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1

PH:

Youwhat?

Whatdoyoumean?

You’velosttheDollarMartcontract?

OhBrian,tellmeyou’rejoking!

That’sourbiggestcontract!

Andyou’velostit!

Ok...ok...yes,Iknowyou’vehadsomepersonalproblemsrecently...yes,sure...yes,Iknowourcompetitorshaveimprovedtheiroffer出价.but,reallyBrian,thesearejustexcuses...

OhBrian,comeon–youfailedtomeetagreedtargetsfortheentirelastquarter.Wetalkedaboutthisatyourlastperformancereview检讨andItoldyouthenithadtoimproveandtobequitehonest–ithasn’t.LosingtheDollarMartcontractisthelaststraw最后的忍耐...No,I’msorryBrianthat’sit,that’syourlastchance.I’mgoingtohavetoletyougo.

Letyougo.Yes.That’swhatitmeansBrian.You’refired.

HiJess,canyouputmethroughtoMarciainHRplease?

HiMarcia玛西亚.It’sPhilip菲利普here.Listen,I’vehadtoletBriango.HelostustheDollarMartaccount.Yeah,butithadbeengoingonforawhile,hejustwasn’tpullinghisweightanymore.He’dbeenwarned–hislastperformancereviewwasreallybad.Heknewitwascoming...

So-we’llbelookingforsomeonenewandwe’llneedtodecideonwhothatis...

Whoarewelookingfor?

Goodquestion...Iwashopingyoumightbeabletohelpmewiththat!

Here’swhatI’mthinkingandletmeknowifyouagree.

Well,obviously,they’llneedtohaveafirstdegree学士学位,doesn’tmatterwhatsubject,andthenamastersoranMBA,I’dsay.

Experience?

Atleastfiveyearsrelevantexperience,inaninternationalcompany–Iwantsomebodywithaproventrackrecord可靠的工作业绩.Ohtheyhavetobeateamplayer–Brianneverwas–sostronginterpersonalskills.OhandIwantsomeonewithvision想象力...yes,“vision”–Iknowit’sdifficulttodefine,butwhatImeanis,someonewhoknowswe’reinarapidlychangingmarket,andtheycanuseittoouradvantage.

Experiencewithonlinesales在线销售,perhaps–butyes,I’dbeinterestedinthat.Oh,languageskills–Ican’temphasisethatenough–notnecessarilyanativespeaker,buttheymustbeverygoodatEnglish,andanotherlanguageaswell,Spanish,orMandarin国语，官话isbest.

Doesthatsoundoktoyou?

Great!

Okcanyougetanadoutonthewebsiteassoonaspossible,andthetradepress,aswell?

OkgreatthanksMarciaIwantanewsalesdirector销售总监bytheendofthemonth!

Glossary术语

ITperipherals外设-acomputerdevice,suchasaCD-ROMdriveorprinterthatisattachedtothemaincomputer

lastquarter最后一个季度–aquarterisequaltothreemonths.Thefinancialyearisusuallybrokenupintothefourquartersoftheyear,forexampleJanuarytotheendofMarch,ApriltotheendofJuneandsoon.

performancereview-alsoknownasanemployeeappraisal,isamethodbywhichthejobperformanceofanemployeeisevaluated

thelaststraw-thefinalirritation刺激thatstretchesyourpatiencebeyondthelimit.ThiscomesfromanArabproverb谚语about‘thestrawthatbrokethecamel’sback’.

letsomeonego–thisisaninformalexpressiontomeanfireorsacksomebodyfromtheirjob.

HR–HumanResources-thepersonneldepartment人事部门ofanorganization,dealingwiththerecruitment,administration行政，管理,managementandtrainingofemployees;abbreviatedasHR

topullone’sweight-todotheworkthatoneisobligatedto.Ifyoudon’tpullyourweightyouarenotdoingyourshareoftheworkload.

a degree-anawardconferred授予byacollege,university,orotherpostsecondaryeducationalinstitutionasofficialrecognitionforthesuccessfulcompletionofaprogramofstudies.

a masters-Anadvanceddegree,pastyourfirstdegree,butbeforePhDMBA-amaster'sdegreeinbusiness

a trackrecord-someone'spastperformancesviewedasawhole

a teamplayer–someonewhoworkswellaspartofateam

interpersonalskills–theabilitytorelatewelltootherpeople

vision–atermusedtodescribeanimageofthefuture.Inbusinesstermsitisaclear,detailedpictureofwhatcanbeachieved.

tradepress–magazinesandnewspapersthatarewrittenforaparticularsectorofanindustry

BusinessNotes

InthisepisodeWebWare’sCEOPhilipHartsackshisSalesDirectorforunderperforming表现不佳.Philipuses2expressionstodothis.ThefirstisI’mgoingtohavetoletyougowhichisquiteagentlewayofexpressingthefact.ThesecondisYou’refired,whichisalittlemoredirect.

ThereareevenmorewaystoexpressthisinEnglish.Dismissanddischargearebothquiteformal:

Hewasdismissedforturninguplateonaregularbasis定期.

Thedirectorwasdischargedofhisduties.

Otherlessformal,butmorecolourfulwaysofsayingthesamethingare:

givesomeonetheaxe

givesomeonetheircards

givesomeonetheboot

2

PH:

So,howmanyapplicationsdidweget,Marcia?

MB:

Well...overallwe’vegotovertwohundred...

PH:

Thatmany!

?

MB:

Yes,but...mostofwhichwecandiscardrightaway...peoplewhodon’thavetherightexperience,qualificationsthatkindofthing...

PH:

Ofcourse...

MB:

...andthenwegetthepeoplewhosubmitten-pagelongCVs简历（CurriculumVitae）,orCVsincomicbookfont字体,orgreenink,ortheyattachaphotoofthemselvesdiscodancing...youknowthekindofthing!

MB:

So,Iwhittleddown消减theserious认真的candidatestoashort-listoftwelvepeople.

PH:

Andwe’llinterviewallofthem?

MB:

Ithinkweshould–butobviouslyI’llletyouhavealookfirst.

PH:

Great...so,whohavewegotthen?

MB:

Well,Ithinkwe’vegotsomeprettystrongcandidates,twoinparticular...

PH:

Theyhavetherightkindofprofile外形?

MB:

I’dcertainlysayso–astrongeducationalbackground,experienceinmultinationalsales,languageskills...

PH:

Good,Ilookforwardtomeetingthem.

MB:

SoI’dsaywedoforthestandardinterviewformat.

PH:

Sure.

MB:

Afewgeneralquestions,thenontospecifics细节...

PH:

Yes,exactly–Iwanttohearspecific具体的detailsofwhenthey’vesolvedproblems...

MB:

Yesandthensomethingabout“vision”,asyouputit...

PH:

Yes...whatdoyouthinkaboutabriefpresentation介绍?

MB:

Ithinkthat’sagoodidea–wecouldaskthemtogiveashortpresentationonwheretheyseethecompanygoing–andhowtheyseethemselvestakingusthere.

PH:

Great!

Youknowsomething?

I’mreallylookingforwardtothis!

Glossary

Discard–throwaway

CV-（CurriculumVitae）asummaryofsomebody'seducationalandworkexperience,fortheinformationofpossiblefutureemployers,alsoknownasaresume.

comicbookfont–atypefaceusedincomics漫画.ThiskindoftypefacewouldbeunsuitableforaCV.

whittledown-toreduceordiminishsomethinggraduallybytakingawayalittleofitatatime

candidates-anapplicantorsuitablepersonforajob

short-list-toputsomebodyorsomethingonafinallistofcandidatesforajoboraward

profile-abriefdescriptionthatsummarizesthecharacteristicsofsomebodyorsomething

BusinessNotes

WhenapplyingforajobintheUKitisusualtohavetosubmitaCurriculumVitaeorCV（alsoknownasaresumeintheUSA）.

ACVisapersonalhistoryofone’seducation,professionalhistoryandjobqualificationswithastrongemphasisonspecificskillsrelatingtothepositionbeingappliedfor.

Whenshort-listingforsuitableinterviewcandidatesemployerswillusuallymakethisdecisionbasedontheCVandpossiblyacoverletter.

Acoverletterorcoveringletterisaletterofintroductionattachedto,oraccompanyinganotherdocumentsuchasacurriculumvitae.Coverlettersaregenerallyonepageatmostinlength,dividedintoaheader,introduction,body,andclosing.

HeaderCoverlettersusestandardbusinessletterstyle,withthesender'saddressandotherinformation,therecipient'scontactinformation,andthedatesentaftereitherthesender'sortherecipient'saddress.Thefinalpartoftheheaderisasalutation（e.g.,"DearHiringManagers"）.

IntroductionTheintroductionbrieflystatesthespecificpositiondesired,andisdesignedtocatchtheemployer'simmediateinterest.

BodyThebodyhighlightsoramplifiesonmaterialintheresumeorjobapplication,andexplainswhythejobseekerisinterestedinthejobandwouldbeofvaluetotheemployer.Also,mattersdiscussedtypicallyincludeskills,qualifications,andpastexperience.Ifthereareanyspecialthingstonotesuchasavailabilitydate,theymaybeincludedaswell.

ClosingAclosingsumsuptheletter,andindicatesthenextsteptheapplicantexpectstotake.Itmayindicatethattheapplicantintendstocontacttheemployer,althoughmanyfavorthemoreindirectapproachofsimplysayingthattheapplicantwilllookforwardtohearingfromorspeakingwiththeemployer.Aftertheclosingisavalediction（"Sincerely"）,andthenasignatureline.

3

MB:

Hi,I’mMarciaBoardman,I’mcallingfromWebWare.

DW:

OhhiMarcia.Greattohearfromyou.

MB:

You’llalreadyhavebeentoldyou’vebeenshortlistedforinterview...

ST:

Oh...yes...great...hello?

Canyouhearme?

MB:

Yes...IsitokifIcallyounow?

Wouldyoulikemetocallyoubacklater?

ST:

Erm,no,no,no,that’sok...

MB:

Good–wellwe’reveryexcitedaboutmeetingyou.Ok,Ijustwanttotalkyouthroughtheprocedurefortheday.Someonewillmeetyouwhenyouarrive,reimburseyouforanytravelexpensesyoumayhave,andthenbringyouuptomeetmyselfandPhilipHart,theCEO.

DW:

Oksoundsgood.Sowillyoubetheonlymembersoftheinterviewpaneltherethen?

MB:

Yes,it’llbejustmeandPhilipwhowilltalktoyou.Theinterviewwillbeinthreeparts–firstofallwe’llaskyousomegeneralquestionsaboutyourselfandyoureducationalandprofessionalbackground,thenwe’llmoveontospecifics.

ST:

Oh,er,Specifics?

Weller,whatkindofquestionswillyoubeasking?

MB:

Well,it’llbeverysimilartothepe