1 . Intern (实习生): United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)
Job Title: Digital Business Solutions Intern
Work location: Remote/Beijing
Duration: Six months
The Digital Bureau Solution is responsible for ICT operations within UNESCO, and reports to the Assistant Director General to Administration(ADG/ADM). The team oversees the implementation of UNESO’s digital strategy, with the delivery of more integrated and properly designed, project and knowledge management in support of programme delivery; the supply of a flexible IT infrastructure (基础建设), and best-in-class service management to enable effective programme delivery; and the supply of strengthened cyber security and digital risk management.
Job responsibilities
Network Monitoring and Arrangement: Assist in monitoring network performance and diagnosing connectivity issues using network monitoring tools; while gaining hands-on experience with network device arrangement, including routers, switches, and firewalls;
Cloud Platform Familiarity: Gain experience with cloud platforms by setting up and arranging cloud resources; assist in planning the migration of pre-stored applications and workloads to the cloud:
Server and Network Troubleshooting: Learn to troubleshoot network problems, such as slow connections or connection lost;
Documentation: Help update and maintain network documentation, including network diagrams and device inventories;·User Support and Troubleshooting: Provide basic user support, including password resets and account creation, and learn about helpdesk ticketing systems;
Requirements
You must be at least 20 years old to apply.
You have recently graduated with a Master’s degree or PhD, 12 months prior to the start of the internship; You should have an excellent command, both written and spoken, of English or French. A working knowledge of the other language (English or French) is an advantage; You must have an excellent knowledge of computer systems and office-related software.
Applicants need to register an account for UNESCD and enter the application process after completing their personal information resume. In the Application information, if you want to do this job offline, select duty station: China, Beijing.
1. The Digital Bureau Solution is to ______.A.control the Assistant Director General to Administration |
B.improve more integrated project and knowledge management |
C.create a flexible IT infrastructure, and good service management |
D.offer strengthened cyber security and digital risk management. |
A.monitor network performance and diagnose connectivity issues |
B.gain experience with cloud platforms by planning the applications |
C.update and maintain network documentation for network diagrams |
D.provide basic user support by learning about helpdesk ticketing systems |
A.Being younger than 20 years old when applying. |
B.Having a Master’s degree or PhD while applying. |
C.Commanding English and French excellently, both written and spoken. |
D.Having a rich knowledge of computer systems and office-related software. |
2 . For many American high school seniors and their families, May 1 is “National College Decision Day,” when students make a decision about their academic future.
It is understandable why many students and families suspect that college is no longer “worth it.” College tuition has been rising for years, and many students fear being burdened with loans after graduation. But in fact, the net price of a four-year college, which is what students pay after financial aid, has been falling since 2018 and is now lower than it was in 2006.
To make smart decisions about where to go and what to study, students and parents can make use of resources available today to make informed choices.
A.To acquire these advanced skills, college remains the surest path. |
B.However, recent years have seen a sharp drop in college registration. |
C.These attitudes are also reflected in the actions of the youngest generation. |
D.Higher education must make college pricing clear to would-be college-goers. |
E.Huge data shows a college degree actually gives graduates economic advantages. |
F.Furthermore, students in debt were more likely to finish their degrees and earn more later. |
G.For example, tools like College Scorecard offer graduation rates and future earnings across schools. |
The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) is a leading non-profit organization dedicated to the presentation and documentation of folk and traditional arts in the United States. The NCTA presents the nation’s very finest artists in festivals, tours, international cultural exchanges, workshops, demonstrations and exhibitions, media productions, school programs, and other activities. It works in partnership with communities across America to establish new, sustainable traditional arts events that deliver lasting social and cultural benefits.
The NCTA seeks Festival Support Staff for the 2020 festival season to provide office and on-site support for three large-scale festivals. Positions available include:
● Programming Administration Assistant
This is the perfect position for someone with an interest in history, arts management, cultural anthropology, and related fields.
Responsibilities include programming research, marketing and promotion, and event organization. The position may also be responsible for press and photo document management, social media updates, and customer service.
Qualified applicants will be detail-oriented and organized, with excellent people skills and a general interest in the traditional arts. Computer literacy is essential. The contract runs from May 1 to December 15.
● Festival Assistant
This is the perfect position for someone with an interest in arts, culture, and event logistics (后勤) who enjoys operating in a fast-paced, collegial small-office environment.
The position provides festival staff support. Responsibilities include document creation, travel purchase, logistics support, data entry, and database maintenance.
Qualified applicants will be outgoing and open-minded, with effective oral and written communication skills and computer literacy. Prior experience with festival planning is preferred. The contract runs from May 18 to October 30.
● Production Associate
The production associate is a key member of the production team who will work closely with the production manager on all festival audio, backline, and lighting needs, from planning through implementation (实施).
The role will contribute to the following key tasks: advancing technical needs with artists, making tech books, accurate record-keeping, and working with the NCTA and festival staff to insure smooth on-site operations.
Qualified applicants will be responsible and adaptable, with excellent people skills. Prior experience in concert production is preferred. The contract runs from June 15 to October 30.
All Positions: Experience with database entry, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Acrobat is required. Must have a clean driving record, or reliable transportation. Some evenings, weekends, and travel are required.
More details and how to apply at: http//ncta- America.com.
1. According to the passage, the NCTA ____.A.focuses on cultural and arts education |
B.keeps a record of American traditional arts |
C.enjoys economic benefits from communities |
D.aims to help the artists in art-related activities |
A.plan and design programs | B.create social networking websites |
C.deal with complaints from customers | D.photograph newspapers and documents |
A.Driving skills. | B.Working experience. |
C.Communication skills. | D.Knowledge on traditional arts. |
4 . Ever wonder what happens to spacecraft after they get launched to space? Well, that is where my job as an instrument operations engineer comes in. My job consists of planning, generating, and operating scientific instruments in-flight. I am grateful for having worked on missions at Saturn, the Moon, and our own planet Earth.
When I was a high-schooler, I was unsure of what college I wanted to attend, or what major I wanted to choose. After receiving an email from a college called Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), I decided to apply to a summer program they were offering with the encouragement of my mom. After participating in that program, I knew that MIT was the right university for me. The passionate students and boundless opportunities developed a feeling of belonging in me that led me to apply and eventually get accepted.
The most exciting and fulfilling part of being an engineer is that I am able to work on projects that benefit humanity. When people think of the space industry, they picture the outer reaches of our solar system. What they may not imagine is the great body of work being done to study our own home-Earth. I am thankful to have a career that allows me to commit myself to that responsibility.
The highlight of my career has been witnessing the end of the Cassini mission to Saturn. Some of the people on the team had been working on the mission for longer than I had been alive, but they still treated me as one of their own. I was given the opportunity to operate the cameras that would catch breathtaking images of the planet. And when the Cassini spacecraft had run out of fuel, I quickly learned that it was not just the end of the mission, but the end of a team. The night we watched with bittersweet longing as its signal faded to nothing is something that I will always keep in my memories. And while Cassini will be remembered for its historic contributions, what I will remember it for is the team it brought together.
My friends often ask why a girl could achieve all these. I always grew up a big fan of fiction. I read the Harry Potter books and loved anything fantasy. I realized that a common theme of hero stories is that the hero must always make a choice to start their adventure. If you don’t pick up the sword in your own story because you are afraid of what may happen next, you risk not having a story at all.
1. Why did the author apply to MIT?A.The majors in MIT interested her. | B.Her mother urged her to go to MIT. |
C.She set this goal as a high-schooler. | D.A summer program made her love MIT. |
A.It’s easy to predict what she does. | B.It’s hard for a girl to have such a career. |
C.She is annoyed by being misunderstood. | D.She is proud to work for human well-being. |
A.Its historic contributions. | B.The team it brought together. |
C.Breathtaking images of the planet. | D.The opportunity to operate the cameras. |
A.Practice makes perfect. | B.No way is impossible to courage. |
C.Well begun is half done. | D.Time lost cannot be won again. |
5 . The personal grievance provisions (个人申诉条款) of New Zealand’s Employment Relations Act 2000 (ERA) prevent an employer from firing an employee without good cause. Instead, dismissals must be justified. Employers must both show cause and act in a procedurally fair way.
Personal grievance procedures were designed to protect the jobs of ordinary workers from “unjustified dismissals”. The premise was that the common law of contract lacked sufficient protection for workers against arbitrary (随意的) conduct by management. Long gone are the days when a boss could simply give an employee contractual notice.
But these provisions create difficulties for businesses when applied to highly-paid managers and executives. As countless boards and business owners will confirm, constraining (限制) firms from firing poorly performing, high-earning managers puts a brake on productivity and overall performance. The difference between C-grade and A-grade managers may very well be the difference between business success or failure, between preserving the jobs of ordinary workers or losing them. Yet mediocrity is no longer enough to justify a dismissal.
Consequently — and paradoxically — laws introduced to protect the jobs of ordinary worker may be placing those jobs at risk.
If not placing jobs at risk, to the extent employment protection laws constrain business owners from dismissing under-performing managers, those laws act as a constraint on firm productivity and therefore on workers’ wages. Indeed, in a 2014 article, the Productivity Commission single out the low quality of managerial capabilities as a cause of the country’s poor productivity growth record.
Nor are highly-paid managers themselves immune from the harm caused by the ERA’s unjustified dismissal procedures. Because employment protection laws make it costlier to fire an employee, employers are more cautious about hiring new staff. This makes it harder for the marginal manager to gain employment. And firms pay staff less because firms carry the burden of the employment arrangement going wrong.
Australia deals with the unjustified dismissal paradox by excluding employees earning above a specified “high-income threshold” from the protection of its unfair dismissal laws. In New Zealand, a 2016 Bill tried to permit firms and high-income employees to contract out of the unjustified dismissal regime. However, the mechanisms proposed were unwieldy and the Bill was voted down following the change in government later that year.
1. The personal grievance provisions of the ERA are intended to __________ .A.free employers from certain duties |
B.improve traditional hiring procedures |
C.protect the rights of ordinary workers |
D.punish questionable corporate practices |
A.slow down business development |
B.weaken managers’ authority |
C.affect the firms’ public image |
D.worsen labor-management relations |
A.Imposing reasonable wage restraints. |
B.Enforcing employment protection laws. |
C.Limiting the powers of business owners. |
D.Dismissing poorly performing managers |
A.Highly paid managers lose their jobs. |
B.Employees suffer from salary cuts |
C.Society sees a rise in overall well-being |
D.Employers need to hire new staff. |
A.has secured managers’ earnings |
B.has produced undesired results |
C.is beneficial to business owners |
D.is difficult to put into practice |
6 . Get up at 6 am, arrive at the hospital one hour earlier to help patients check in, and accompany patients during consultations… In recent years, “patient escorts” has emerged as a new industry, and those who have taken on this career are known as “people who sell time”, 26-year-old Zhang Tian is one of them.
September 4 was a lucky day for Zhang Tian. On this day, Zhang Tian saw a video about patient escorts on a short video platform. The daily routine of patient escorts shown in the video fascinated her and gradually inspired her to take this on as a business. She browsed through many platforms and read multiple information and found there indeed exists a certain demand for patient escorts, especially for the elderly, children, and pregnant women. Since she had never engaged in this kind of work before, she spent two days in major hospitals in Wuhan, in order to familiarize herself with all the departments on different floors, as well as the processes of medical consultation and preparation for surgery.
After preliminary preparatory (预备的) work, Zhang Tian posted a video of myself-introduction on major social platforms, talking about the help and services a patient escort provides, as well as some tips for a quick and convenient medical consultation. At first, she was a little worried that her video would go unnoticed. However, after she uploaded the video, it got over 100 likes and she received her first ever offer as a patient escort.
The memory of her first task is still alive and fresh in her mind. She received a phone call on September 9 from a man whose father was seriously ill and might need surgery. He wanted Zhang Tian to accompany his father through his consultation and treatment.” Zhang Tian made full preparations before meeting her first client and did a very good job despite her nervousness.
“Later, the family expressed their gratitude to me over and over again, which warmed my heart and gave me a sense of achievement.” Zhang Tian said.
1. What do patient escorts do?A.They assist doctors in hospitals. |
B.They arrive at hospitals early to check in. |
C.They take on this career to sell their time. |
D.They help patients get treated in hospitals. |
A.she enjoyed seeing an interesting video |
B.she got inspiration for her own career |
C.she found a demand for medical workers |
D.she was well received on social platforms |
A.She got familiar with the routine work in hospitals. |
B.She spent two days in major hospitals to meet patients. |
C.Her video on social platforms attracted her first client. |
D.The man’s father was seriously ill and might need a surgery. |
A.Hardworking and considerate. | B.Humorous and careful. |
C.Ambitious and imaginative. | D.Talkative and positive. |
7 . Do you want a part-time job to earn some extra money? Check out the list and find one that suits your fancy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
It seems almost everyone has a friend who is a technical genius. Such people earn money using their talent. If you are one of them, you could be responsible for technical support in your college or university and get your part-time job. You can enjoy the process of earning money while doing your favorite thing.
TUTOR
A lot of students hire a tutor to help them in high school or college. If you are good at some subjects, why not work as a peer tutor? You help your friends and earn money at the same time. If you know foreign languages, you can make more money. All you need to do is to make an appropriate advertisement of your services using college newspapers. One of the best things about being a tutor is that you can set your hours.
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR
If your college or university has a fitness center and if you are a sporty person, go and sign up to get this job. You will have an absolute free opportunity to engage yourself in sports. You need to be a good psychologist, because you are going to work with people and it’ll be your job to persuade and motivate them to become sporty, healthy and strong. Being a fitness instructor is a perfect position for those who love to help other people and want to make more friends.
OFFICE WORKER
Nowadays many companies cooperate with college students giving them part-time jobs. Some of the major job duties of an office worker are answering calls and scheduling appointments. If you are interested in doing this job, contact the representatives of different companies to find out if they’re currently hiring anyone.
1. If you want to have a flexible schedule while earning some money, which of the following suits you most?A.Tutor. | B.Technical support. |
C.Fitness instructor. | D.Office worker. |
A.The four kinds of part-time jobs are intended for college students. |
B.If you work as a fitness instructor, you should be sporty and sociable. |
C.As a part-time office worker, you are responsible for answering emails. |
D.If you are good at foreign languages, you are able to earn more as a tutor. |
A.Through an online interview. |
B.By submitting the application. |
C.By advertising on the newspaper. |
D.By contacting the representative of the company. |
8 . Do you want to love what you do for a living? Follow your passion. This piece of advice provides the foundation for modern thinking on career satisfaction. But this can be a problem.
I’ve spent the past several years researching and writing about the different strategies we use to seek happiness in our work. It became clear early in the process that the suggestion to evidence. However, it passionate about your complicated. “follow your passion” was flawed, for it lacks scientific doesn’t mean you should abandon the goal of feeling work. The reality emphasizes that the things are quite.
Passion is earned. Different people are looking for different things in their work, but generally, people with satisfying careers enjoy some combination of the following features: autonomy, respect, competence, creativity, and a sense of impact. In other words, if you want to feel passionate about your livelihood, don’t seek the perfect job, but seek to get more of these features in the job you already have.
Passion is elusive (难捉摸的). Many people develop the rare and valuable skills leading to passion, but still end up unhappy in their work. The problem is that the features leading you to love your work are more likely to be useful to you than your organization. As you become increasingly “valuable”, for example, your boss might push you toward traditional promotions that come with more pay and more responsibility, as this is what is most useful to your company. However, you might find more passion by applying your value to gain autonomy in your schedule or project selection.
Passion is dangerous. I’ve watched too many of my peers fall into anxiety and chronic job-hopping due to the “follow your passion” advice. The issue is expectations. If you believe we all have a pre-existing passion, and that matching it to a job will lead to instant workplace happiness, reality will always pale in comparison.
Work is hard. Not every day is fun. If you’re seeking a dream job, you’ll end up frustrated, again and again. Don’t set out to discover passion. Instead, set out to develop it. This path might be longer and more complicated than what most cheerful career guides might advocate, but it’s a path much more likely to lead you somewhere worth going.
1. People satisfied with their careers are _____.A.autonomous and passionate | B.creative and passionate |
C.respectable and sensitive | D.creative and competent |
A.Figuring out what one will do in the future. |
B.Matching the pre-existing passion to one’s work. |
C.Developing passion for what one is doing. |
D.Discovering skills that lead to interesting careers. |
A.it’s not easy to match our passion with our jobs |
B.we shouldn’t think everyone has a pre-existing passion |
C.high expectations of passion in jobs bring disappointment |
D.workplace happiness doesn’t require a pre-existing passion |
A.Neutral. | B.Disapproving. | C.Cautious. | D.Supportive. |
9 . Exploring Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Gaining a richer and deeper understanding of psychology can help people achieve insights into their own actions as well as a better understanding of other people.
One important benefit from a psychology major is that it teaches the student about the human mind and why people act in various manners. Not all psychology majors will become psychologists.
Psychology also offers the individual insight into himself or herself. As the person learns about the human mind, how it works and why people behave in specific manners, the person may also begin to recognize both harmful and helpful thought patterns in himself or herself.
This may lead the person to an increased level of self-awareness.
A.Self-awareness is a vital skill for any person to have. |
B.It shows the individual what areas the person needs to strengthen. |
C.As a result, psychology becomes an incredibly popular college major. |
D.A psychology major examines the science of human behavior and mental processes. |
E.All fields have the opportunity to benefit from the guidance that psychology can offer. |
F.The third reason why psychology is a useful major is that it opens up a wide range of career opportunities. |
G.However, all psychology majors will develop an increased awareness about human behavior and thought patterns. |
I am writing to apply for the Sales Manager position on the careers page of the King Computers website. Last year King Computers added five new offices, making it the largest computer sales and services company in the state. I understand that one of the company’s aims is to expand outside of the Washington area. I am seeking the opportunity to play an important role in your growing business. As a sales manager with Diamond Computers, I expanded our sales area by 150% in two years. I am confident that my leadership and experience will help King Computers achieve its goals, too.
I have worked in the field of computer sales for over fifteen years. Currently I am a sales manager for Diamond Computers based in Seattle. I am skilled at managing accounts and increasing sales revenue (收益). Last year, my team produced $960,000 in revenue—the highest in the company. Also, I received the Diamond Sales Award for the best sales manager. In addition, I am experienced at planning sales strategies, developing advertising campaigns, and creating sales budgets.
King Computers is well-known for its customer-first philosophy. In my fifteen years in sales, this way of thinking is the most important thing I have learned. A sales strategy should never be just about getting money from customers. I believe it’s important to take the time to listen to each customer—to understand what he or she really needs. Then, we must find the product that best matches those needs. As a sales manager for King Computers, I will be in a great position to do just that.
If you are looking for a skilled sales manager with a history of success, I would be delighted to speak with you.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Paul Reubens
1. According to the writer, what is one of King Computers’ aims?A.To set new goals. |
B.To add five new offices. |
C.To make its business bigger. |
D.To hire more sales managers. |
A.put customers’ needs first |
B.never get money from customers |
C.be skilled in designing computers |
D.be able to receive awards for the company |
A.prove that he is skillful as a sales manager |
B.explain why he is interested in selling computers |
C.show that he is fit for the job at King Computers |
D.describe what he has experienced for over fifteen years |