Sentences with phrase «work time on»

In our survey, teachers on average reported spending about 30 percent of their work time on testing - related tasks, including test prep, proctoring, and review of results.

An employee who is hesitant about spending needed work time on training may welcome the opportunity to complete the assignment while carpooling instead.

The bill, which would mandate TSA's criminal investigators to spend a minimum of 50 percent of their work time on criminal cases to receive premium pay and other benefits, was approved in February by the House.

Actual working time on a pair averages 10 to 12 hours, excluding time required for the cement to dry.

Not exact matches

Schultz talks affectionately about his father in his book, «Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time,» saying that Fred was an honest man who worked hard, played ball with his kids on the weekend and loved the Yankees.

When the meal was through, they had learned a lot about him — his years working abroad, his days as a partner at an IT consulting firm, and his time on Wall Street.

He traveled often, both for work and to visit his now wife, Yoganshi Shah, in the U.S. Shah finally got fed up watching her husband spend $ 25 on a pillow every time he traveled, and didn't love the stockpile of pillows they were gradually amassing either.

Koum didn't elaborate on his reasons for leaving, other to say it was time to «move on» so he could spend more time «collecting rare air - cooled Porsches, working on my cars and playing ultimate frisbee.»

De Brouwer founded Starlab NV / SA, a multidisciplinary laboratory in Brussels where about 130 scientists worked on various projects, encompassing bits of everything from time travel to neuroscience.

Working for his firm during the day, he spends his spare time working an on angle with the high - powered, extremely successful (but ruthless and greedy) broker GordonWorking for his firm during the day, he spends his spare time working an on angle with the high - powered, extremely successful (but ruthless and greedy) broker Gordonworking an on angle with the high - powered, extremely successful (but ruthless and greedy) broker Gordon Gekko.

Your mother may have warned you not to walk and chew gum at the same time, but when Schaefer compared the performance of both children and young adults on a standard test of working memory when they were sitting with when they were walking, her results contradicted mom's advice.

As a result of that report, research on the defect was published a week earlier than the manufacturers had planned, before some had time to work out a complete fix.

AI experts say the idea has merit but also point out that assistants will always work better when connected to the Internet, where they can draw on massive processing and data resources in real time.

Before joining the Times, Kate worked for more than six years as an on - air television reporter at CNBC, appearing on the channel's daytime programming with news, interviews, and analysis.

Though the thought of running your own business, spending your days working on something you're passionate about, and choosing how and where you spend your time is enticing, realize there are days if not years of sleepless nights, cash flow shortfalls and mindset hurdles between you and your destination.

Like the Pomodoro Technique, a time - management strategy where you work on one task for 25 minutes and then take a five - minute break.

Freelance work can allow them to get real world experience and earn some money until they land a full - time job, he said, although relying solely on that type of employment can also mean there's a lack of corporate identity — for the company as well as for the freelancers themselves.

Autonomy: Can't hurt to talk about any time you were a «self - starter» or worked on deliverables without much supervision.

Or, work with individual employees to set schedules that work for them — maybe they work four 10 - hour days or start at different times on Mondays and Wednesdays etc..

In some cases, when employees aren't behind the wheel it allows for more time to take calls, work on projects, check email or simply relax.

This automatically put me in work mode, which made it difficult to focus on my wife and children for the brief time I have with them before heading to the office.

Melinda described how their working relationship took time to develop after Bill left Microsoft to join the foundation on a full - time basis.

These three lists help you hone in on what your team should work on, saving you both time and money.

A Snap employee told the Times that the company was looking at ways to educate employees on financial management before the IPO, such as bringing in professors from Stanford to talk about how employees» lives can change after working for a company that goes public.

Then work really hard to make sure you can always pay everything on time in the future.

Qualtrics's co-founders have strong BYU connections: CEO and co-founder Ryan Smith, who ranks at number 12 on this year's Fortune 40 Under 40 list, was a business student there until he dropped out to work on Qualtrics full - time.

She was working in retail at the time with a degree in physical education from the University of Denver and wanted to make a couple extra bucks on the side.

The best advice I can give you is: (a) to make small, consistent bets with people who can give you real - time feedback on exactly what's working.

With contract work eclipsing traditional full - time jobs, issues plaguing the growing on - demand economy need to be addressed this year.

Once years ago while attending a conference in Las Vegas put on by a startup I was working with at the time, I ran into one of the speakers for the day, long - time Vegas resident and Zappos founder Tony Hsieh.

You can work on this option in your spare time because finding the unsubscribe button in promotional emails can sometimes be tricky.

For instance, I didn't realize I'd long enjoyed a flexible work environment until I later found myself at a bureaucracy that put a premium on face - time.

I believe in the years to come, how we choose to spend our time and what we decide to work on is going to make us less mechanical, and more human.

While telework and other arrangements focus on the work employees accomplish rather than the time they put in, the new overtime rules make time a lot more important in the eyes of the law.

I think this can also have a profound affect on how we as professionals think about our time even as we work in our careers.

As soon as personal and professional browsing habits co-mingle on a device that is used at both work and home, «you're more than doubling the risk [of a security breach], because traditionally what people are browsing on their personal time is usually more susceptible to infection than work destinations,» says Stroz Friedberg co-founder and executive chairman Eric Friedberg.

Asked at the time how long he had been planning the investment, Krzanich said, «We've been working on this factory for several years.

The practice places emphasis on you to direct your own time and cultivate rich rhythms and rituals of work.

Plus, every VC is working with more than a handful of startups at any given time, so we simply don't have the bandwidth to hold a founder's hand on a day - to - day basis.

I believe that the latter leadership style is important at times — for example, for empowering employees or teams to handle objectives while you work on the business versus in the business.

The key is to work smarter, and by focusing on mindfulness at work, you can better utilize your full mental capacities, to do more in less time and feel better overall.

It gives no time limit for an agreement, but in the meantime it is extending the mandate of the Canadian Securities Transition Office to work on the project.

«The time of humongous studios with a thousand people working on a few big games, I don't think we'll see that again any time soon.»

Those working on it wondered why they were wasting time on a dying platform.

If you're working on a deadline, trying to build something in your free time while working a full - time job or just hoping to be more productive, Entrepreneur Network partner Ben Angel can teach you strategies that will help you get more done in less time.

He worked on the Prince Edward County winery he co-owns with McLean and McLean's wife, actress Sonja Smits, and listened to supplicants congratulate him on the timing of his corporate exit.

Schedule time for team meetings where you can work on streamlining your business processes.

Salesforce ranks No. 1 for the first time based on its work culture and other employee benefits.

The clients I know who have succeeded on the platform usually devote a significant amount of time and resources to properly listing their products, understanding the nuances of the company's fulfillment and other services, participating in campaigns that have questionable profitability, analyzing reams of data that the service spits out in order to make adjustments to its prices and branding and working hard to live up to Amazon's stringent customer service guidelines.

«Even if you walk into a Sephora and try to figure this out yourself, a lot of the time it will end in trial and error and a lot of wasted product that didn't work well on you.»