本期內容：

Perhaps the oldest management cliche is that "people are our most important asset". If that were true, companies would rigorouslyassess their own hiring practices, and their record, to ensure that they are indeed recruiting the best people. Remarkably, many fail miserably at this task. Only a third of American companies check whether their recruitment process produces good employees.

cliche: n. 陳詞濫調，老生常談
rigorously: adv. 嚴厲地；嚴密地
rigorous testingmethods
精確的測試／嚴格的檢查／嚴謹的方法
assess: vt. 評定；估價
Exams are not the only means of assessing a student's ability.
考試并不是評定學生能力的唯一手段。
miserably: （因沒多大價值而）令人失望地
to fail miserably (= completely fail)

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