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1、英语文化随身带 Whatdidyouwanttobewhenyouweregrowingup?Ateacher?Adoctor?Anastronaut[宇航员]?Whatdoyouneedtodotoachieveyourdreamjob? Perhapsyouthinkthatstudyingwellandthengoingontoworkhardwillgetyouthecareeryouwant.Weareconstantly[经常地]taughtthatourhardworkwilleventually[最后]payoff. Butagovernmentsurvey
2、[调查]hasshownthathardworkisnottheonlythingthatwillhelpyoutomoveuptheladder.Twothirdsofpeoplebelievethatwhoyouknowmattersmorethanwhatyouknowwhenitcomestosocialmobility.So,aretheconnectionsthatyouhavemoreimportantthanyoureducation? 76%ofpeopleinthesurveybelievedthatfamilybackgroundisimportantin
3、influencingyourchancesofsuccess.Theybelievethatifyouareprivilegedfrombirth,youaremorelikelytohaveasuccessfulcareer,especiallyifyourfamilyiswealthy.Aresomepeoplejusthandedlifeonaplate? Evenifyoudon’thaveaprivilegedbackground,thepeopleyouknowcanstillmakeadifferencetoyourcareer.Networkingisaski
4、llwhichisencouragedbymanycareersadvisers.Somecompanies3runnetworkingworkshopstotryandencouragestafftomeetotherpeople,tocommunicateandbuildrelationships.It’savaluableskill. Butthesurveyalsorevealedsomethingquiteinteresting.Althoughmostpeoplebelievedthatnetworksaremoreimportantthaneducation,ma
5、nypeopleputtheirowncareersuccessdowntotalent,ratherthanbackground.41%ofpeoplesaidthattheirparents’incomehadinfluencedtheirlife,butatthesametime,another41%believedthattheyhadengineeredtheirownsuccess. Sowhichisthemoreimportant,whatyouknoworwhoyouknow?Itseemsthatbyworkinghardandmakinglotsofcon
6、nections,theanswermaybethatbothareveryimportant. 你长大后想成为什么样的人呢?老师?医生?还是宇航员?你需要做些什么才能得到梦想的工作呢? 也许你认为,刻苦学习,然后努力工作,这样就能得到你想要的事业了。一分耕耘,一分收获,这是我们向来所受的教育。 然而一项政府调查表明,努力并不是助你步步高升的唯一因素。当谈及社会流动性时,有三分之二的人认为,“你认识谁”比“你知道什么”更加重要。那么,你的社会关系是否比你所受的教育更为重要呢?3 调查中有76%的人认为家庭背景是影响你成功几率的重要因素。他们相信,如果你出生时就具备优势,你
7、就更有可能拥有成功的职业生涯,尤其是当你生于富裕之家。有些人的荣华富贵就是与生俱来的吗? 就算没有高人一等的背景,你的人脉仍然可以让你的职业生涯有所不同。许多就业指导员都鼓励人们去交际。有些公司会举办社交研习班,尝试鼓励员工与其他人见面、沟通,建立关系。这是一项很有价值的技能。 但该调查也有一些相当有趣的发现。虽然大多数人认为人脉比教育重要,但还是有很多人把自己的成功归功于才能,而不是背景。41%的人表示父母的收入影响了他们的人生,但同时也有41%的人认为他们的成功是自己创造
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