簡歷中的年齡偏見：年齡應(yīng)該是就業(yè)障礙嗎？（下）

名師精講外刊簡歷中的年齡偏見：年齡應(yīng)該是就業(yè)障礙嗎？（下）CVageism:Canyoubethe'wrong'ageforajob?名師精講外刊在上篇中，作者就事論事，通過數(shù)據(jù)和研究對職場年齡歧視做了概況性的介紹，同時，也指出了年齡歧視可能是最容易被容忍、不會給人們帶來內(nèi)疚感的偏見。針對這樣的現(xiàn)狀，我們可以如何應(yīng)對這個問題？一起來看今天的下篇。課前問題1.“movetheneedle”是什么意思？2.文章最后出現(xiàn)的“agency”是什么意思？導(dǎo)讀名師精講外刊CVageism:Canyoubethe'wrong'ageforajob?名師精講外刊MitigatingmeasuresIfjudgementsrelatedtoworkerageareinevitable,isthererealisticallyanythingcandidatescandotoavoidfallingvictimtoprejudices?Afterall,evenifyoustripyourCVofyourdateofbirth,thereareplentyofotherage-relatedindicatorsinyourlistofpreviousjobs,skillsandqualifications.Somerecruitmentadviserssuggestleavingoffkeydatesandonlylistingyourlast15yearsofexperience,butisthatarealsolution?【基礎(chǔ)解析】fallvictimto成為……的犧牲品（或受害者）【釋】Ifyoufallvictimtosomethingorsomeone,yousufferasaresultofthem,oryouarekilledbythem.【例】Intheearly1960s,BlytonfellvictimtoAlzheimer'sdisease.在19世紀(jì)60年代早期，布萊頓患上了老年癡呆癥。名師精講外刊精講試聽結(jié)束Ifjudgementsrelatedtoworkerageareinevitable,isthererealisticallyanythingcandidatescandotoavoidfallingvictimtoprejudices?Afterall,evenifyoustripyourCVofyourdateofbirth,thereareplentyofotherage-relatedindicatorsinyourlistofpreviousjobs,skillsandqualifications.Somerecruitmentadviserssuggestleavingoffkeydatesandonlylistingyourlast15yearsofexperience,butisthatarealsolution?【基礎(chǔ)解析】strip1)脫衣服【釋】Ifyoustrip,youtakeoffyourclothes.【例】Theystrippedcompletely,andlayinthedampgrass.他們脫光衣服，躺在潮濕的草地上。2)剝奪，褫奪（財產(chǎn)、權(quán)利、頭銜）【釋】Tostripsomeoneoftheirproperty,rights,ortitlesmeanstotakethosethingsawayfromthem.【例】Thesoldiershavestrippedtheciviliansoftheirpassports,andeveryothertypeofdocument.士兵們已經(jīng)奪走了平民的護(hù)照以及所有其他類型的證件。精講試聽結(jié)束Ifjudgementsrelatedtoworkerageareinevitable,isthererealisticallyanythingcandidatescandotoavoidfallingvictimtoprejudices?Afterall,evenifyoustripyourCVofyourdateofbirth,thereareplentyofotherage-relatedindicatorsinyourlistofpreviousjobs,skillsandqualifications.Somerecruitmentadviserssuggestleavingoffkeydatesandonlylistingyourlast15yearsofexperience,butisthatarealsolution?【基礎(chǔ)解析】leaveoff1)剔除，排除（在名單之外）【釋】Ifsomeoneorsomethingisleftoffalist,theyarenotincludedonthatlist.【例】Shehasbeendeliberatelyleftofftheguestlist.她被故意排除在嘉賓名單之外。2)停止，中斷（做某事）【釋】Ifsomeoneleavesoffdoingsomething,theystopdoingit.【例】Someofthepatientsleftofftreatment.有些病人停止了治療。"ThemoresalientyourageappearsonyourCV,themorelikelytheonewhoreadsitwillfocusonyourage,"pointsoutL?ssbroek,explainingthattheharderitistofindyourage,thesaferyouarefromhavingyourrésuméthrownoutbeforebeingproperlyread."Ithinkthere'ssomevalueinnotdisplayingtheageexplicitly,butitdoesn'tsolveeverything."【基礎(chǔ)解析】salientadj.最重要的；顯著的；突出的【釋】Thesalientpointsorfactsofasituationarethemostimportantones.【例】Hereadthesalientfactsquickly.他迅速地閱讀了那些最重要的事實。Stanford'sMartinsuggeststacklingpotentialageismhead-oninstead."Erasingagefromarésuméisonewaytomitigatesomeofthebiases,butit'snotawayI'moverlyoptimisticabout,"shesays,explainingthatcuttingyour30,40or50yearsofexperiencedownto15wouldlikelydownplayyouraccomplishments."Removingthingscreatesalotofambiguity,andthatopensupalotofroomforbias.Whenwedon'tknowinformation,ourmindhasalotofabilitytoassume."【基礎(chǔ)解析】head-onadv.（撞擊）迎面地，頭對頭地，正面地【釋】Iftwovehicleshiteachotherhead-on,theyhiteachotherwiththeirfrontspointingtowardseachother.【例1】Onceagain,Ichosetoconfronttheissuehead-on.我又一次選擇了直接面對該問題?！纠?】Thecarcrossedtheroadandhitatruckhead-on.汽車橫越馬路迎頭撞上了一輛卡車。Stanford'sMartinsuggeststacklingpotentialageismhead-oninstead."Erasingagefromarésuméisonewaytomitigatesomeofthebiases,butit'snotawayI'moverlyoptimisticabout,"shesays,explainingthatcuttingyour30,40or50yearsofexperiencedownto15wouldlikelydownplayyouraccomplishments."Removingthingscreatesalotofambiguity,andthatopensupalotofroomforbias.Whenwedon'tknowinformation,ourmindhasalotofabilitytoassume."【基礎(chǔ)解析】downplayv.對……輕描淡寫；使輕視；貶低【釋】Ifyoudownplayafactorfeature,youtrytomakepeoplethinkthatitislessimportantorseriousthanitreallyis.【例】Thegovernmenthasbeentryingtodownplaythecrisis.政府一直在盡力淡化此次危機(jī)的嚴(yán)重性。Instead,thinkaboutwhatyouragemightsuggesttoarecruiteraboutyou,andcutitoffatthepass.Olderapplicantsshould,forexample,emphasisetheirtechskillstocounterpossiblestereotypesaboutadaptability.Youngerworkersshouldbeexplicitaboutproblemsthey'vesolved,particularlyonesthatmightappearoutoftheiragebracket."Whenyoumakethingsreallyclear,itbecomesmuchharderforrecruiterstomakeassumptions,"saysMartin.【基礎(chǔ)解析】bracketn.（收入、年齡、價格等的）范圍，等級段【釋】Ifyousaythatsomeoneorsomethingisinaparticularbracket,youmeanthattheycomewithinaparticularrange,forexamplearangeofincomes,ages,orprices.【例】a33%toptaxrateoneveryoneinthesehigh-incomebrackets對所有這些高收入人群征收的33%的最高稅率Ifcandidatescancatcharecruiter'sattentionfortherightreason,theyhavemorechanceofsecuringaninterviewandanall-importantopportunitytomaketheircaseforemploymentinperson.So,thinkingabouthowyoutackletheissueofageonyourCV,boththroughwhatyouchosetodiscloseandhowyoupresentandemphasiseyourskills,seemsbeneficial.【基礎(chǔ)解析】makeacaseforsth為……提供充分的理由【釋】toarguethatsomethingisthebestthingtodo,givingyourreasons【例】Wewillonlypublishaneweditionifyoucanmakeaconvincingcaseforit.你能給出令人信服的理由我們才會出新版。Ifcandidatescancatcharecruiter'sattentionfortherightreason,theyhavemorechanceofsecuringaninterviewandanall-importantopportunitytomaketheircaseforemploymentinperson.So,thinkingabouthowyoutackletheissueofageonyourCV,boththroughwhatyouchosetodiscloseandhowyoupresentandemphasiseyourskills,seemsbeneficial.【拓展延伸】casen.（用以證明或反駁的）事實，根據(jù)，理由【釋】Thecasefororagainstaplanorideaconsistsofthefactsandreasonsusedtosupportitoropposeit.【例】HesattherewhileImadethecaseforhisdismissal.他坐在那兒，聽我陳述解雇他的理由。Butcompanieswouldalsobenefitfromscrutinisingtheirrecruitmentpractisestoensurebiasesaren'tcausinggoodcandidatestobeoverlooked-particularlygiventhetightlabourmarket.ActionfromemployerswoulddomoretomovetheneedleonageisminemploymentthantweakstoaCV.【基礎(chǔ)解析】scrutinizev.詳細(xì)檢查；仔細(xì)察看【釋】Ifyouscrutinizesomething,youexamineitverycarefully,oftentofindoutsomeinformationfromitoraboutit.【例】Hescrutinizedthemen'sfacescarefully/closely,tryingtoworkoutwhowaslying.他仔細(xì)端詳這些男子的臉，想弄清誰在撒謊。Butcompanieswouldalsobenefitfromscrutinisingtheirrecruitmentpractisestoensurebiasesaren'tcausinggoodcandidatestobeoverlooked-particularlygiventhetightlabourmarket.ActionfromemployerswoulddomoretomovetheneedleonageisminemploymentthantweakstoaCV.【基礎(chǔ)解析】movetheneedle造成/帶來可見的變化【釋】Tocauseanoticeablechangeinsomething.Theimageryreferstothepointer("needle")onmeasuringinstrument,whichmovestoindicatethelevelthathasbeenreached.