【推荐1】If you want to help, you first need to listen. This is a philosophy that Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries ________. If you’re modest, you’ll ask the poor, “What would help you?” But if you’re led by ________, then you tell the poor, “Here is what your problem is: here’s how you fix yourself.”

Few businesses would hire ________ gang members (一帮混混), so Greg created Homeboy Industries to provide those people with ________. Today, Homeboy ________ not Just the neighborhood but all of Los Angeles County with its restaurants, coffee shops and ________ a tattoo (纹身) removal clinic. Homeboy, staying modest, has ________ to the formerly gang involved and helped at every ________. It asks the question: “Anything ________ we can do for you?”

The minute you think you know how to help someone may also be the moment you get it ________. Your intention is admirable, but your approach may be wrong. ________ likes to be told how to get better; they want to ________ the process. That begins with conversation to ________ how the other is feeling and how he can help himself get better at a job or recover from addiction.

For some, ________ is to admit that you don’t have all the answers. Actually the best answers often come from those you serve, ________ it does with Homeboy Industries. Its tattoos removal clinic came about because ex-gang members wanted to remove tattoos which may ________ them getting hired. Removing a tattoo is a long and ________ process but it can serve as a kind of ________.

Modesty is that openness to others. It ________ a pathway of service to others. There are difficulties greater than you can overcome ________, but when you surrender (屈服) a part of yourself to serving the team, you belong to a community that just might overcome those difficulties.

【推荐2】Why do we need inspiration? The answer is purely psychological. According to a magazine on ___, by the time a child reaches the age of 18, the concept of “No, you can’t!” has been strengthened 187,000 times, ___the concept of “Yes, you can!” has been strengthened ___about 25—30 times.

With this in mind, it is no ___that so many people grow up to be failures or less than successful. Today’s society ___us this way. We simply do not believe we can win. Personally, I was ___. While I grew up, my parents, teachers and classmates gave me tons of inspiration and ___to pursue my creative abilities in both music and art. My wife taught in public school for over three decades, ___my skills and knowledge to develop. Although we are by no ___financially independent, by working at home and being ____to our three children, I feel extremely successful in my quality of life.

I have always believed “true living” is ____each day to work at what you love to do more than ____else in the world. But, most people become programmed — work hard and make a living whether they ____doing the work or not — perhaps at the ____of life.

In order to be truly ____financially, emotionally and spiritually, you’ve got to be filled with ____for what you are doing. Talent is a gift, but it must first be ____, then developed. Once this passion grows into a highly trained skill, you will become an extremely knowledgeable and a highly ____specialist.

To identify your talent, you must first search for your major ____. When you find something you truly love doing, study and training seem ____.

【推荐1】Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, the choice of an ________ should be made even before choice of a curriculum (课程) in high school. ________, most people make several job choices during their working lives, ________ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve their position. Actually, the “one perfect job” does not exist. Young people should enter into a broad flexible training program that will prepare them for a field of work rather than just for a single ________.

Unfortunately, many young people have to make career plans ________ getting proper help from a competent occupational counselor (职业顾问) or psychologist. Knowing ________ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss ________. Some drift from job to job. Others ________ to a piece of work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.

One common mistake is choosing an occupation for its ________ prestige (声望). Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, ________ both the relatively small percentage (百分比) of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal ________ . The imagined prestige of a profession is ________ good reason for choosing it as life’s work. What’s worse, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the ________ of young people should give serious ________ to these fields.

Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants out of life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take ________ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards. So, you must be careful before making the final choice.

【推荐2】Are you a graduate trying to plan out the best career path for yourself? Here, some tips are given on how to go about it.

A university degree is no _________ of a job, and job hunting in itself requires a whole set of skills. If you find you are not getting past the first interview, ask yourself what is happening. Is it a(n) _________ to communicate or are there some skills you lack? And find out what you need to do to bring yourself up to the level of _________ that would make you more attractive to them.

Do not be too discouraged if you are _________ for a job, but think about the reasons the employers give. Those who made the second interview might have been studying the same subject as you and be of _________ ability level, but they had something which made them a _________ match to the selector’s ideal. That could be experience gained through projects or vacation work, or it might be that they were better at communicating what they could offer. Do not take the comments at _________ value: think back to the interviews that generated them and make a list of where you think the shortfall in your performance lies. With this sort of analytical approach you will eventually get your foot in the door.

Deciding how long you should stay in your first job is a tough call. Stay too long and future employers may question your _________ and ambition. Of course, it depends on where you are aiming. If you are a graduate, spending five or six years in the same job is not too long _________ that you stay ahead of the game. However, do not use this as a(n) __________ for lacking interest or enthusiasm. Graduates sometimes fail to take ownership of their careers and take the initiative. It is up to you to make the most of what’s available within a company, and to monitor your progress in case you need to __________ . This applies particularly if you are still not sure where your career path lies.

It is helpful to think through what kind of experience you need to get your __________ job and it is not a problem to move around to a certain extent. But in the __________ stages of your career you need a definite strategy for reaching your goal, so think about that carefully before deciding to step forward from your first job. You must cultivate __________ to be competent for any role. There is no guarantee that you will get adequate training, and research has shown that if you do not receive proper help in a new role, it can take 18 months to __________ it.

【推荐3】For most people, graduation day is exciting. _________, my graduation day was not.

Two years ago on my graduation day, my family and friends came to _________ me. But like everyone else in my class, I had _________ the economy turn from bad to worse during my senior year. We graduates had degrees (学位), but very _________ opportunities. Countless applications had not been _________.

The weeks ahead weren’t _________. I drove to Southern California to find work. But 100 job applications later, I found myself in the _________ spot as I was before.

You know that feeling when you wake up and you are just filled with _________? And the most frustrating part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t seem to _________.

I began to write. Something about writing gave me __________. I channeled my frustration into a children’s book. Then one day, I received a publishing contract for my first __________! After that, things slowly began to fall into place. I was __________ a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with a company and was __________ shortly after.

The lesson of this story: Don’t give up. Even if thing look __________ now, don’t give up. Things __________.

If you work hard, give it time, and don’t give up, things will always get better.