约翰，你们公司干什么的?

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

首先，这家公司是一家生产厂家，我们也为那些有特别需求人的人设计专门的部件。

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

有特别的需求。我们有大约300名员工。

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

我明白了，你的头衔是什么?

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.

我是人力资源部门的主管，工作主要是招聘员工。因为当今的市场讲求实际，

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

我想我是根据他们的学习能力，工作习惯和过去的表现来招人的。

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

招聘真费了你不少时间和精力!

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。没办法。我实际上必须要权衡很多事情。我有很多内部管理责任，像使员工通力合作，

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

熟悉他们的个人特点、旷工之类的事情。我还要执行薪金调查，

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

根据我通过其他相关行业所掌握的资料建议薪金范围。

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

那么，哪一部分的工作你最喜欢?

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，我还是喜欢像以前一样从事的事情，以前我很害怕做这样的事，

resolving conflicts with,

解决冲突。

uh,employees,

员工之间的。

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,

我想部分原因是因为我开始欣赏一些人的个性，虽然他们甚至不是我喜欢的那类人，

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,

但如果你持开放的态度对待他们的这些特点，你就能够从他们某人身上发现，

uh,you can have people working together well.

你能够与他们共事，你能够让他们在一块好好地工作。

Ellen: Interesting.

真有意思。