job of your dreams.

Not exact matches

Now, she says, pretty much all the jobs she does are contracted for at least $ 1 million, and she shoots for profit margins between 25 and 38 percent.

According to a 2003 Milwaukee Magazine profile, he fired his weapon only once on the job, shooting and wounding a Saint Bernard that lunged at him while he was investigating a break - in.

Their job is to get the best horse for each race, so if you are winning, you have a better shot at getting the best riders.

He created Starbucks «to build a company my father would be proud to work at,» adding, «My inspiration comes from seeing my father broken from the 30 terrible blue - collar jobs he had over his life, where an uneducated person just did not have a shot.»

There were a few incidents when he was an in - flight repairman aboard an AC - 130 gunship that came under North Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire, but by and large his job involved fixing airplanes, not getting shot at.

Done right, diverse slate hiring policies — which require at least one woman or person of colour to be among the candidates considered for a job — remove the easy excuses that cheat the under - represented out of a shot at key roles.

A few years later I was working a full - time job as a marketing and brand manager at a toy company where I got a lot of product development experience and realized I had gained enough knowledge to give this idea a shot.

Billionaire investor and frequent Donald Trump critic Mark Cuban thinks he has a good shot at Trump's job.

But Don had the guts to take his shot and knowingly risk job security (with a young family), for the chance at making a bigger difference, based on a bigger vision for the City.

The New York Steaks were also put on and the gentleman at the helm of this job wanted me to shoot the digital thermometer so my readers could see that they were perfectly cooked.

That's why I took a leave of absence from my job in Buenos aires, and am here in Washington DC, giving a shot at a life which isn't dictated by a 9 - to - 5 office schedule, and doing what I love best.

During an interview with WXYZ - TV's Brad Galli for the «Inside the Huddle» feature, Jim Harbaugh thanked D.J. Durkin for doing a «tremendous job» in Ann Arbor but then appeared to have taken a shot at the new Maryland coach after it was announced Boston College's Don Brown will take over as the DC.

In soccer and hockey, almost everyone can do every job — passing, defending, shooting, and so forth — at some point in each game.

His Midwestern background (he played at Michigan, and in 2007, famously shot down reports that he'd taken the UM job) and stern commitment to thumpy, whole - grain offense would make him a strong candidate for any Big Ten school.

At 6» 8 with a nice shooting stroke, Zipser could do the job.

Why are we more mad at the guy who did a better job of creating a goal scoring opportunity than all the other misses from the team this season that have resulted from countless lazy, careless shots and poor positioning that had no chance at all?

NBA coaches only have at most two jobs: «Teach # 1 Overall Picks How to Shoot Basketball Correctly Because They Can't Be Expected to Already Know» and wear a suit or sport coat to each game.

I suspect it is more Schiano's than his, but if Schiano won't take ownership of it, and he has refused to, then I have to take shots at the guy with «coordinator» in his job title.

From the moment he was selected, it was stated that Glennon would receive extensive playing time in the preseason and a legitimate shot at taking the starting job from Freeman — speculation that kicked off a quarterback controversy between Schiano, Freeman and Glennon that lasted throughout the summer and well into the season.

The team has not done a good job at all of working to play against the Trap defense either through quick passing or making their shots.

Does he deserve a shot at the top jobs?

I really hate when Arsenal fans join our rivals to take shots at the fact that we sold our best players in d past, do nt you get it, we had to do so, so as to be at the very comfortable position we are now, looking back wenger did a remarkable job by keeping the team in the champions league while building a stadium, just ask spurds n chelsea y they so desperately want to upgrade their stadium now.

The video does a good job explaining the stroke penalty and the procedure Woods had to go through, but short of this bad shot, Woods had no trouble dominating at Doral.

Interim LSU coach Ed Orgeron seemed to have already lost his shot at the full - time job.

I imagine a number of teams will be ready to give him a shot at a starter job that will be out of our price range for a back up qb after he hits free agency.