高级听力 Unit 6 Part 4

一场关于如何提升21实际脑力工作者队伍效率的演讲。

How to Actually Get a Job

Today let's talk about how to actually get a job. You need to be able to participate well in an interview because in most jobs, you will need to interact with colleagues and clients, not only face to face, but in telephone conversations, too. You will need to express yourself well and have excellent control of what you want to say it. These skills are needed more than ever in today's high-pressure world.

Each company where you have an interview will expect you to know something about the work they do and have intelligent questions and comments during the interview. And when they hire you, you'll be expected to complete multiple tasks, and be willing to move around and work in different areas of the company.

Of course, there are also certain technological skills that are expected of people today. Every situation is unique but let's take as an example a position in an office environment. This type of position requires basic to advanced knowledge of computer applications. You have to know how to write a simple but professional-looking letter, and you have to know how to put together a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint with basic effects and organize data in a spreadsheet program. Advanced users should know how to create and organize a database. If you are looking for any type of administrative work, you can forget about the good old days of paper calendars, rolodexes, and file cabinets. Now, we have links to digital databases that store all the information that used to be kept on paper such as appointments, clients' records, and other important information. Many departments use spreadsheet programs to keep track of all transactions, costs, and profits. These programs are essential to an organization's survival as well as your career's survival.

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