Recruitmentmethods
III. Recruitment methods
1. Speaking.
Internal recruitment
Advantages:
The candidates already know the job and the company.
Disadvantages:
No new impetus, the same mindset;
An internal candidate is not necessarily the best person on the market.
Job Advertisement
Advantages:
Wide audience; can potentially reach the best on the market; fresh attitudes.
Disadvantages:
High processing costs: a large number of applicants need to be processed.
Recruitment Agencies
Advantages:
Can be selective. Can potentially get the best person for the job quickly.
Disadvantages:
Expensive.
Headhunting
Advantages:
Can select high quality candidates.
Headhunters know the market and the best people.
Can access people not actively on the job market.
Disadvantages:
Very expensive in the short term.
impetus noun [uncountable]
1 an influence that makes something happen or makes it happen more quickly刺激，推动力
impetus for
The report may provide further impetus for reform.这份报告为改革提供了进一步的推动力。
The discovery gave fresh impetus to the research. 这个发现给了这项研究以崭新的推动。
mindset noun [countable]
someone’s general attitude, and the way in which they think about things and make decisions精神状态，思想倾向，气质
The company seems to have a very old-fashioned mindset. 这家公司看上去还是老的思维意识。
fresh adjective
▶NEW◀
adding to or replacing something 新的
I’ll just make some fresh coffee. 我刚刚沏了新咖啡。
The report provides fresh evidence about the way the business was run. 这份报告针对这家企业的运行模式提供了全新的证据。
You’ll have to start again on a fresh sheet of paper. 你用一张新纸重新开始。
▶NEW AND INTERESTING◀
good or interesting because it has not been done, seen etc before 全新的，饶有兴趣的
Ryan will bring a fresh approach to the job. 瑞恩将带着全新的态度来面对这份工作。
We need some fresh ideas. 我们需要一些新的想法。
Let’s take a fresh look at the problem. 让我们再重新看待这个问题。
▶RECENT◀
done, experienced, or having happened recently
The accident was still fresh in her mind. 这个事故仍历历在目。
selective adjective
1 careful about what you choose to do, buy, allow etc 精挑新选的
selective about/in
We’re very selective about what we let the children watch. 我们对可以给儿童看的节目精挑新选。
2. Reading.
So why do people headhunt?
headhunter noun [countable]
someone who finds people with the right skills and experience to do particular jobs, and who tries to persuade them to leave their present jobs 猎头
ￚheadhunt verb [transitive]
niche noun
1 [countable] if you find your niche, you find a job or activity that is very suitable for you合适的职务(或地位等)
Amanda soon found her niche at the club. 阿曼达很快就在这家俱乐部里找到了最适合她的位置。
He’s managed to create a niche for himself in local politics. 他设法在当地政治圈中为自己闯出一个适合的地位。
2 [singular] an opportunity to sell a product or service to a particular group of people who have similar needs, interests etc 出售稀缺产品的机会
niche in
He spotted a niche in the market. 他在市场上找到了一个稀缺市场。
3 [countable] a hollow place in a wall, often made to hold a statue 佛龛
niche adjective [only before noun]
relating to selling goods to a particular small group of people who have similar needs, interests etc
niche marketing
a niche market
a niche product
an Achilles heel 致命弱点，唯一的弱点
Achilles
in ancient Greek stories, a hero who was protected by magic so that the only place where he could be hurt was his heel阿基里斯： 出生后被其母亲握脚踵倒提着在黑河中浸过，因此除未浸到水的脚踵外浑身刀枪不入。
fed up adjective
informal annoyed or bored, and wanting something to change饱受, 厌烦
She felt tired and a bit fed up. 她很疲倦，有一点烦躁。
fed up with
I’m really fed up with this constant rain. 我真是受够了这连绵不断的雨水。
Anna got fed up with waiting. 安娜受够了等待之苦。
blunt adj. speaking in an honest way even if this upsets people 钝的，率直的，直言不讳的
e.g. To be blunt, many of the candidates cannot read or write.
e.g. Julian’s blunt words hurt her.
category noun[countable] plural categories
a group of people or things that are all of the same type 种类，类别
category of
There are five categories of workers. 有五种工人。
people in the over-45 age category 超过45岁的人群
fall into/belong in/fit into a category 属于某种情况
Voters fall into three main categories. 选民分成三种情况。
Williams’ style does not fit easily into the category of jazz. 威廉的风格不能算是爵士乐这一类。
throw up (British English) to produce problems, ideas, results etc 产生
e.g. The arrangement may throw up problems in other areas. 这样的安排可能在其他方面产生很多问题。
have (keep) …up (in) one’s sleeve 有……锦囊妙计，留有……一招
informal to have a secret plan or idea that you are going to use later
e.g. Don’t worry. He still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
