Sentences with phrase «to give someone a leg up»

My masters in Psychology gave me a leg up on that.

I think having a professionally written resume gave me a leg up in getting noticed and in getting an employer to take a risk on someone that was not local.

This helps build rapport, which gives you a leg up over the competition.

This kind of name recognition gives us a leg up when it comes to fighting for your rights.

His length off the tee gives him a leg up against most of the field and his scrambling ability should put him in a good position to win his third green jacket.

This won't give you a leg up on the other candidates, but rather hurt your chances of ever landing an interview.

Knowing this kind of personal information can give you a leg up because you can shape your answers in a way that will resonate with the interviewer.

Getting a firm grasp of capital gains can help give you a leg up on the tax man and save you thousands.

There are similar agencies in 85 other countries around the world, giving them a leg up for global sales.

Showing some interests and activities outside of your work experience could really give you a leg up over the rest of the candidates.

This advice, if it's solid, does give you a leg up on the competition.

A master's degree in economics could also give you a leg up.

This watch will definitely give you a leg up on the competition.

As mentioned above, showing your subject matter expertise will really give you a leg up from the competition.

Give yourself a leg up by studying our bus driver resume sample and following our industry specific writing tips.

Give me insight into where you excel and also how any previous work - experience, community service or related education gives you a leg up.

This basically means that increasing the memory capacity for your mining rig won't actually give you a leg up.

No matter what type of position you're applying for, a well - crafted cover letter gives you a leg up.

Keeping this knowledge documented and handy will give you a leg up once data starts coming through.

That positive effect lands nicely on your head and gives you a leg up right from the start.

With the kids going back to school now, we want to give them a leg up wherever we can.

And when it comes time for the Little Gold Man, oddly enough, being a green documentary filmmaker gives you a leg up.

That one year — just one year — gave him a leg up navigating his way in college.

Its smaller turning circle and slightly longer legroom in the rear give it a leg up over its most natural competitor.

While the following factors are not mandatory, they sure give you a leg up.

Luckily, understanding the factors that go into determining your credit scores will give you a leg up toward maintaining a favorable rating.

His experience and compassion give him a leg up when he helps his clients reach the solution they desire.

But that just gave us a leg up in the pitch process.

Our career advice, resume services and education partners give you a leg up in the job search.

My clients recognize that investing in their career materials gives them a leg up, and I appreciate the opportunity to bring my passion and enthusiasm to work for their success!

For example, in this industry, knowing different languages often gives you a leg up over other applicants.

Put another way, informational interviews give a leg up to people who don't need a leg up.

The skills we covered above are some of the common ones that can give you a leg up in most modern job openings.

You meet the «right» people, and you do have those letters behind your name that can help give you a leg up.

I decided to return to school to earn my degree so that (theoretically) I would give myself a leg up for our next change of station.

Parents should take note that establishing a credit record for your children before they go out on their own could give them a leg up when they apply for credit later.

This advice, if it's solid, does gives you a leg up on the competition.

This will also help to give you a leg up on other offers that might be presented alongside yours.

As a pharmacy technician, you will have a vast amount of competition, but that doesn't mean your resume can't give you a leg up.

Don't allow people to purchase anything for real - world money that would give them a leg up over other players.

And, gosh, that really gave him a leg up to get up and running and test it and have some prototype levels running.

«For any postdoctoral fellow, having extra training in teaching skills gives them a leg up as they go on the job market, and we have fantastic partners at HFC and WCCCD to help our fellows enhance their teaching skills,» says Bishr Omary, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the U-M Medical School Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and one of the leaders of this effort.

The big idea, says Madrona's S. «Soma» Somasegar, is to find the «really really early startups» who today are toiling in relative obscurity, and give them a leg up with money and connections they can use to make it big — «something like American Idol,» he says.

The backbone of our proprietary CRM and deal automation platform is a global database of private SaaS company data, and that same dataset gives us a leg up to defend value and engage all relevant buyers when orchestrating the exit process.

If Amazon is serious about making hardware a big part of its business — having its own chip division would certainly give it a leg up against its competitors in the tablet space.

Knowing the possibilities and how you feel about them in a pre-labor state gives you a leg up if you should face that during labor.