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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.

About three hundred fifty thousand newly unemployed people signed up for financial assistance in the United States during the first week of July. The nation's jobless rate was eight point two percent in both May and June.

Some employers say they would add employees if they could find workers with important technology skills. As VOA's Jim Randle reports, some experts say better communication and technology could reduce this "skills gap."

Angel Gurria is head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. He says even some well-educated people are having trouble finding work around the world.

ANGEL GURRIA: "There are unemployed graduates on the streets, while employers search in vain for people with the skills they need. There is an obvious mismatch here. And it is a paradox and a great tragedy."

OECD officials say more than forty-four million people are unemployed in the thirty-four wealthiest nations belonging to the organization.

In the United States alone, nearly thirteen million people are unemployed. But the country also has more than three point six million unfilled jobs. Experts say some positions are unfilled because those seeking work lack high-technology skills.

A company called Monster Worldwide is using some new technology it says can help solve that problem. Company official Earl Rennison says computer programs called "semantic search" are able to process huge amounts of information. That includes millions of resumes, to help connect skilled people with open jobs.

Earl Rennison says semantic search is designed to choose the right match from the words or expressions around a key word. He says this helps it get the right match even if a job posting, resume or other documents use different words to express the same idea. He says better searches will lead to better matches, and fill more jobs.

Rich Milgram is head of a recruitment company called Beyond.com. He says another problem is that the people who are experts at finding just the right workers were the first ones out of work during the recession.

He also says it will take time for companies to rebuild their workforces, even if they have added new recruiters.

RICH MILGRAM: "They [the new recruiters] don't understand the business that well because they are new, they don't have a rapport with the hiring managers."

Rich Milgram says companies in need excellent workers have to do a good job of writing job advertisements that are understandable. And job seekers need to make it clear to hiring managers how they can help their companies.

And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report. For transcripts, MP3s and now PDFs of our programs for e-readers, go to 51voa.com. I'm Mario Ritter.

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1.sign up 簽約雇用，簽約參加

He expects about 12 companies to sign up for the services.
他預計將有約12家公司簽署提供零售服務。

2.in vain 徒然；無效

But unless he manages to pacify the people of the Delta and so secure its pipelines and refineries, the reforms will be in vain.
但除非他設法平息了三角洲地區的民眾并保證管道和煉油廠的安全，這些改革都將只是徒然。

3.rapport   n. 密切關系，交往；和諧一致

By interacting with employees on a one-on-one basis, you will build rapport and trust.
通過與員工一對一的交流，將建立其與他們融洽和他們對你的信任。

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這里是美國之音慢速英語經濟報道。

7月份第一周，美國有大約35萬失業人員申請了財政援助。5月到6月份，美國的失業率為8.2%。

有的雇主說，如果能找到具備重要科技技能的工人，就會增加雇員。美國之音Jim Randle報道說，有專家說，更好的溝通和技術可以減少這種“技術缺口。”

Angel Gurria是經濟合作與發展組織主席，他說，全世界甚至一些受過高等教育的人找工作也困難。

ANGEL GURRIA: “滿大街都是失業大學生，而雇主在徒勞地尋找所需的技術人員。這里顯然存在著不匹配，這是個悖論，也是個巨大的悲劇。”

經合組織的官員說，該組織屬下的34個最富裕國家就有超過4400萬失業人員。

僅美國就有近1300萬失業人員，但該國還有360萬個職位空缺。專家說，一些職位空缺是因為求職者缺少高科技技能造成的。

一家名為Monster Worldwide的公司正在使用新科技來幫助解決這個問題。公司官員Earl Rennison說，公司使用名為“語義搜索”的程序來處理大量數據，包括數百萬份簡歷，來將技術工人與職位空缺聯系起來。

Earl Rennison說，語義搜索旨在圍繞關鍵詞來為單詞或詞組尋找合適的匹配。他說，這有助于獲得正確的匹配，即使一份工作發布時，簡歷或其它文件使用了不同的單詞來表達相同的意思。他說更好的搜索可以產生更好的匹配，填補更多職位空缺。

Rich Milgram是一家名為Beyond.com的招聘公司的負責人，他說另一個問題是，招聘專家是經濟衰退期間的首批失業者。

他說，公司需要時間來重新組建員工隊伍，即使是增加了新的招聘人員。

RICH MILGRAM: “這些新招聘人員不了解業務，因為他們是新來的，還沒有與招聘經理達成默契。”

Rich Milgram說，需要出色工人的公司必須撰寫易懂的招聘廣告，招聘人員需要讓招聘經理明白他們怎么可以為公司提供幫助。