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1、Unit2JobsandCareersPassageAYourDreamJob:AClickAwayLessthanamonthfromgraduationday,TheresaSmithofNorthwesternUniversityinEvanston,Illinois,hadyettofindtherightjob.Thecareerplacementcenterreferredtheliberal-artsmajortoJOB-TRAK,anInternetsitelisting45,000entry-levelpositions. Smithselectedfourkeyword
2、s:Chicago,business,marketingandfull-time.Immediatelyshefound45jobsmeetinghercriteria,includingoneasanassistanttoanadministratorattheUniversityofChicago'sbusinessschool.Fourweekslatershewashiredatastartingsalaryof$32,000. "Ihadnotraining,"saysSmith,"buttheInternetwasextremelyeasytouse.I'dneverhave
3、knownaboutthisjobwithoutit." SmithisoneAmericanwhoclickedherwayintoajob.StevenToolsisanother. In1996,theRockville,Md.,residentcameacrossanemploymentsitenamedCareerBuilder.Hehadjustbeenpromotedtodirectorofmarketingforacompanythatproducestradeshowexhibitsandwasn'tlookingforajob.Butcurious,hedecide
4、dto"giveitatry." Toolsfilledoutaprofilewiththekeywordsmarketingmanagerandenteredhiselectronic-mailaddress.Withinaweekhiscomputer'smailboxwasfillingupwithavailablepositions.Twointerviewslaterhejumpedtoanewjob."TheInternetislikehiringapersonalassistant,"saysTools."Effortlesslyyoucanbecomeawareofopp
5、ortunitiesthatmayelevateyourcareer." Evenacoupleofyearsago,mostjoblistingsontheInternetwereinhigh-techfields.Today,non-technicaljobs-salesclerks,banktellers,secretaries,forexample-arethefastestgrowingsegmentofInternetemploymentopportunities.Mostmajornewspapersandtradepublicationshaveonlineversion
6、softheirclassifiedlistings,enablingjob-seekerstoscanforworkavailableacrosstown,inanotherstate,oraroundtheworld. MadelineGraggandNedzadDozlicarestillanothertwowhoclickedtheirluckonline. In1996,MadelineGragg,a28-year-oldhighschoolteacherfromSt.Louis,wantedachange.WhenafriendmentionedteachingEnglish
7、inJapan,Graggwasintrigued. ShevisitedthepopularYahoo!websiteandtypedteachingEnglishinJapanforalistofemploymentopportunities.Shethenfollowedtheprocedurefortheonlineapplication.Aweeklatershereceivedacallandsetupani
