2010年考研经典短文背诵:第20期

范文：
　　
It goes without saying that this picture aims at revealing a current problem: some organizations pose ridiculous conditions when recruiting new hires. In this drawing, a company is only willing to hire those who were born in the year of dog, a requirement that surprises and frightens many job applicants. Even a dog is wondering whether there is a higher possibility for it to be employed than a human.
　　
It seems to me that the artist is sending a message about the importance of a fair talent market which is currently absent in our society. Though the drawing is a little exaggerated, it is not rare for us to find in some recruitment advertisements discrimination of age, gender, educational background, and sometimes even height, which is quite humiliating. If we let this situation of physical traits outweighing actual ability to continue, it not only harms many job applicants’ confidence and impedes their career path, but also prevents organizations from discovering potential talents.
　　
Accordingly, we urgently call for a healthy recruitment market that encourages fair competition. For one thing, employers and their HR need to realize that a just hiring process, in fact, benefits the performance of their organization. For another, relevant regulations should also be enacted and improved so that discrimination in recruitment can be sued and punished.
　　
译文：
　　
毫无疑问，这幅图意在揭示一个当今的问题：一些机构在招聘新雇员的时候提出了荒唐的条件。在图中，一个公司只愿意聘用属狗的人，因而吓退了不少求职者。甚至连一只狗都在想也许它比人类有更大的可能性得到这份工作。
　　
看起来作画者是想给我们传递这样一个信息，那就是强调现今社会中缺乏一个公平的人才市场。尽管这幅图有点夸张，但是我们却经常能在一些招聘广告中发现各种歧视现象，包括年龄歧视、性别歧视、教育背景歧视，有时甚至还有身高歧视，非常污辱人。如果我们让这种强调身体特征而不是实际能力的情况继续下去的话，不仅会伤害到求职者的信心、阻碍他们的职业发展，而且也让很多机构失去了潜在的人才。
　　
因此，我们呼吁要建立一个健康的鼓励竞争的招聘市场。一方面，雇主和他们的人力资源经理们应该意识到，一个良好的招聘环境实际上有利于他们自己的机构发展。另一方面，我们也要建立相关的法律法规，从而使招聘歧视现象得到诉讼和惩罚。