Culture Corner
文化角
Today's Job Requirements
現今的工作必需條件
The job market has changed and our approach to finding work must change as well.
工作市場變化了,我們擇業的方法也要隨之變化。
Years ago, people had one or two jobs in their working life.
很多年前,人們在他們的工作生活中有一份或兩份工作。
They were hired by a company and stayed there for years.
他們被一個公司錄用,然后在那兒呆很多年。
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長的時間了,而且有些人甚至每兩年換一份工作。
This makes the job market very tough to get into
這使工作市場很難進入,
and therefore good exam grades in school alone do not make an applicant stand out from the crowd.
因此,僅憑學校考試的好成績并不能使應聘者在職場中脫穎而出。
Instead, companies are always looking for people who:
相反,公司往往會尋找這樣的人:
Are dynamic and enthusiastic:
有動力、有熱情的:
Companies like to choose candidates with a positive attitude towards the job.
公司喜歡選擇對工作有積極態度的應聘者。
Having an enthusiastic and dynamic personality is important.
擁有熱情而且充滿活力的性格是非常重要的。
Are organised and flexible:
組織能力強的、靈活的:
Job applicants need to show their ability
工作應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,
在同時承擔許多任務時是善于組織并且靈活的,
sometimes at very challenging levels.
有時這些任務是非常有挑戰性的。
Are creative and have good judgement:
能創新的、判斷能力強的:
Companies prefer to select people with the ability to create something new,
公司更喜歡挑選這樣的人:有創新能力,
on their own and in a team, and to judge what will and will not be successful.
能獨立也能團隊合作,能判斷什么會成功什么不會成功。