The phrase "competent at work" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use the phrase when describing someone or something that is capable and effective in performing a certain task or job. For example, "He is very competent at work and always meets his deadlines."
Women lucky enough to already be employed in major companies like Baidu and Tencent are used as lures for male applicants: these "goddesses" are presented as potential matches, as in this Alibaba ad: "They are the goddesses in Alibaba employees' heart smart and competent at work and charming and alluring in life.
"Mothers are less likely to be hired for jobs, to be perceived as competent at work or to be paid as much as their male colleagues with the same qualifications," Claire Cain Miller explained last year in the New York Times, citing an extensive 15-year study that showed women's pay decreased 4percentt for each child they had.
However, sites should improve skills of study staff to make them more competent at their work stations.
A large portion of each lot is underwater, and initially, the developers had difficulties finding a surveyor competent at underwater work, said Joanna Stoica, a zoning consultant with DID Architects, who advised on the project.
Ms. Belkin said that another study shows that men — and female secretaries — are not considered less competent if they dress sexy at work, but female executives are.
At work they may be competent, self-disciplined and high-achieving.
I grew from a competent-at-best sports writer to a competent-at-least senior managing editor who wrote about music, mostly hip-hop.
A possible explanation for this finding may be that all students must be competent to work with real patients at the start of their clerkships, which restricts differentiation among students [ 38].
Even though there is research showing that women who wear makeup at work are often perceived as more competent and likable, this isn't a hard and fast rule.
Cast your mind back to the other matches in Euro 2012, and there are few, if any teams (maybe Germany) as competent as the Spaniards at working the ball into the opposition penalty area and consistently creating scoring opportunities.
Both sound thoroughly competent at the mike, even though there's little freshness or musical individuality at work.
