Sentences with phrase «tough job climate»

In a tough job climate it's easy to believe beggars can't be choosers, but that doesn't mean you have to subject yourself to unpleasant or uncomfortable contacts just to land a job, any job.

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Half of the board of Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has walked off the job, including chairman John Cooper, after it flagged a change in direction, a number of redundancies and cost - saving initiatives in response to the tough climate for local contractors.

Harnessing the UK's massive green energy resource and getting tough on energy waste will create new jobs and business opportunities, increase energy security and help make this country a world leader in tackling climate change.

His job is getting tougher, with a major U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, looming in December and with many top officials openly questioning whether a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol can be completed this year.

Researchers suggested that the economic climate could be the reason for the sense of seriousness and the need to do well at school; teenagers in 2005 had grown up in a time of sustained economic growth - while those in 2014 were aware of the tough competition for jobs and the difficulty in affording somewhere to live.

In this tough economic climate, both will consider themselves lucky if they get jobs making even $ 50,000 a year.

Elaine said the tough economic climate appeared to be exacerbating the problem of unwanted animals as the centre is often asked to take in cats by owners who have lost their jobs, can't afford to keep their pet or moved into rented accommodation where they are not allowed to keep cats.

«The tough economic climate appears to be exacerbating the problem as the Centre is often asked to take in cats by owners who have lost their jobs, can't afford to keep their pet or moved into rented accommodation where they are not allowed to keep pets.»

There's no doubt that for us to take on climate change in a serious way would involve making some tough political choices, and you know, understandably, I think the American people right now have been so focused and will continue to be focused on our economy and jobs and growth that, you know, if the message is somehow we're going to ignore jobs and growth simply to address climate change, I don't think anybody's going to go for that.

Councilmembers and Director Wells: providing genuine climate leadership to the nation is a tough job.

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When I started working last month on a news feature about gaps in climate science I was expecting a tough reporting job.

«There's no doubt that for us to take on climate change in a serious way would involve making some tough political choices, and you know, understandably, I think the American people right now have been so focused and will continue to be focused on our economy and jobs and growth that, you know, if the message is somehow we're going to ignore jobs and growth simply to address climate change, I don't think anybody's going to go for that,» President Obama said at a press conference in response a question by New York Times reporter, Mark Landler.

Paralegals are facing one of the toughest hiring climates in decades; the legal sector lost 22,220 jobs in one year alone, between May 2009 and May 2010.

At least once a week I run across an article or link offering useful advice on resume writing or finding a job in this tough economic climate, and I want to share it with my clients (both former and prospective), so I have decided to add this blog to my website.

Selling a candidate with nothing more than words on paper is tough - especially in today's job climate when so many resumes are out there competing for so few jobs.

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