【正文】 , business, marketing and fulltime. Immediately she found 45 jobs meeting her criteria, including one as an assistant to an administrator at the University of Chicago’s business school. Four weeks later she was hired at a starting salary of $32,000.　史密斯選擇了四個關(guān)鍵詞：Chicago（芝加哥），business（商務(wù)），marketing（營銷），full time（全職）。她馬上就找到45個工作合乎她的標準，其中一個是芝加哥商業(yè)學(xué)院行政助理。四個星期以后，她得到了這份工作，底薪32,000美元?！癐 had no training,” says Smith, “but the Internet was extremely easy to use. I’d never have known about this job without it.”“我沒有受過任何訓(xùn)練，”史密斯說，“但因特網(wǎng)使用很簡單。要是沒有因特網(wǎng)，我根本不會知道有這份工作。”Smith is one American who clicked her way into a job. Steven Tools is another.　 不少美國人鼠標一點，就找到了自己的工作。史密斯是其中一個，另一個例子是斯蒂芬圖爾斯。In 1996, the Rockville, Md., resident came across an employment site named CareerBuilder. He had just been promoted to director of marketing for a pany that produces tradeshow exhibits and wasn’t looking for a job. But curious, he decided to “give it a try.”　他住在馬里蘭州的羅科維爾，1996年無意中進到一個招聘網(wǎng)站CareerBuilder。他在一家生產(chǎn)商展展品的公司工作，剛被提升為營銷總管，并不想換工作。但是出于好奇心，他決定“試試看”。Tools filled out a profile with the keywords marketing manager and entered his electronicmail address. Within a week his puter’s mailbox was filling up with available positions. Two interviews later he jumped to a new job. “The Internet is like hiring a personal assistant,” says Tools. “Effortlessly you can bee aware of opportunities that may elevate your career.”　圖爾斯填寫了一份簡歷，關(guān)鍵詞是market manager（行銷經(jīng)理），并輸入了自己的電子郵箱地址。不到一個星期，他的郵箱里就塞滿了可供選擇的職位。他去了兩家公司面試，然后就跳槽了?！坝辛艘蛱鼐W(wǎng)，就像雇了一個私人助理，”圖爾斯說?！澳憧梢院敛毁M勁地留意到一些機會，讓你的事業(yè)上一個新臺階。”Even a couple of years ago, most job listings on the Internet were in hightech fields. Today, nontechnical jobs — salesclerks, bank tellers, secretaries, for example — are the fastest growing segment of Internet employment opportunities. Most major newspapers and trade publications have online versions of their classified listings, enabling jobseekers to scan for work available across town, in another state, or around the world. 　僅在兩年以前，因特網(wǎng)上提供的工作絕大部分還局限于高科技領(lǐng)域?，F(xiàn)在，非技術(shù)性的工作，如售貨員、銀行職員、秘書等，是網(wǎng)上招聘機會增長最為迅速的部分。大型報紙和專業(yè)出版物的分類廣告大多都有在線版，求職者能搜索到市內(nèi)、國內(nèi)甚至國外的一些工作機會。Madeline Gragg and Nedzad Dozlic are still another two who clicked their luck online.馬德琳格拉格和內(nèi)德扎德多茲里克也是通過輕點鼠標，在網(wǎng)上碰到了好運。In 1996, Madeline Gragg, a 28yearold high school teacher from St. Louis, wanted a change. When a friend mentioned teaching English in Japan, Gragg was intrigued.1996年，圣路易斯的一名高中老師，28歲的馬德琳格拉格，想換個工作。有個朋友提到在日本教書的事，格拉格很感興趣。She visited the popular Yahoo! website and typed teaching English in Japan for a list of employment opportunities. She then followed the procedure for the online application. A week later she received a call and set up an interview with a recruiter in Chicago and got the job. 她訪問了著名的yahoo！網(wǎng)站，輸入了teaching English in Japan（在日本教英語），找到了一個招聘機會的列表，然后按照在線申請的要求提交了申請。一星期后，她接到一個電話，與芝加哥的一名招聘人員進行了面試，得到了這份工作。Nedzad Dozlic, 27 years old, was scanning the Houston Chronicle’s Web site for the latest baseball trades. While online, he decided to check out the classifieds and spotted a job for a driver at a local car dealership. A refugee of the war in Bosnia, Dozlic had had a variety of jobs but was now ready for something new. He read more about the position on the dealer’s Internet site and called the number listed. Two days later he was hired. “It’s really funny,” he says, “I was just checking sports, and I ended up with a better job.”27歲的內(nèi)德扎德多茲里克，當(dāng)時在瀏覽Houston Chronicle網(wǎng)站，了解最新的棒球消息。在線時，他查看了分類廣告，發(fā)現(xiàn)一家當(dāng)?shù)氐钠嚱灰咨陶衅杆緳C。多茲里克是波斯尼亞的戰(zhàn)爭難民，曾從事過多種不同的工作，但現(xiàn)在他想換個工作。他從該交易商的網(wǎng)站上了解了該職位的更多情況，然后撥通了上面提供的電話。兩天后，他被雇用了?！罢嬗幸馑?，”他說，“我本來只是在查看體育消息，結(jié)果卻找到了一份更好的工作?！盇nother valuable use of the Internet is to research potential employers. When Wendy Mello started her job search in the summer of 1997, she logged on to CareerBuilder, where she learned of a human resources opening at Arbitron’s, a mediainformationservices pany in Columbia, Maryland. With a click of her mouse, Mello sent her r233。sum233。 to the pany via and soon received an invitation for an interview. 　因特網(wǎng)的另一個好處在于你能夠搜索到一些可能的雇主。1997年夏天，溫蒂梅洛開始找工作，她登錄到CareerBuilder網(wǎng)站，發(fā)現(xiàn)在馬里蘭州哥倫比亞的Artitron媒體信息服務(wù)公司的人力資源部有一個空缺。梅洛鼠標一點，用電子郵件把簡歷寄到了該公司，很快就收到面試通知。To find out more about the pany, she clicked on to Artitron’s home page and that of its parent pany, Ceridian Corp., where she reviewed an annual report and the pany’s financial performance. 　為了了解該公司的更多情況，她又點擊了Artitron的主頁，以及它的母公司Ceridian ，查看了一份該公司的年度報告及其財政狀況。Mello also wanted to know how much she’d have to earn to maintain her present standard of living. Using an online salary calculator, she typed in her current salary, $34,000, and Baltimore (the nearest big city to Columbia). Within seconds her puter flashed $44,000. “Because of the salary calculator, I knew what to ask for,” says Mello. 梅洛還想了解，要想維持現(xiàn)有的生活水平，自己該賺多少錢。她使用在線薪酬計算器，把自己目前的收入$34,000輸進去，再輸入Baltimore（巴爾的摩，離哥倫比亞最近的大城市）。短短幾秒鐘后，電腦屏幕上就閃現(xiàn)出$44,000?！耙驗橛辛诉@個薪酬計算器，我才知道自己該要多少薪水，”梅洛說。By accessing an online real estate service, she saw color photos of rental properties, including detailed floor plans. When Mello arrived in Columbia, she felt pletely prepared. The interview was a success, and the next day she was offered a job at a salary of $47,800. 通過上網(wǎng)進入一家在線房地產(chǎn)服務(wù)公司網(wǎng)站，梅洛看到了可供租用的房子的彩色照片，包括很詳細的樓面格局圖。梅洛來到哥倫比亞時，她覺得自己完全做好了準備。面試成功了，第二天，她就得到了一份工作，薪金是47,8000美元?！癟he Internet is easy to use and it works,” says one job seeker, “What more could you want?” 　“因特網(wǎng)很容易使用，而且確實有效，”一個求職者說道，“你還要什么呢？” UNIT3The victim廣告的受害者You could call me a shopaholic, as most of my friends do, but I call myself a lover of fashion. Sitting in my room, I look in my closet at all my belongings and wonder what else I want to buy. Abercrombie, Guess, J Crew and Ralph Lauren are just a few of the namebrand items that clutter my room. And I want more. I39。ve never stopped to question whether I39。m getting what I39。m paying for, though I39。ve always been a smart shopper, a sale shoppe