Hiring a Job Hunter
Until recently, companies often paid a headhunter to find high-level employees. “Headhunters” are recruiters who find workers with the right skills for a particular job. These headhunters may also help “negotiate” (try to reach an agreement on) a “compensation package” — including salary, benefits, vacation time, “stock options” (a chance to buy stock in the company one works for), and more — so that a company can get this person to fill its job opening.
直到最近，公司經常付錢給獵頭來尋找高層員工。獵頭是幫助公司找到具有特定工作所需技能的員工的招聘人員。這些獵頭還可能幫助協商薪酬包，包括工資、福利、假期時間、股票期權（有機會購買公司股票）等，從而使公司能夠找到合適的人來填補職位空缺。In recent years, “the tables have turned” (changed completely). Because of the high “unemployment rate” (percentage of people without jobs), people who are looking for jobs are paying job hunters to find them a position. According to a 2011 Time magazine article, in the U.S., 42% of “unemployed” (without a job) workers have been without a job for at least 27 weeks.
近年來，形勢發生了巨大變化。由於高失業率，找工作的人開始付錢給職業獵頭幫他們找工作。根據2011年《時代》雜誌的一篇文章，在美國，42%的失業者至少失業了27周。
Several new job-hunting websites allow “job-seekers” (people looking for jobs) to sign up and offer a cash “bounty” (reward) for a “referral” (sending someone to a person or a place to get what he or she wants or needs) that results in getting a job. The amount of the bounty can “range from” (be between) a few hundred dollars to thousands of dollars.
一些新的求職網站允許求職者註冊並提供現金獎勵，以獲得能幫助他們找到工作的推薦。這些獎勵金額可以從幾百美元到數千美元不等。
Another new kind of website tries to connect people who know about a job opening with people who are looking for jobs. If a job-seeker finds a job through the website, the person with the “job lead” (information or clue about a job) collects a fee and so does the website service.
另一種新型網站試圖將知道職位空缺的人與找工作的人聯繫起來。如果求職者通過該網站找到工作，提供職位信息的人和該網站都能收取費用。
重要單字
- Headhunter /ˈhɛdˌhʌntər/ 獵頭
- Negotiate /nɪˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/ 協商
- Compensation package /ˌkɑːmpənˈseɪʃən ˈpækɪdʒ/ 薪酬包
- Stock options /stɑk ˈɑːpʃənz/ 股票期權
- Unemployment rate /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt reɪt/ 失業率
- Unemployed /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/ 失業的
- Job-seeker /ˈdʒɑːb ˌsiːkər/ 求職者
- Bounty /ˈbaʊnti/ 獎金
- Referral /rɪˈfɜrəl/ 推薦
- Range from /reɪndʒ frʌm/ 範圍從
- Job lead /dʒɑːb liːd/ 工作線索
