Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
Not so long ago almost any students who successfully completed a university degree or diploma course could find a good career quite easily. Companies toured the academic institutions, competing with each other to recruit graduates. However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs.
Most careers organization highlight three stages for graduates to follow in the process of securing a suitable career: recognizing abilities, matching these to available vacancies and presenting them well to prospective employers
Job seekers have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities. One area of assessment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as money, security, leadership and caring or others. An honest assessment of personal interests and abilities such as creative or scientific skills acquired from work experience should also be give careful thought
The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future. To do this, graduates can study job vacancies and information in newspapers or the can visit a career office, write to possible employers for information or contact friends or relatives who may already be involved in a particular profession. After studying all various options, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various careers
Good personal presentation is essential in the search for a good career. Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling errors. Where additional information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in more depth, with example if possible. They should try to balance their own abilities with the employer’s needs, explain why they are interested in a career with the particular company and try to show that they already know something about the company and its activities
When graduates are asked to attend for the interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the prospective employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer
There will always be good career opportunities for people with ability, skills, and determination; the secret to securing a good job is to be one of them
According to paragraph 3, job seekers should:
A. aim to give a balanced account of what the employer needs
B. divide the time equally between listening to the interviewer and speaking
C. discuss their own abilities in relation to what the employer is looking for
D. attempt to show the employer is looking for
Đáp án C
Theo đoạn số 3, những người tìm kiếm công việc nên:
Đáp án C –bàn luận về những khả năng của mình cái có liên quan đến cái nhà tuyển dụng đang tìm kiếm
Dẫn chứng – Câu 1 – Đoạn 3: “Job seekers have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities.”
Tạm dịch: “Những người tìm việc phải đánh giá cẩn thận khả năng của mình”
Câu cuối – Đoạn 3: “An honest assessment of personal interests and abilities such as creative or scientific skills acquired from work experience should also be give careful thought”
Tạm dịch: Một đánh giá trung thực về lợi ích và khả năng của cá nhân như là các kĩ năng sáng tạo hoặc khoa học cái đạt được từ kinh nghiệm công việc nên được suy nghĩa cẩn thận.
Các đáp án khác
A – mục đích đưa ra bản miêu tả cân nhắc về cái nhà tuyển dụng cần
B – chia thời gian như nhau giữa việc nghe người phỏng vấn và người nói
D – cố gắng thể hiện cái nhà tuyện dụng tìm kiếm