Sentences with phrase «years in the business world»

I might simply be lucky, but in 20 years in the business world, I have never applied once for a job through a job board.

Prior to entering the ministry, he spent 15 years in the business world.

Her years in the business world gave her a practical foundation for understanding the career challenges faced by many of her patients.

After 25 years in the business world, this trait is ingrained in my being — a way of life.

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Even after more than 20 years in business, the world's biggest streaming video service experienced some of its fastest growth ever in the first quarter, helping to give its stock a big lift.

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Pebble, the smartwatch maker that two years ago launched its business with a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, is making all kinds of waves in the world of connected devices, where brands such as Apple, Google, Samsung and Amazon.com dominate.

Ten years later, as a young executive at a global management consultancy, I got to work in fancy, climate - controlled offices and travel the world in business class.

The world's largest retailer, for years slow to respond to Amazon.com (amzn) in the digital wars, has been on a tear in recent quarters, helped by the $ 3 billion acquisition of jet.com and overhaul of its marketplace last year, and by better integration of its stores with its digital business.

Outsourcing has become one of the hottest topics in the business world over the past few years, with so many tasks in the workplace now capable of being carried out by outside parties.

Accounting technology has come on leaps and bounds in recent years, and using this sophisticated software business owners and managers can automate and balance their books without delving into the complicated world of accounting.

Business and political leaders across the world are getting ready for this year's Davos edition, but the political context in which they will be meeting is completely new.

According to U.S. News & World Report's 2018 Best Jobs data, the best - paying jobs in this field will carry the highest salary this year, followed by careers in engineering and business.

«I'd been 40 years in the traditional business world, where we were told that creating shareholder value is what we do.»

When you think about conventional management thinking and practices in a dog - eat - dog, transactional business world, not enough leaders spend the time to do what Watson had to learn over his many years at Chevron: Getting results through the people and relationship side of the business.

«The first generation went through their formative years in the»60s and didn't found their businesses with the idea that they were going to change the world, by and large,» says Grossman.

In recent years, the broader business world has experienced a similar epiphany about the power of design to enrich products and experiences, connect with customers, and help companies accelerate growth.

The fact that this didn't happen now shows just how much the business world has changed in only 40 years.

The availability of dear old Dad has been an issue since September, when the 47 - year - old quit his former gig as head of Microsoft's business division in Redmond, Wash., and moved to snowy Espoo, near the Finnish capital of Helsinki, where he is currently trying to save the world's largest mobile phone company from itself.

Business owners like Andrew who idolize, revere, adore and like to make money are the ones who have contributed to an enormous increase in living standards for billions across the world over the past two hundred years.

Each year, The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas showcases the innovation and technology that is changing the world - and the way companies do business.

In Malawi, for example, which had the highest business closure rate in the world, women shuttered businesses at a rate of 30 percent over the past two years, compared to about 25 percent for meIn Malawi, for example, which had the highest business closure rate in the world, women shuttered businesses at a rate of 30 percent over the past two years, compared to about 25 percent for mein the world, women shuttered businesses at a rate of 30 percent over the past two years, compared to about 25 percent for men.

I'm very interested to see how it affects the business world in the next few years.

We've been running a business together for eight years now: We founded Sonic Boom Wellness, a software company in the corporate wellness world, in June 2007 while we were dating.

In mid-March, as part of a world tour to promote the company's new menu of «experiences,» Chesky stopped in on New York City for a sit down interview in front of the Economic Club of New York, the 110 - year - old organization whose membership spans the top leaders from across the business worlIn mid-March, as part of a world tour to promote the company's new menu of «experiences,» Chesky stopped in on New York City for a sit down interview in front of the Economic Club of New York, the 110 - year - old organization whose membership spans the top leaders from across the business worlin on New York City for a sit down interview in front of the Economic Club of New York, the 110 - year - old organization whose membership spans the top leaders from across the business worlin front of the Economic Club of New York, the 110 - year - old organization whose membership spans the top leaders from across the business world.

Howard Schultz, the leader of Starbucks, said on Thursday he would step down as chief executive next year, handing over to his personally selected successor the management of the company he built into the world's largest coffee business, with over 25,000 stores in 75 countries.

After 47 years known as Wal - Mart Stores, the world's largest company said on Wednesday that it is dropping «Stores» from its name in a nod to how much important e-commerce is to the business as it continues to compete with Amazon.com (amzn).

Memorial has the best record in history for the 29 — year — old John Molson School of Business MBA International Case Competition, which is the largest and oldest case competition in the world.

Your startup may have the coolest technology in the world, but without people who believe in your product and service, who are willing to work for you, to buy from you, to do business with you month after month and year after year, then that $ 1 million number will be what it is for the majority of startups out there: only a dream.

A year ago, when Inc. named Slack its Company of the Year for 2015, it was essentially in a category of one, a niche product beloved among early adopters in the tech and media industries but relatively unknown in other parts of the business woyear ago, when Inc. named Slack its Company of the Year for 2015, it was essentially in a category of one, a niche product beloved among early adopters in the tech and media industries but relatively unknown in other parts of the business woYear for 2015, it was essentially in a category of one, a niche product beloved among early adopters in the tech and media industries but relatively unknown in other parts of the business world.

After 70 years in business, Swedish furniture giant Ikea has established itself as one of the most recognizable retailers in the world.

A 35 - year - old company with 31,000 employees in 15 countries, CGI generated revenue in 2011 of $ 4.32 billion and now ranks among the world's leading providers of IT and business processes.

Its new status as a freight forwarder, or «non-vessel operating common carrier,» gives Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, a foothold in the $ 350 billion a year ocean freight business.

Back in the real world, my own healthcare costs have risen 400 % since I struck out on my own in business six years ago.

Students begin crafting their network and community within the business world the minute they arrive at Columbia, thanks in part to the school's cluster system, which places first - year students in «clusters» of 65 to 70 people who take all their core classes together.

«This enables us to transform Alcoa faster and to better control our destiny in a world of continuing economic uncertainty... 2014 was another solid year of Alcoa business performance and transformation progress that delivered significant returns to our shareholders.»

The total cost to attend Stanford's prestigious business school has jumped by $ 18,242 in just two years, besting Columbia as the world's most expensive MBA program.

«The third largest database in the world is IBM DB2, and it's been going out of business for 20 years,» Hurd said in a characterization that IBM (ibm) would dispute.

As Mark Cuban's fame has grown in recent years, he's become a true icon of the business world.

The world's best - known bunny, in business now for 61 long years, is indeed cleaning up its act online and has been for some time.

In the business world a company might make a point of having managers sit on assembly lines or take customer complaints a few days a year.

Peter Dent, a partner at Deloitte in Toronto, recalls investigating a European company doing business in Indonesia during his four - year stint as head of the World Bank's fraud and corruption team.

It said any reduction in copper output could tip the world market into deficit this year, pushing up prices and helping Glencore's overall copper business.

Developing and protecting the culture is one of the most sacred parts of the SEAL experience, but if you listen to a lot of conversation in the business world, «culture» isn't much more than a soft buzzword that gets put up on a PowerPoint slide once or twice a year ten minutes after you talk about the corporate mission statement or annual strategic initiatives.

After less than a year in business, the company is bringing new technology to a pretty niche field in the world of investment banking and sparring with financial industry heavyweights in the process.

«And I was in the business world for 30 years.

The 25 - year - old reportedly denied hefty buyout offers from both Facebook and Google because «There are very few people in the world who get to build a business like this.

After 20 years in the non-profit world, Julian did a 180 and launched his own lifestyle business which empowers people and organizations to live and earn it forward.

«The world has changed a lot in the 50 years I've been in business, and power has definitely shifted,» the entrepreneur writes on his blog.