Waiters deal with all kinds of people and situations while multi-tasking, working under pressure of short-term deadlines while keeping customers happy.
Getting the myriad of tasks done is a major program management exercise, with lots of people putting in extra time and working under pressure.
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But assuming that James Bond could ace the GMAT and provide enough non-classified information in his essays to satisfy the admissions team of his significant accomplishments, then many MBA programs would welcome his perspective on working under pressure, negotiating a better deal, and meeting tight deadlines.
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Teachers and head teachers say both schools and the exam boards are working under "intense pressure" .
Dr Brian Keighley, the chairman of the British Medical Association Scotland, said the high standard of performance was testimony to the NHS's hard-working staff, under pressure to achieve targets as staffing numbers and budgets fall.
Earlier at the conference the government came under renewed pressure to improve NHS working conditions.
The EEAS trust said it understood the pressure crews were under and was working to boost staff numbers.
We're under so much pressure that we're working 24 hours a day.
"The commission is under pressure to reduce costs and is already working under tremendous resource constraints, " said Dirk Hudig, of the Fipra public-affairs consultancy in Brussels.
If Christie held up under the pressure, he would appeal to working class Democrats (a group where Obama is already weak) and put into play Blue states such as New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
The last time the audit business was flat, a commodity, and under pricing pressure from clients was when I started working for KPMG Consulting in 1993 after ten years in industry.
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In addition, a few companies (RIM, HP) are working with new operating systems acquired in the past year and are under pressure to show they made the right bets.
Two mid-sized dams are being built there now, constantly under legal pressure and labor disputes over unfair pay and poor working conditions.
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