Culture Corner
文化角
Today's Job Requirements
现今的工作必需条件
The job market has changed and our approach to finding work must change as well.
工作市场变化了,我们择业的方法也要随之变化。
Years ago, people had one or two jobs in their working life.
很多年前,人们在他们的工作生活中有一份或两份工作。
They were hired by a company and stayed there for years.
他们被一个公司录用,然后在那儿呆很多年。
Today, five years in a job is a long time and some people even change jobs every two years.
如今,一份工作做五年就是很长的时间了,而且有些人甚至每两年换一份工作。
This makes the job market very tough to get into
这使工作市场很难进入,
and therefore good exam grades in school alone do not make an applicant stand out from the crowd.
因此,仅凭学校考试的好成绩并不能使应聘者在职场中脱颖而出。
Instead, companies are always looking for people who:
相反,公司往往会寻找这样的人:
Are dynamic and enthusiastic:
有动力、有热情的:
Companies like to choose candidates with a positive attitude towards the job.
公司喜欢选择对工作有积极态度的应聘者。
Having an enthusiastic and dynamic personality is important.
拥有热情而且充满活力的性格是非常重要的。
Are organised and flexible:
组织能力强的、灵活的:
Job applicants need to show their ability
工作应聘者需要展示出自己的能力,
to be both organised and flexible in taking on many tasks at the same time,
在同时承担许多任务时是善于组织并且灵活的,
sometimes at very challenging levels.
有时这些任务是非常有挑战性的。
Are creative and have good judgement:
能创新的、判断能力强的:
Companies prefer to select people with the ability to create something new,
公司更喜欢挑选这样的人:有创新能力,
on their own and in a team, and to judge what will and will not be successful.
能独立也能团队合作,能判断什么会成功什么不会成功。