Sentences with phrase «working in this sector in»

According to data from Analytica Advisors, a consultancy tracking Canada's clean tech sector, Canada had over 700 companies, $ 11 billion in revenues, and 55,600 people working in the sector in 2016.

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The run of mining companies turning to the technology sector is far from over with another reverse takeover in the works.

While that has worked nicely — companies in the sector have seen gross margins expand by 16 % in 2011 to 21 % in 2013 — some experts think housing prices could fall in the near future.

Chris, an IT worker who still works in the government sector in Toronto, has seen worse.

«Go ahead, I work in the private sector,» Lewandowski replied according to Villa.

Imrie - Situnayake and his partners used to work in the tech sector, and they're trying to bring Silicon Valley rigour and data - driven analysis to insect farming.

Municipalities are in turn responding to such inquiries from the auto sector by being more receptive to working with startups.

With Fitbit, Park is partnering with a host of companies and his gadget company is increasingly embedded in the traditional health care sector as it works with insurers, medical device companies, and employers to try to figure out how to motivate and engage individuals in behaviors that can help manage chronic conditions as well as general wellness.

The State Government's role in regional Western Australia was recognised in Perth this week when two of the year's StateWest Achievement Awards were won by public sector employees working in fields that service predominantly regional areas.

One reason why some people may be worried is that Tilk has never worked in the potash industry, but analysts point out it's not like he's a new face in the commodity sector.

My Role in the Trump for President Campaign Before joining the administration, I worked in the private sector, building and managing companies.

The one wish that teacher Stathis Nikitopoulos, 38, has for 2018 is for his friends and family, who work in the private sector, to worry less about potentially losing their jobs.

Broadly, they would be among the roughly two - thirds of working Canadians without a workplace pension (three - quarters in the private sector).

The Silicon Valley worker benefits and perks — the free, fresh produce and transcendental meditation pods — have become symbols of the riches created in the tech sector and how good it has been to workers, but the hype belies the truth that many of the employees operating within big tech companies are working on second - class contract terms.

TORONTO — The rise of so - called precarious employment in Canada — mainly work in the services and retail sectors — has brought with it some questionable employer practices that have employees stressed out and labour activists fuming.

TORONTO — The rise of so - called precarious employment in Canada — mainly work in the services and retail sectors — has brought with

When Appnovation Technologies founder Arnold Leung graduated from the University of British Columbia's commerce program in the late 2000s, he knew he wanted to work in the information technology sector and soon set up a software systems integration shop in Vancouver, a city that's home to a burgeoning network of code writers.

We have examined 2,000 - plus work activities in every industry sector across the US economy.

«It's also going to change how our kids learn in classes, how we stay healthy, how doctors and hospitals work, energy, transportation, even the food sector.»

Midwest Tactical experienced a slide in sales, he says, because many of his clients work in the energy sector.

It's efficiencies like these that make Rose think he and the 100,000 other individuals who compose Canada's plastics business — 400 of whom work at Layfield — are effecting real change in a sector not always known for boasting high levels of innovation.

The reality, however, is that these on - demand platforms are doing a great job at supplying needed work to the unskilled workforce (i.e., delivery, transportation, etc.), however for skilled small business owners («SMBs»)-- like in the home services sector — the jobs are low paying and the clients are «owned» by the platforms themselves.

Often those working in this sector will move to multidisciplinary areas where the knowledge and skills they've acquired through work experiences can be applied.

That could filter into the private sector, and affect small business labor relations, particularly in so - called right to work states.

The British government assured employees working on the company's public - sector contracts that they'd be paid, but no such promises were made to workers on Carillion's contracts in the private sector.

If you're intrigued by the idea of working on applications that millions of people could potentially use, then you'll want to take a look at the growing group of software engineers who are researching, designing, evaluating, integrating and maintaining software applications, technical environments, operating systems (you can thank these guys for all those Apple iOS updates), embedded software, information warehouses and telecommunications software in both the private and public sectors.

The self - described «inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, researchers, and business leaders working in the technology sector» write in the letter published on Huffington Post, «We believe in an inclusive country that fosters opportunity, creativity and a level playing field.

The source said the pay cap was brought in to «deal with the mess we inherited from Labour» and acknowledged the «hard work and sacrifice» made by public sector workers, saying jobs had been protected and the deficit reduced by three quarters.

This research indicates that the difference in earnings between a woman and man who both graduated from the same university and who, one year after graduation, both work the same field and have identical jobs (in terms of occupation, sector and hours) is about 7 %.

Programmed managing director Chris Sutherland says the group's annual results show the benefits of its diversification, with its government and property contracts largely offsetting a decline in resource sector work.

According to a recent report by Accenture, «Despite evidence to the contrary, many Millennials believe the sector is lacking innovation, agility and creativity, as well as opportunities to engage in meaningful work.

«Amazon is on its own path and will not just keep on buying for the sake of it,» says a banker working in the retail sector.

Founder Kathryn Engelhardt - Cronk worked in the nonprofit sector for 25 years and has built a company that tries to reflect her customers» culture.

Similarly, in 2001's economic dip, women's job losses accounted for only 14 % of total layoffs, largely because women overwhelmingly work in recession - proof industries such as health care, education and the public sector.

That's not me being pessimistic — it's comprehending what likely lies ahead,» says «Vanessa,» 32, an undocumented student in San Francisco who is training to work in the tech sector.

Now that those positions are returning, men are going back to work as women continue to lose jobs in this sector.

Most people in the sector only work part - time and often have no indication from week to week whether they'll mostly be on site in the morning, evening or the middle of the day.

While my more than two decades of work experience in the telecommunications sector provided me with a sound financial base, it could not smother the entrepreneurial spirit within.

Oliver, a lawyer with an MBA who worked in the private sector finance community before entering politics, was most recently natural resources minister before taking over from Flaherty in March.

With the cost of college surging ever higher and the job market continuing to be precarious, it makes sense that science and tech degrees that provide a clear path to work in hot sectors are looking attractive.

Within days of launching, he and his co-inventor had raised almost half a million dollars, and had orders in hand for 1,000 units, with most of the customers in the fast - growing «maker» sector (groups of people who jointly rent work shops and share tools and equipment).

That has contributed to a gap between those working in the sectors that have made more progress in digitizing — tech, media, finance — and those that have made less — government, health care, education, hospitality, construction, small manufacturing.

After graduating, he spent the first 14 years of his career working toward that goal, rising to head of research at the Bank of Canada, before leaving for a short tenure in the private sector.

So the group committed to making that a reality — working with their Global Forum colleagues and others in the private and nonprofit sectors to fund a corps of 750,000 community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa and other underserved rural areas of the globe.

In the private sector, Canadian women working full time are earning hourly wages that are 80 per cent of what men earn.

Working in oil can be dirty, but it pays The oilpatch is booming, and several of our Top 50 jobs are related to the energy sector, including two in the Top 10.

But Whande found working in the not - for - profit sector frustrating, and found that a lack of resources often meant worthy projects would be discontinued or not reach their potential.

2.Right - to - work is generally defined as a state where it is against the law for a union to be a so - called «closed shop,» requiring all employees to join a union and pay dues.The Michigan laws would make membership in a union and payment of dues voluntary and would cover both the private and public sector, except for fire and police unions.

The freshly ousted secretary of state's exit package from former employer Exxon Mobil Corp. stipulates that if Tillerson returns to the private sector to work for a competitor, he could forfeit roughly $ 180 million in deferred compensation.

With the health - care sector going through massive innovation and disruption, we wanted to get the skinny on what it was like working on a startup in this industry.