約翰，你們公司干什么的?

John: Uh,it’s primarily,uh,a manfacturing company ,we design ,uh,special parts for people that.

首先，這家公司是一家生產(chǎn)廠家，我們也為那些有特別需求人的人設(shè)計專門的部件。

uh,have special needs .We have about 300 employees.

有特別的需求。我們有大約300名員工。

Ellen: I see ,And what is your job title?

我明白了，你的頭銜是什么?

John: I’m a director of human resources,but ,uh,heavy emphasis is on recruiting employees and because it’s ,uh,kind of a niche market.

我是人力資源部門的主管，工作主要是招聘員工。因為當今的市場講求實際，

I really am recruiting people on their ability to learn and ,uh,I guess,their work habits and their past performance.

我想我是根據(jù)他們的學習能力，工作習慣和過去的表現(xiàn)來招人的。

Ellen: So recruitment really takes up a lot of what you do!

招聘真費了你不少時間和精力!

John: Yeah,I have to -uh,I really ,have to work at balancing things because,uh,there are a lot of internal mangement responsibilities that I have -uh,just-just keeping working well together.

是的。沒辦法。我實際上必須要權(quán)衡很多事情。我有很多內(nèi)部管理責任，像使員工通力合作，

managing personalities,absenteeism ,those kinds of things ,I also conduct,uh,salary surveys,and recommend pay scales based on,

熟悉他們的個人特點、曠工之類的事情。我還要執(zhí)行薪金調(diào)查，

uh,information that I’ve gathered ,uh,throughout the industry ,and in uh,other related industries.

根據(jù)我通過其他相關(guān)行業(yè)所掌握的資料建議薪金范圍。

Ellen: So ,what part of your job do you enjoy the most?

那么，哪一部分的工作你最喜歡?

John: Well,I think -uh,I think I enjoy now what I used to be,uh,most afraid of and that is ,uh,

我想，我還是喜歡像以前一樣從事的事情，以前我很害怕做這樣的事，

resolving conflicts with,

解決沖突。

uh,employees,

員工之間的。

And I think it’s partyly because I’m starting to appreciate that -that some personalities-uh,they might not even be people I like -uh,

我想部分原因是因為我開始欣賞一些人的個性，雖然他們甚至不是我喜歡的那類人，

but you can always find someone who they can work with ,and if you,uh-you know ,if you keep an open mind and manage that,

但如果你持開放的態(tài)度對待他們的這些特點，你就能夠從他們某人身上發(fā)現(xiàn)，

uh,you can have people working together well.

你能夠與他們共事，你能夠讓他們在一塊好好地工作。

Ellen: Interesting.

真有意思。