As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn’t good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero. That’s bad for the economy, of course. And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job or hoping to change careers right now. But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think.
That’s because job growth numbers don’t matter to job hunters as much as job turnover(人员更替) data. After all, existing jobs open up every day due to promotions, resignations, terminations(解雇), and retirements. (Yes, people are retiring even in this economy.) In both good times and bad, turnover creates more openings than economic growth does. Even in June of 2007, when the economy was still moving ahead, job growth was only 132,000, while turnover was 4.7 million!
And as it turns out, even today — with job growth near zero — over 4 million job hunters are being hired every month.
I don’t mean to imply that overall job growth doesn’t have an impact on one’s ability to land a job. It’s true that if total employment were higher, it would mean more jobs for all of us to choose from (and pete for). And it’s true that there are currently more people applying for each available job opening, regardless of whether it’s a new one or not.
But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don’t is their ability to stay motivated. They’re willing to do the hard work of identifying their valuable skills; be creative about where and how to look; learn how to present themselves to potential employers; and keep going, even after repeated rejections. The Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that 2.7 million people who wanted and were available for work hadn’t looked within the last four weeks and were no longer even classified as unemployed.
So don’t let the headlines fool you into giving up. Four million people get hired every month in the U.S. You can be one of them.
【小题1】The author tends to believe that high unemployment rate .A．discourages many people from landing jobsB．prevents many people from changing careersC．should not stop people from looking for a jobD．does not mean the U.S. economy is worsening【小题2】Where do most job openings e from?A．Job growth.B．Job turnover.C．Improved economy.D．Business expansion.【小题3】What does the author say about overall job growth?A．It doesn’t have much effect on individual job seekers.B．It increases people’s confidence in the economy.C．It gives a ray of hope to the unemployed.D．It doesn’t mean greater job security for the employed.【小题4】What is the key to landing a job according to the author?A．Education.B．Intelligence.C．Persistence.D．Experience.【小题5】What do we learn from the passage about the unemployment figures in the US?A．They clearly indicate how healthy the economy is.B．They provide the public with the latest information.C．They warn of the structural problems in the economy.D．They don’t include those who have stopped looking for a job.C
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(答案→)C
解析：本文论述了找工作的人不必太在意官方提供的高失业率，就业增长等数据，原因在于这些并不等说明现实情况，比如：人员更替带来了更多的职位空缺，因此，即便是经济增速缓慢，就业增长为零，依然还是有很多的职位空缺存在。
【小题1】从第一段 And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job or hoping to change careers right now. But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think可以得知作者认为找工作的人不必太在意官方提供的高失业率，人员更替带来了更多的职位空缺。故选C
【小题2】从第二段 turnover creates more openings than economic growth does可以得知人员更替带来了更多的职位空缺。故选B
【小题3】从第四段I don’t mean to imply that overall job growth doesn’t have an impact on one’s ability to land a job.可以得知作者认为总体就业增长不一定对一个人的就业能力有影响。
【小题4】 从第五段...is their ability to stay motivated以及... and keep going, even after repeated rejections可以得知找工作的关键是坚持，不放弃。故选C
【小题5】从第五段... 2.7 million people who wanted and were available for work hadn’t looked within the last four weeks and were no longer even classified as unemployed可知美国的失业人数的数字不包括那些已经停止找工作的人。故选D