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Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg told delegates at a conference in Barcelona this week: "I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work for that person." He added: "it's a pretty good test and I think this rule has served me well."

The suggestion, of course, is that without a synergy between employer and employee which Zuckerberg goes on to describe in terms of shared values and a confidence in decision making, it’s best not to hire at all, than to hire the wrong kind of person.

Human resources now plays a substantial role not only in the corporate sector but, increasingly, in the voluntary sector too. Hiring people is mostly about processes and compliance.

And most of us will be able to recall examples that we've heard of [or experienced at first hand as I’ve certainly done] of what happens when things don't work out. Any breakdown in relations between an employer and employee can inevitably result in stress and mutual personal angst. It can also have an undermining effect on any business or organisation.

The term “to hire someone” is of course an Americanism but, interestingly, the same verb has long been used to translate from the Greek original many of Jesus' parables which talk about work. Such stories are part of a greater teaching of what constitutes a happy and healthy society based on neighbourliness which does not exclude the workplace.

Work, in both the Old and New Testaments, is never described as best done in isolation. It is usually the antithesis of laziness or slothfulness. The emphasis instead is on the working together of employer and employee for mutual flourishing and the common good. Jesus couldn't be clearer when he says that good works create light and are always an example to others.

And going a step further, Jesus says that whatever you wish others would do to you, you should do to them. In the context of the contemporary workplace environment with its challenges and consequent stresses, this perhaps, is the greatest challenge of all.

Which is why I think Zuckerberg is possibly right to say there is no better starting point when hiring anyone than the old fashioned gut feeling.... is this going to work out well? Increasingly, in the modern workplace, that basic human connection is in danger of being lost altogether.

 

詞匯解析

recruit

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

v.吸收(新成員)；征兵；招聘

n.新成員；新兵

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用作動詞 (v.)

We are having difficulties in recruiting well-qualified staff.

我們難以招募到素質好的職員。

用作名詞 (n.)

This job presents many difficulties to the new recruit.

這件工作對那個新手來說困難重重。

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reputation

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.好名聲；聲譽，名聲，名氣

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用作名詞 (n.)

This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.

這家商店因公平交易而獲好名聲。

He earned a high reputation for his learning.

他在學識方面享有很高的聲譽。

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legislation

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.法律；法規；立法

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用作名詞 (n.)

The government will introduce legislation to restrict the sale of firearms.

政府將制定法規限制槍支出售。

The conservationists will not take kindly to the legislation.

自然資源保護論者對這項立法不會做出善意的反應。

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unity

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.整體；統一；一致；結合

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

These works, taken together, are essentially a unity.

這些作品，放在一起，基本上是一個整體。

The meeting is seen as the first step towards greater unity between the parties.

這一會議可視為兩黨走向進一步聯合的第一步。

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sexual

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.性的；性欲的；有性生殖的；性別的

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

Her interest in him is purely sexual.

她對他感興趣純粹是因為性的原因。

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governor

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.統治者；管理者；理事；州長；總督；調節器

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用作名詞 (n.)

The mob revolted against the governor.

暴民起來反抗統治者。

Heron's regulator, Drebbel's thermostat, and Watt's governor bestowed on their vessels a wisp of self-control, sensory awareness, and the awakening of anticipation.

海倫的調節器，德雷貝爾的恒溫器，還有瓦特的調控器所給予他們的機器的，是一小束自我控制能力，感官上的醒覺狀態，以及對預期能力的喚醒。

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conservative

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.保守的；守舊的

n.保守派(黨)；保守的人

參考例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

The professor's a radical in politics but a conservative dresser.

教授在政治上是激進派,但衣著卻很守舊。

用作名詞 (n.)

He listed himself as a conservative.

他自稱是一個保守主義者。

 

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