1.1.4 Sample Test(III)
Part Three: Collaborative task and discussion
Your company is to recruit more people. Talk together for about 2 minutes on how to find the right employees for your business, and decide which three would be the most practical. Here are some ideas to help you.
· Job fair（人才集市）
· On-campus recruitment（校园招聘）
· Recruitment agency（招聘中介）
· Newpaper advertisement（报纸广告）
· Online job board（网络招聘）
· Inernal referral（内部员工推荐）
· Recommendations from friends and family（亲友推荐）
Collaborative：[kəˈlæbərətɪv]协作，协同
practical: 实际的，有用的
campus：校园，校区 agency: 机构 referral: [rɪˈfɜːrəl] 送交，转送(到能提供专门帮助的人或地方那里)
Suggested answer:
A: It's said that our company is expanding, so we need to employ more people.
B: Right. But you know, in today's tight labor market, finding good people to hire is not an easy task.
A: You can say that again. Have you done any ad?
B: We have placed some ads in serveral kinds of newspapers and posted an opening on an online job board.
A: Job fair is the basic thing you should do. And it seems that nowadays hiring a recruitment agency is more and more popular. Is that the case?
B: You are right. In order to ensure that the best candidate for a post is selected, I have also asked friends, family and current employees for recommendations.
A: Then how can we find the right people?
B: Let me see. Compared with the other methods, I still think job fair, online job board and hiring a recruitment agency are the most practical. After all, they are the most popular and effective as well.
expanding: 扩大
tight: 牢固的；紧凑的 labor: 劳动 tight labor market：供不应求的劳动力市场 hire: 租用，聘用，雇用
You can say that again：说得好，说得对
opening: 在这里指空缺职位
job fair: 人才市场 nowadays: 现在 Is that the case?：是这样吗？
ensure：确保 candidate： [ˈkændɪdət]候选人 the best candidate for a post：一个职位的最佳候选人
After all：毕竟 as well: 也