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FAQs on preparing your ApplicationQ: Should I target my Application to a specific Job Opening (JO)?
A: Yes. Naturally, a customized cover note will also help you focus on the key aspects of your Application that relate to the JO, but it is also in your interest to target the Application according to the responsibilities and competencies of the position.
Q: What’s the difference between duties and achievements?
A: Duties describe the specific responsibilities of your job. They accurately reflect what you are doing or have done in each of your previous jobs. In other words, it is the “what you do” of your job. Achievements describe in specific terms “how well” you did in your job.
Q: Many of my achievements are team-based, how do I draft them in my Application?
A: You should include your team-based achievements in your Application. Indicate that you were part of a team, and describe your specific role in reaching the goal.
FAQs on general Application guidelines
Q: Can I save my Application?
A: Yes. You should save your Application when you make changes and/or update it. It is recommended that you save different versions of your Application in Word format and then edit the Application online according to the post for which you are applying.
Q: Can I update my Application to apply for a new JO?
A: Yes. Each time you apply for a new JO, we recommend that you review your Application and update it, if appropriate, or target it to better reflect your suitability for the new JO. Your updates will not affect the content of Applications previously submitted against other JOs.
Q: Must I use up all the available characters in each section of my Application?
A: No. In fact, doing so may result in an unnecessary lengthy Application. Unless you have an enormous range of experiences, there is no reason to use up all the space given. Applicants are encouraged to list their duties and achievements in a clear and brief manner.1. Which of the following descriptions best shows your achievements?
A.I’ve developed various interests, ranging from oil painting to designing model. |
B.I’m good at creating proposals for new product ideas aimed at a specific market. |
C.I’m in charge of the clearance, production and distribution of information material. |
D.I succeeded in directing a video presentation, assisting our group to win the first prize. |
A.target your focus on your interest in the JO |
B.save your latest application in Word format |
C.prepare one application with all your competencies |
D.update your application to match new requirements |
A.introduce what JOs they have previously applied to |
B.list the greatest achievements they have made in detail |
C.give key information about their experiences and achievements |
D.provide the results of their tests, assessments and examinations |
2 . My father decided to start learning French when he was 57. On the surface, his retirement hobby seems a little random — our family has no connection to French-speaking countries — but his
Lots of activities are linked to better brain health in old age, like getting more education when you’re younger and physical activity. Experts say regularly speaking multiple languages may be especially
The age at which you learn another language appears to be less important than how
However, evidence for the benefits of learning a second language as a hobby in your 60s is
The scientists who conducted those studies offered a few potential
A.affection | B.contribution | C.motivation | D.struggle |
A.delay | B.prevent | C.signal | D.stimulate |
A.additional | B.educational | C.lasting | D.potential |
A.beneficial | B.common | C.impractical | D.rare |
A.carelessly | B.constantly | C.creatively | D.delicately |
A.long | B.often | C.soon | D.well |
A.command | B.practice | C.restrict | D.spread |
A.function | B.psychology | C.system | D.training |
A.damages | B.operations | C.pains | D.signs |
A.decline | B.improve | C.matter | D.restore |
A.available | B.mounting | C.stronger | D.weaker |
A.difference | B.involvement | C.point | D.reduction |
A.applications | B.explanations | C.findings | D.suggestions |
A.diversities | B.improvements | C.outcomes | D.possibilities |
A.content | B.intention | C.length | D.requirement |
“人设”通常指人们向公众展示的自我,现在很多学生经常说“我的人设不能倒”。校学生会正在开展有关“人设能不能倒?(Can my public image fall apart?)”的讨论,请你在学生会邮箱投稿,表达自己的想法。你的投稿须包括(文中请不要出现真实的校名和人名):
1)你觉得自己的人设是什么?
2)你觉得你的人设能倒吗?为什么?
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It Takes at Least 200 Hours to Make a Close Friendship, and More to Maintain It
Many of us worry that we don’t put in enough time to maintain close friendships. But how much is enough? Unfortunately, there’s no magic formula (公式) for how much time you need to spend on your friends to keep them. Each friendship and friend are unique and develops or ends depending on how we interact.
Forming a friendship in the first place takes a certain number of hours of being together. We need between 40 and 60 hours together for a person we know slightly to become a casual friend. In order to move from casual friends to close friends, we need to spend an additional 140 to 160 hours together for a total of about 200 hours.
However, deeper interactions can quicken that timeline. We can form a close bond in less than 200 hours with meaningful conversations. Contrarily, spending 200 hours together doesn’t necessarily mean a person will become a close friend. They have to want to be your friends. Some co-workers can spend 300 hours together and never become close friends.
When it comes to maintaining friendships, it’s not just the number of hours spent together, but what we do that matters. Engaging in passive activity with friends — like watching a TV series — is fun and enjoyable, but it doesn’t do as much to maintain friendship as having deep conversations, sharing feelings, and being a good listener. And routinely checking in with people we choose to connect with, through calls and texts or in person, helps maintain relationships and leads to higher scores of positive feelings, like happiness.
The key point is that sharing things about ourselves can lead to close friendships. Once that closeness is established, some ways to maintain closeness are supporting friends when things go wrong for them and celebrating their achievements.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9 . Antarctic Tourism: Should We Just Say No?
More people are visiting Antarctic, the frozen continent than ever before.
The distance most visitors travel to reach Antarctica makes carbon emissions a serious problem.
There is clear agreement that something needs to change, but no agreement on what those changes should be.
A.The number of visitors hit 100,000 for the first time this tourist season, a 40% jump over the previous record. |
B.The Antarctic is at risk not just because of the breakability of its environment, but due to the lack of a single governing body. |
C.Should landings be made at a larger number of sites for instance, or should we aim to keep the human footprint as small as possible? |
D.If what you really want is to connect with snow and ice and you’re in the northern half, can you catch a train to the nearest snow region instead? |
E.The average per-person carbon emissions for an Antarctic tourist are 3.76 tonnes – about the total sum that an individual typically generates in an entire year. |
F.There is so little regulation now that almost anything that will protect the areas by an official legal source rather than self-regulated would be really positive. |
10 . In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart. – Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University
LinkedIn researchers recently looked at which skills any given job requires and then identified over 500 likely to be affected by generative A.I. technologies. They then estimated that 96 percent of a software engineer’s current skills — mainly in programming languages — can eventually be possessed by A.I. Skills associated with jobs like legal associates and finance officers will also be highly exposed. In fact, given the broad impact A.I. is set to have, it is quite likely to affect all of our work to some degree or another.
Circling around this research is the big question emerging across so many conversations about A.I. and work, namely: What are our core capabilities as humans?
If we answer this question from a place of fear about what’s left for people in the age of A.I., we can end up admitting a diminished view of human capability. Instead, it’s critical for us all to start from a place that imagines what’s possible for humans in the age of A.I. When we do that, we find ourselves focusing quickly on people skills that allow us to cooperate and innovate in ways technology can intensify but never replace.
A recent Jobs for the Future survey found that 78 percent of the 10 top-employing occupations classified uniquely human skills and tasks as “important” or “very important.” These, commonly referred to as soft skills, include building interpersonal relationships, negotiating between parties and guiding and motivating teams.
Now is the time for leaders, across departments, to develop new ways for students to learn that are more directly tied to where our economy is going, not where it has been. Critically, that involves bringing the same level of preciseness to training around people skills that we have brought to technical skills.
Ultimately, for our society, this comes down to whether we believe in the potential of humans with as much belief as we believe in the potential of A.I. If we do, it is entirely possible to build a world of work that not only is more human but also is a place where all people are valued for the unique skills we have, enabling us to deliver new levels of human achievement across so many areas that affect all of our lives.
1. According to LinkedIn’s recent research, __________.A.soft engineers are required to identify 500 languages |
B.A.I. will replace humans in jobs requiring certain skills |
C.we humans underestimate the impact A.I. is set to have |
D.A.I. technologies are to influence research to some degree |
A.Humans are losing control of the world. |
B.Technology intensifies humans’ cooperation. |
C.Humans outsmart A.I in terms of critical thinking. |
D.A.I. and humans are similar in their ability to innovate. |
A.teach students unique technical skills | B.develop students’ soft skills for their future |
C.remind students where our economy is going | D.build healthy interpersonal relationships with students |
A.Practical value set on skills. | B.Firm belief about A.I. technologies. |
C.Decisive effects brought by A.I. | D.Confidence in our potential. |