A related phenomenon, called closeting, involves other types of bought-and-quickly-returned items, like tools (to finish a home improvement job), computers (to write a term paper) and video cameras (to record an event).
One, led by the jazz drummer E. J. Strickland, made its set a bundle of newly rearranged Stevie Wonder songs; its project was discrete, like a home-improvement job.
The Australian couple's 2013 purchase isn't your average home improvement job -- it's a study in reconstruction, rural living and Europe's 18th-century religious wars.
I had two upholstery-improvement jobs done in the span of a morning.
Handymen are not typically required to be licensed, and bonding is not usually necessary on small home improvement jobs.
This personal comfort is necessary because sometimes home improvement jobs can stretch on for many months and it can be very difficult dealing with a person you aren't comfortable with.
"It is important that we lift our game now in skills development, improvements to job services programs and more flexible workforce arrangements," its chief executive, Jennifer Westacott, said.
Concerns among foreign investors about political instability and corruption have resulted in limited foreign capital inflows and only slow improvements in job opportunities.
Sanjaasuren Oyun, a 12-year parliamentary veteran with a doctorate in Earth sciences from the University of Cambridge, said she was pushing the government to avoid politically popular cash dividends for citizens and focus on infrastructure improvements and job growth.
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Given the centrality of the economy to where and what we invest in, the paper suggests a need for better knowledge about the efficacy of urban realm and other supply side improvements on job creation and on the influence of local autonomy in decision-making on investment selection and outcomes.
