英文诵典unitone.doc

Unit one
Day one
Career tips: how to start a new career
These days most people accept that jobs are not for life anymore. People are more mobile and much more likely to change jobs every few years and even careers a number of times throughout their lives. And it is increasingly common that we need to change jobs. Having confidence in your skills and experience and your ability to deal with the challenges of starting over can give you a better sense of confidence about your career, and whatever life bring your way.
Get support. Surround yourself with family and friends and let them know your situation. Stay in contact with those you care about and continue your usual social activities.
Set up an HQ. Create an environment that is conducive [有益的] to your job-search project. Set up a basic office at home that includes access to stationary [固定的]phone, postage supplies, computer and printer.
Create an up to date resume[履历，摘要 ]. Create a captivating covering letter. Provide a detailed description of the achievements in each of your roles and the timeframes[范围] you been in the role. Provide all contact details including a phone number (land line and mobile), email and where possible a fax number.
Mind your language. Avoid using negative words such as “unemployed”, “on the dole[接受失业救济金]”, and “I can’t find a job” and replace them with positive perspectives such as “I will find a job suitable for me”.
Stay well presented. It only takes seven-second to make a first impression. Make the most of your seven-second by smiling when you greet someone. Invest[投资] in good suit; if you don’t have one, borrow one for interviews. Polish your shoes and ensure that you hair is clean and tidy.

Day two
How to decide which job offer is right for you
You’ve been actively searching for a job, and now you have three offers on your table. Which job offer is right for you at this time in your career, and which job will be the best fit for your lifestyle? Don’t automatically assume the employer with the biggest salary is the one you should work for.
With the rising cost of transportation, you need to faction in these costs when deciding if this job is right for you.
If this job 50 miles from your house, and your vehicle gets twenty miles to the gallons, it will take five gallons of gas each day to get back and forth to work. At the current rate of (at least) $3 per gallon, your total annual commuting costs would be more than $3700!
Consider the amount of time this commute will take out of every workday. If it takes an hour of your time each week you spend that you are not getting paid for. Couldn’t you be spending this time with family, or enjoying a relaxing hobby?
However, if an employer is willing to offer flex time or allow you to work from one or more days a week, think about all the saving this will give you in both your time and money.
Other benefits to consider when choosing a job to take:
Programs-will your employed match any contribution you make?
Health insurance-do they pay all or part of the employee’s cost?
Education –will they pay for continued training and education?
Make your decision about a job offer based on all the factors involved instead of just how large your paycheck will be!

Day three
A few tips for job hunting
Finding your first job can be both a meaningful and a frustrating experience.
Many jobs require experience but how can you get experience when you are still looking for your job? You may already have some work experience through volunteer work.
Judge your skills and interests to determine what kind of skills you’ve had. Even unpaid work experience is beneficial in your job search.
Also, look for internships and part-time work. It is not only a greet way to get experience which you can put on your resume or on a job application, but also a great way to try out a career to see if it is really what you want to do.
Here are some tips you may want to follow in your job search:
Ask your friends and family for help. A support group, such as friends and family, will offer encouragement and assistance in your job search.
Allow a reasonable amount of time. Don’t expect to find a job within a few days or weeks.
Devote time to your job search. A through[θʌrə][十分的，彻底的，精心的] job search is hard work. Expect to spend several hours a day looking for a job.
Be organized. Keep a record of all the places you have applied, who you talked to, and what response you received.
Meet with people in the field you are interested in pursuing.
Check job listings in the newspaper classified advertising sections or with your local employment office. Your local employment office also may be able to offer you some job search assistance.

Day four
How to find a good job
Firstly, to renew your knowledge structure as soon as possible. The main differences between those educated people and those uneducated people are the way of and the self-educating skill. Meanwhile, the internet gives everybody an unprecedented[空前的] chance to search all the resource you need.
Please notice the language and computer skills are only the 2 basic tools in a successful career although those 2 skills also need to be improved practically. If you just count on them, you have to face the boring work day after day.
Of course, I can’t give you the detail about what kind of knowledge you might need because people have different interests in their careers and I don’t want to mislead you. To me, management, economy, finance, politics, military, history, sports and arts are needed. However, you may have your choices.
Secondly, the more important aspect is your overall ability. That means what kind of person will be welcomed by the society.
Here are the eleven aspects of the overall ability required for a manager position:
1. Work experience related to management
2. Potential for growth
3. Ability to work with others(Superiors, peer, and subordinates)
4. Competence in area of responsibility or specialization（technical/organization skills, attention to detail, ability to complete assignments[任务，分配]）
5. Personal initiative, motivation
6. Integrity[正直，诚实]
7. Analytical [分析的，解析的]ability
8. Facility with English
9. Written communication skills
10. Oral communication skills
11. Potential for success as an effective and inspiring upper-lever manager
Hope the information can be helpful to you.
Day five
A strategy to evaluate the offers
Pat had interviews, but no offers. Then, within one week, suddenly two companies called and made good offers. Pat was taken by surprise and caught off guard.
How does he go about choosing the right one?
Pat seeks advice from a friend. Together they lay out a strategy to evaluate the offers. They put together a spreadsheet with the company names across the top. Down the left side of the page they list Pat’s values and needs. Under each company they assign a score from 1 to 10 for each of the following:
Security: pat has been laid off twice in the past five years and is looking for a home with a solid company.
Balance: one of pat’s top personal values is his family. In his last job he worked more than 60 hours each week. He is not eager to get back into that work frenzy again.
Job satisfaction: pat wants to feel his work means something and that he’s contribution and making a difference.
Location: this goes hand-in-hand with balance. If he has to spend three to four hours a day commuting, it will mean time spent away from his family.
Salary and benefits: important, but not as important as the other values. He wants to be paid what he is worth, but would be willing to negotiate to get some of his other needs met.
After totaling the columns they compare total scores. The totals reveal that although one of the companies offers more money, the risks are higher and the time away from his family will not be worth the extra dollars. Pat fell more confident having a tool to work with the best decision for him and his family.

Day six
What is Interview?
The best way to look an interview is as a conversation rather than an interrogation. In conversation, information flows both ways and after all, you want to learn about the company you may be working for as much as they want to learn about you. You want to make sure the job fits you no less than they want to be sure you fit the job. If you can think of the interview as an opportunity to check them out, you’ll show that you’re interested in the company, you’ll feel more relaxed, you’ll perform better and you’ll increase your chances of getting an offer.
What kind of interview are you in for?
There are a number of different approaches an interview can take. Perhaps the most common is the clarification interview, in which the interview asks general questions about points on your resume that he’d like to know more about. You may get asked what your career goals are, or what you think you can bring to the job. Know your resume, know how to make it fit the job and interview like this should be a walk in the park.
An interview may also throw in some doubt-resolving questions:“why did you leave your last job?”“are you always this late?”Be aware of the weakness on your resume and prepare some nice flowery words to cover any career cracks and flatten the interviewer’s unfounded fears.
Increasingly popular are behavioral interviews, an approach which consultants claim is used by a quarter of interviews. You may be asked to describe an interview in which you had to use your initiative under pressure, deal with a difficult worker or words as part of a small team.
To handle questions like these, think about your work experiences. Identify the situation or task you were dealing with, explain the action you took and describe the results.
Preparation is the best way to beat behavioral interviews.

Day seven
Five tips to speed your long-distance job search
Tip one: looking for work can be difficult. Looking for work long distance is even tougher. Fortunately, the internet makes long-distance job searching easier than it has even been before. Using a job search engine is a great way to find and apply for job openings in the geographic [dʒiə'græfik]地理的，地区的 area of interest.
Tip two: modify you resume to avoid looking like an outsider or to give an impression that it would be costly or time-consuming for a company to move you. If you have not yet moved, and you resume still includes a phone number and address from you current home, your resume will almost always be overlooked for an equally qualified local candidate. When you are targeting a particular geographic area, it is often in your best interest to list a local telephone number on your resume.
Tip there: be proactive. Locate and actively target the companies in the area that interest you. You should certainly post your resume on sites like M, but don’t relay on this technique. It is far too passive. Proactively go after that interest you rather than waiting for them to find you.
Tip four: subscribe to and read local newspapers. Besides giving you an insider’s view on the local area and the business climate, and giving you a great source of information on local job opening reading the local newspapers can give you lead on companies you may want to contact or individuals you should be networking with.
Tip five: connection will make all the difference! It can be a daunting ['dɔ:ntiŋ]令人畏惧的 prospect to network long distance, particularly in an area where you know few people. But, don’t let that stop you! Ask everyone you know for names and introduction to people in the area where you are moving.

Day eight
Confidence builders
Confidence: you either got it or you aren’t, right? Wrong. Most people learn confidence as they go through life.
Even if you are shaking like a leaf [li:f] 叶子；（书籍等的）一张on the inside, you’ll make a lasting impression if you can come across as confidence in an interview or in the workplace. Here are some confidence-building tips:
Fake it! If you can pretend [pri'tend, pri:-]假装 that you feel confidence when you don’t (perhaps by acting like you’ve already got what you want) and keep on doing so, your fake confidence will soon turn into real confidence. It only takes a few repetition [,repi'tiʃən]重复 of an actively for it to become a habit-so get in the habit of feigning [fein]假装 self-belief.
Think it. For an instant boost to your self-esteem, recall three things that give you a surge of positive emotions. It could be a great compliment somebody paid you, a special time when you felt happy and popular, or when you really excelled at something. Bringing them to mind help you to feel good instantly-and when you feel good, you have greater confidence.
Focus it. Difficult situation, such as interviews or new job, can make you feel self-conscious. If you’ve feeling anxious about yourself, stop thinking about you and focus on something else. It could be that you focus on something normal, like the view out of the window, or that you pay more attention to the task at hand-getting a job! Either way, you’ll feel less awkward.
Talk it. If you keep telling yourself that you’re no good at something, you’ll start to believe it. Next time you bombard [bɔm'bɑ:d, 'bɔmbɑ:d] 轰击yourself with criticism, ask yourself whether you’d talk to your friends like that. So quit being negative and start recognizing and appreciating the things you are good at.
Walk it. Great posture can signal great confidence. Walk with a purposeful ['pə:pəsful]有目的的 stride, with your back straight and with your head held up high!