(1) Patten is understood to have ruled out any such plan after consultation with Egon Zehnder, the headhunting firm that recently delivered the "job spec" for the next director general to the BBC Trust.
(2) The fact is we are going to be collateral damage,” Another woman told Linde how she was currently being headhunted for a major job in London but had been asked to sign a contract guaranteeing her rights to permanent residency in the UK, something she said she could not do.
(3) Global headhunting firm Heidrick & Struggles found that more than one in four (27%) chief executives in Germany had a background in engineering.
(4) As Bauckham cautions, though, however much schools are prepared to pay for headhunting, the problem of filling vacancies will persist until more fundamental issues about the shortage of candidates are addressed.
(5) Lord Patten, the chairman of the BBC Trust, told Monday's Times that he has appointed headhunters Egon Zehnder to identify the scope and remit of the director general role that will be filled by Thompson's successor.
(6) After a year in London working for Elf Aquitaine, Welby was headhunted by Enterprise Oil, a company formed to exploit the privatisation of British Gas's North Sea assets.
(7) All the interviews supported the notion of an arbitrary norm for pay, which almost all firms felt was grossly and inappropriately high … The general view of search firms is that a lower norm would not materially affect what happens.” One headhunter said: “I think there are an awful lot of FTSE 100 CEOs who are pretty mediocre.” Another added: “I think that the wage drift over the past 10 years, or the salary drift, has been inexcusable, incomprehensible, and it is very serious for the social fabric of the country.” The findings are being made public just as an analysis by the High Pay Centre thinktank shows that the average pay of a chief executive – including pensions, share options and bonuses – stands at about £4.6m.
(8) The group, which has appointed headhunting firm Egon Zehnder to lead the search, did not expect to select a new chief executive until the outcome of the general election – and the new government's plans for Royal Mail – became known.
(9) Robert Peston The BBC's enthusiastic business editor, Peston would be on any headhunters' list although he will be seen as an outsider.
(10) Curtis, a Glaswegian with a clipped English accent, ran the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds for 11 highly regarded years and had to be persuaded by headhunters to apply for the Tate Britain job, replacing Stephen Deuchar, who moved to the Art Fund.
(11) "Some of the Northern Rock staff brought their money to Barclays," said Hoffman – now one of the country's highest paid civil servants after being headhunted to become chief executive of the Newcastle-based lender.
(12) During a seven-hour congressional hearing, chief executives from eight leading US banks urged the Obama administration to adopt a light touch, claiming that proposals for a $500,000 cap on Wall Street salaries are already causing a frenzy of headhunting by European rivals.
(13) In appointing Mann to find Hester's replacement, Hampton is turning to one of the City's best-known headhunters.
(14) Headhunter Richard Willis, in a coffee chain (it was a Costa) on Gresham Street, agreed with this: "Bankers' pay may seem excessively large, but I don't think paying a proportion of the money you make to staff is a bad thing.
(15) Headhunters have been appointed and an advert has been placed for a successor to Jana Bennett, who has moved to become BBC Worldwide's president of worldwide networks and global iPlayer.
(16) His attempts to return to the City at the investment bank Greenhill were derailed by the Financial Services Authority while his role at headhunters Odgers Berndtson only lasted a week .
(17) In 2010 she moved to Bauer to publish Grazia during a period of significant growth before being headhunted to join Hearst UK, where she published brands including Cosmopolitan, Red and Esquire across print, digital and events platforms.
(18) The job went to Entwistle and the same headhunters have now been asked to begin the director general succession process.
(19) They have also got to be highly respected in the City.” So who might the headhunters place on their list?
(20) Meanwhile, public sector headhunters will also be out in force, searching for a new member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, following last week’s announcement of Kristin Forbes’s decision to turn down a second term and return to her native US.
Pitcher
Definition:
(n.) One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.
(n.) A sort of crowbar for digging.
(n.) A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
(n.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.
Example Sentences:
(1) They could go out and trade for a pitcher such as the New York Mets’ Bartolo Colón , an obvious choice despite his 41 years, but he would come with an $11m price tag for next season and have to pass through the waiver wires process first – considering the wily mood Billy Beane is in this year, the A’s could be the team that blocks such a move.
(2) That is the question facing Major League Baseball pitchers who are faced with the horrendous looking but protective hat that made its debut this week.
(3) Runners at the corners for Daniel Descalso who he hits a hard ground ball right to Barmes at shortstop (not second base), he steps on the bag at second to get Freese for one out, fires to first to get the second out, and that's what we call an inning ending double play...or sometimes we call it a pitchers best friend.
(4) Electromyography and high-speed film were used to examine the muscle activity in the elbows of pitchers with medial collateral ligament insufficiency compared to the activity in uninjured elbows.
(5) 2.05am BST Cardinals 0 - Red Sox 0, top of the 4th We have a pitcher's duel ladies and gentlemen!
(6) Their acquisition of starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez however, well, that’s a wild one.
(7) When hall-of-fame pitcher Tom Glavine signed with the Mets, he agreed to build a new baby nursery in team-mate Joe McEwing’s home for his No47.
(8) 1.51am GMT Cardinals 2 - Red Sox 1, top of 5th AlisonW (@AlisonW) #RedSox finally doing what they do best: making the pitcher make more pitches.
(9) 1.06am GMT Red Sox 0 - Cardinals 0, bottom of the 3rd And Clay faces Lance Lynn to start off the third, and the Superman-character named pitcher works a decent at-bat, working the count to 2-2 and then fouling off the next two pitches and taking ball three to a full count.
(10) Matt Cain became the latest Giants All-Star pitcher to slide , joining Barry Zito , who started the trend, and Tim Lincecum, whose 4.37 ERA was rewarded with a two-year $35m deal, a curious decision from the front office.
(11) Five of the best S. flava : bright yellow trumpet pitchers and sulphur-yellow flowers.
(12) All of the pitchers returned to professional or college league baseball without recurrence of the ulcer.
(13) All four pitchers returned to professional baseball the year following surgical excision of the bursa.
(14) I will refrain on saying my thoughts on the National League and pitchers hitting, but all I'm saying here is that maybe it would have been more fun to see a David Oritz or Victor Martinez hitting there instead.
(15) The tying run is coming to the plate and a new pitcher is coming to the mound... Jon Smalldon (@jonsmalldon) Brandon Crawford!
(16) Manager Mike Scioscia may have one-time slugger Josh Hamilton back in time for the postseason, should he heal from rib inflammation ( if they even need him ); same goes for starting pitcher Matt Shoemaker, who has carried the team down the stretch and is recovering from a mild left rib-cage strain , not to mention his rookie hazing role as a Saudi oil tycoon.
(17) 1.05am BST Jake Peavy Dave Leese (@dl_1009) @Busfield @LengelDavid I especially like watching a pitcher who's been declared legally blind, have a go at hitting a 90mph fastball October 26, 2013 Yes, the Sox starter is legally blind without corrective lenses.
(18) These pitchers have had symptoms for some time with progressive loss of full extension of the elbow and increasing pain.
(19) Sox on the Beach (@SoxontheBeach) Also, why are the A's fans behind home plate waving towels when THEIR pitcher is in the mound?
(20) Even more so if "rookie" Hyun-jin Ryu doesn't get his act together tonight - the first Korean pitcher to start in the playoffs looked nothing like the impressive hurler he was in the regular season, getting hit hard by the Braves in the NLDS.