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廠家，我們也為那些有特別需求人的人設計專門的部件。

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.

我想我是根據他們的學習能力，工作習慣和過去的表現來招人的。

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。我實際上必須要權衡很多事情。我有很多內部管理責任，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。我還要執行薪金調查，

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

根據我通過其他相關行業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度對待他們的這些特點，你就能夠從他們某人身上發現，

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。