阅读教程 基础篇2 第四版 教参Unit2 T Career Development.docVIP

PAGE 6 Unit 2 职业发展 I. Related Background Information 1. Career Career is a term defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as an individual’s “course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)”. As of 2006, the word usually only pertains to one’s remunerative work (and sometimes also formal education). A career is traditionally seen as a course of successive situations that make up a person’s work life. One can have a sporting career or a musical career without being a professional athlete or musician, but most frequently career in the 20th century referenced the series of jobs or positions by which one earned one’s money. It tended to look only at the past. As the idea of personal choice and self direction picks up in the 21st century, aided by the power of the Internet and the increased acceptance of people having multiple kinds of work, the idea of a career is shifting from a closed set of achievements, like a chronological résumé of past jobs, to a defined set of pursuits looking forward. In its broadest sense, career refers to an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan. In the relatively static societies before modernism, many workers would often inherit or take up a single lifelong position (a place or role) in the workforce, and the concept of an unfolding career had little or no meaning. With the spread during the Enlightenment of the idea of progress and of the habits of individualist self-betterment, careers became possible, if not expected. 2. Job Interview The job interview is an important part of job hunting, as the impression you create during the job interview can make the interviewer feel “with you” or “against you.” The job interview is the time to “sell” yourself by giving examples of experiences you have had related to the job and by revealing your good point. In order to make a solid impression, you’d better keep the following two rules in mind. One is to present yourself and your ability to do the job. However, d