Sentences with phrase «years the position of»

In a speech given Friday evening to the American Constitution Society convention in Washington, D.C., Holder charged, «For the last 6 years the position of leader of the Free World has been largely vacant.»

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A year ago, the London - based multinational undertook a study entitled «The World in 2050,» which projected Canada would be the only major developed economy to hold its position in the world — at the No. 10 spot — at mid-century, largely because of the demand for its resources and its ties through immigration to emerging markets (which by that time will no longer be labelled as such).

Trying to compete at the same cost from such a weak position hints at the same sort of hubris that has laid BlackBerry low over the past few years.

Accenture has also worked on ways to get more women into senior leadership positions (they've changed the interview process so that candidates of both genders get to know more members in the executive ranks) and to retain them (implementing a one - year no - travel policy for employees who are new mothers and fathers).

That result might seem surprising given the recent headlines declaring the demise of Canadian law firms (not to mention the hordes of law grads struggling to find articling positions), but lawyers are big earners, and over the past five years their numbers have swollen by 10,000.

Nearly one year after Jack Dorsey retook his position as CEO of Twitter, very little has changed at the tech company.

Barrick is in a stronger position now to focus on growth opportunities following two credit upgrades from rating agencies in the first quarter of the year.

Our survey found that nearly 60 percent of respondents from small - and medium - sized businesses plan to hire anywhere from two to five positions this year.

After five years at Telstra, where she worked her way up to the position of senior corporate account executive, managing one of Telstra's top accounts, Deanne Pederson jumped ship and threw herself into the world of party, wedding and quality event equipment hire.

Before I became a franchise owner, I spent more than 15 years in a wide variety of technological positions, which definitely helped in running iDropped.

In a report released today by the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, I give my assessment of whether Canada is better positioned to «compete to win» six years after the Red Wilson Panel.

These effects help explain the recent announcement by Starbucks and several major American corporations of a program to offer full - time positions as well as apprenticeships and internships to 100,000 disconnected youth over the next three years.

Philippe Dauman is both a director of Sumner Redstone's trust (one of seven) and also the administrator of the billionaire media mogul's health care, a position he took over last year.

Six years ago, Nintendo's Wii was in a position that every hardware company dreamed of — a game system that not only captured the imagination of the core player but also was widely and warmly embraced by the mass audience.

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has reached the top spot in the Q1 Experian league table of the most active M&A advisers in the UK, up from third position last year.

Former Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh will take up the position of Australia Council of the Arts (ACA) chair, as of July, after almost two years on the board.

«A lot of millennials are going to be in a unique position that we haven't seen in probably 40 or 50 years,» he tells Business Insider.

It's possible to rise to this position after years of experience, but a degree or diploma in a business can help — especially if you're overseeing a large sales department.

The Republican Party's fast journey from debating how to combat human - caused climate change to arguing that it does not exist is a story of big political money, Democratic hubris in the Obama years and a partisan chasm that grew over nine years like a crack in the Antarctic shelf, favouring extreme positions and uncompromising rhetoric over co-operation and conciliation.

While the short position Chanos has in Alibaba has not worked out, Yusko was right on one of his most bearish calls in recent years: In early 2015 he predicted oil would hit $ 30 when many thought crude had already hit a bottom.

Though he suffered a stroke in 1985, Hefner didn't cede the position of chairman and CEO to his daughter Christie until three years later.

We have 160 positions to fill by the end of the year.

Whitman is something of a surprise choice for the job because her name has been bandied about in recent years for high - profile positions in both the technology sector and politics.

She has a total of 25 years of information security and technology leadership expertise across a number of industries and has served in leadership positions at American Express, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Kemper Insurance and MGM Resorts.

Now, less than two years later, Dror has left his position as the head of marketing at AngelList to start a venture - capital fund.

Giving 25 % of the market rate for a position each year, rather than a lump sum grant that covers the next four years, will smooth out the vesting process so the employee never reaches a cliff.

What's more, the bank sent a fair amount of its employees packing last year, cutting 6,671 positions in 2015.

Two years ago, Lou Hoffman, president of a $ 5 - million public - relations firm in Silicon Valley, was in the enviable position of being able to grow without necessarily adding new business, mostly because his high - tech clients were growing so quickly.

In recent years, however, observers have cited a decided trend toward fundamental reassessments of human resources structures and positions.

Butterfield, the co-founder and CEO of Slack — Inc.'s Company of the Year in 2015 — is uniquely positioned to affect diversity in tech.

«This lack of benefits has hindered women from looking beyond the childbearing years to reach the executive positions that enable them to enter the pipeline for board - level positions.»

Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke, who could leave the position in a year's time, is likely dealing with similar levels of stress, as his own recent media appearances have sparked aggressive market reactions.

Forty - five percent of those surveyed by NFIB said they found few or no qualified workers to fill open positions, which is 3 percentage points higher than September a year earlier, and 4 percentage points higher than the same time period in both 2013 and 2012.

And the big umbrella goal: «I want to be in position to start, run or manage my own business or organization within 10 years of graduation.»

For years, the CEO position was filled by Laurie - Ann Goldman, but in 2014 Blakely brought in fresh blood in the form of former Nike exec Jan Singer to helm the business.

«Yet if you look at foreign ownership of domestic bonds, it's next to nothing and the market is just starting to open up,» she said, noting GIC had the «fortunate position» to be able to invest there a few years ago.

This alone, however, does not explain why almost half of the 30 positions that existed in Richmond five years ago have disappeared, or why, according to various surveys, SBA employees have just about the lowest morale in the federal bureaucracy.

The airlines appear well - positioned here, said Max Wolff, chief economist at the Phoenix Group, after years of consolidation in the space.

Due to longer manufacturer lead times, most of the additional fleet growth above our original forecast is expected to occur later in the year, positioning us well for revenue and earnings growth in 2019.

According to recent data from career site Comparably, there are a variety of positions that pay anywhere from $ 150,000 to $ 200,000 a year.

Clinton has positioned herself as a champion of the 99 percent who understands their needs, but that's hardly credible considering that the Clintons made $ 28 million last year alone and get about $ 200,000 per speech.

Spending on premium and artisanal pet foods is skyrocketing, and Pet Wants pet food franchise is uniquely positioned to take advantage of this trend, which last year accounted for more than $ 8 billion in pet food sales.

You'll need several years of land experience in a position before you can make the transition to working on offshore rig.

The number of people employed by Apple, including positions at the company's retail stores, grew to 80,000 in 2016 from 76,000 the previous year.

But even if that happened, IE10 would be only exactly the same as its competing browsers — robbing Microsoft of the positioning it sought when it made its DNT decision at the beginning of the year.

A number of funds bet heavily on an oil rally early in the year, boosting long futures positions to a record in late February, before oil went into a prolonged slump as global supply remained elevated despite cuts from OPEC.

Prior to this, Gardner held the position of global head of financial services strategy for BearingPoint, with whom he worked in Asia and New York for four years.

«Thanks in part to the forceful response to the crisis and policies throughout the eight years of the Obama administration to promote robust, shared growth, the US economy is stronger, more resilient, and better positioned for the twenty - first century than ever before,» the White House said in an email after the jobs report.

Ailes, who resigned from his positions as chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network amid sexual harassment allegations last year, has died.

Fiona Harris has returned to the board of Oil Search about one year after stepping down from two major board positions because of health issues.