LOOKING FOR WORK?在找工作嗎？

Three ways to find – and get – the perfect job

讓你找到並得到一份完美工作的三種方法

Finding your dream job can be difficult. This month, the search will become even harder as new graduates start looking for work. With many companies still struggling, job hunters have a very difficult task ahead of them. Don’t let that discourage you. There are still jobs out there for those who know what to look for. Consider using these three strategies to find and get the job of your dreams.

The Front Door

A front-door job search uses traditional ways of getting hired. These include checking company website and employment services. Since lots of people use the front door, make yourself stand out. This means understanding what a company really needs and creatively showing you can meet that need. Read about each company you apply to, and adjust your resume for each job. Find out who is doing the hiring, and try to give them your resume in person. Then follow up with a phone call, letter or visit.

dream jobàone job you really want to do

struggle 競爭、奮鬥、艱難地行進

strategyàplan

get hiredàmeans that company hire you

creatively

【Chat room】

job hunters求職者

to job-hunt 找工作，但用這個詞要注意，我們一般是用它的動名詞或現在分詞

job-hunting 而不用它的原形job-hunt

不要講 I job-hunted yesterday. 雖然文法正確但聽起來很奇怪

I went job-hunting yesterday.

I was job-hunting yesterday.

hunt for job

He is hunting for a job.

【Grammar on the go】

Find out who is doing the hiring and try to give them your resume in person.

in person=to make oneself be at a certain place

Find out who is doing the hiring, and try to go meet that person and give them your resume yourself.

If you are one of the ten lucky winners of the new phone, you must appear at the customer service counter in person to claim your phone.

The concert hall is giving out free tickets, but if you want one, you need to be there in person.

【Key word】

discourage使灰心、洩氣

The defeat didn’t discourage the team. They decided to compete in another tournament.

這次失敗並沒有使這支隊伍灰心，他們決定參加另一場比賽

discourageßàencourage 鼓勵

strategy 戰略、策略

The new marketing strategy made the product really popular.

複數型strategies

The general held an emergency meeting to discuss military strategies.

將軍召開了緊急會議要討論軍事戰略

employment雇用、受雇、職業

employ雇用

The employment agent helped Eileen to find a temp job.

職業介紹所幫Eileen找到了一份臨時工作

Rick found employment soon after graduation.