Thus, many young female Chinese still prefer a secure job such as working for government to starting her own business.
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But it has its benefits: a secure job, a comfortable retirement, perhaps even a cushy sinecure at one of his company's suppliers.
So they're looking for things like whether or not their partner has a secure job, whether or not that partner has a steady income.
Last year he quit his secure job at Pharmacia (nyse: PHA - news - people ) to lead research at a no-name biotech shop working on antifungal drugs.
Mr. Ringel's career jump wasn't easy, but for others who strive to do the same, he suggests having the safety net of a secure job, the way he did when he was making the transition.
It's no secret that the CMO position is perhaps the least secure job in top management, with a turnover rate that's faster than major league managers but slower than that among quick service restaurant employees.
Of course, the world doesn't need more bad business ideas, and leaving a secure job to start a business is like "buying a lottery ticket" says Shikhar Ghosh, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School who studies startup failures.
So she was able to secure the job based upon your call to Mr. Perelman?
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But many doors are slamming in the faces of international students who came to America to study and secure a job.
The fear of stepping out took me along the safe, no-risk route through high school, nursing school and into a secure hospital job.
In the nineteen-eighties, a carton of Double Happiness cigarettes was enough to secure a job transfer or the ration coupon for a washing machine.
Hull is the worst city in England in which to secure a job with up to 83 people chasing each vacancy, new figures suggest.
Relatives said he hoped to leave military service, settle in El Paso, Texas, secure a job with the border patrol and get married, according to the Brownsville Herald's Web site.
What will your economic policies do for him within the next year, and hopefully to be able to secure a job and have that American Dream again, which has now been lost?
Those looking to secure a holiday job should start today, says recruiting and job search expert Alison Doyle.
Instead of resolving to secure a new job by February, psychologist Robin Goodman suggests first considering the reality of your industry and the economy to better decipher your options.
The administration officials and Republican congressional aides increasingly believe that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's job is secure.
In some areas five years as a postdoc is now a prerequisite for landing a secure full-time job.
This is clearly a consumption incentive for those who have cash, youth, secure jobs, future job prospects or fixed incomes.
Provided Mr Harper increases the 143 seats and 37.7% the Conservatives won in 2008, his hold on his job looks secure.
At a time when no job is secure, many top executives still get steep salaries regardless of performance and golden parachutes after they're dismissed.
Even if your job is secure, your income may not be stable if a significant percentage of it comes from commissions, bonuses, or profits from a company you own.
And yet many people do an astonishingly bad job of selecting secure passwords.
Singapore is an achievement-oriented society, and the goal of many parents is for their children to secure a white-collar job.
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