英語流行話題聽力:Unit97 求職中的性格測試

[00:00.41] Unit 97 Personality Test for Job Hunting Consider, if you are going for a job, one key question: why do you want it? [00:13.03] Consider, if you work in personnel, the reverse key question: what qualities do you want for the job? [00:21.27] Unlike IQ tests, personality tests try to answer the subtle questions of what you are like. [00:28.46] It is all about giving the right impression and that is something you can manipulate. [00:33.56] You can not fake brains but you can fake attitude. [00:38.55] You can do some jobs only if you have the ability. [00:42.47] If you are a brilliant physicist, you may annoy people if you are rude but your personality will not affect your ability to work out new equations. [00:53.32] Most jobs are not so cerebral. [00:56.45] To do them well you need to have the ability and also the right personality. [01:03.34] Again if you know that success in a job depends often as much on personality as on intelligence -- especially when you have to deal with the public, [01:14.08] you need to know clearly your own strengths and weaknesses when looking for jobs. [01:20.28] Now read the following list: Potential strengths: 1. [01:26.35] Like dealing with people; 2. [01:30.43] Not shy; 3. [01:32.43] Enthusiastic; 4. [01:36.25] Persistent in sorting out problems; 5. [01:40.46] Clear long term goals; 6. [01:43.38] Stable; 7. [01:47.08] Enjoy sorting out people's problems; 8. [01:50.49] Taking criticism well. [01:54.58] Potential weaknesses: 1. [01:57.57] Easily make anxious; 2. [02:00.40] Become silent easily; 3. [02:04.55] Not very active; 4. [02:07.19] do not care which job you do; 5. hate being criticized; 6. [02:14.36] Hate dealing with difficult people. [02:19.49] Any kind of personality test is not about right or wrong answers but about finding out more about yourself, [02:27.56] and about conveying the impression you want to convey. [02:32.24] Not everyone will be to describe their personality well but the list above is a start to help you think about what you are like. [02:41.45] This should help you work out what kind of job you should go for. [02:46.30] For example, if you et bored doing routine work, being a clerk is likely to make you feel unhappy and to give you little job satisfaction. [02:57.01] Personality tests can help avoid a mismatch between the demands of the job and your own needs. [03:04.32] Most psychologists accept that our personalities stay pretty consistent unless we are going through a difficult or dramatic period in our lives. [03:14.50] Not all aspects of personality can be measured -- every individual has unique quirks -- but those that psychologists can quantify are known as traits and the theories behind them are known as trait theories. [03:31.22] Psychologists have had some success in developing trait theories. [03:36.02] They have devised questionnaires which ask people to report on their behaviors, feelings and attitudes. [03:43.24] From their answers, the psychologists decide patterns of responses. [03:48.46] Analyze the patterns and you get a score for an individual on different personality traits.

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