高级商务英语(BEC)考试历年真题(10)
<p><span word="Issues">Issues</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="recruitment">recruitment</span> <span word="world">world</span></p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="competitive">competitive</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="investment">investment</span> <span word="banking">banking</span>, <span word="good">good</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="executives">executives</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="industrys">industrys</span> <span word="hard">hard</span>-<span word="pressed">pressed</span> <span word="directors">directors</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="staff">staff</span>? <span word="Increasingly">Increasingly</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="decide">decide</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="headhunters">headhunters</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="busy">busy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="profitable">profitable</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="recruitment">recruitment</span> <span word="agencies">agencies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="dominate">dominate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="executive">executive</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="selection">selection</span>.</p><p> (0) .....<span word="They">They</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="revitalise">revitalise</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="operations">operations</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="boom">boom</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="recruitment">recruitment</span> <span word="market">market</span>. <span word="Pinnacle">Pinnacle</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="leading">leading</span> <span word="recruitment">recruitment</span> <span word="agency">agency</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="UK">UK</span> <span word="investment">investment</span> <span word="banks">banks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rebuild">rebuild</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="management">management</span> <span word="teams">teams</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="overstate">overstate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="significance">significance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span>. (8)............</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="everything">everything</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="changed">changed</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Pinnacle">Pinnacle</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="player">player</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="field">field</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="analysts">analysts</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="rival">rival</span> <span word="recruitment">recruitment</span> <span word="specialists">specialists</span> <span word="ALT">ALT</span> <span word="Associates">Associates</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="larger">larger</span> <span word="share">share</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="market">market</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="doubt">doubt</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="its">its</span> 13-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="history">history</span>, <span word="Pinnacle">Pinnacle</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="chairman">chairman</span>, <span word="Matthew">Matthew</span> <span word="Edwards">Edwards</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="impressive">impressive</span> <span word="reputation">reputation</span>.</p><p> <span word="Edwards">Edwards</span> <span word="estimates">estimates</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="controls">controls</span> <span word="between">between</span> 10 <span word="and">and</span> 15 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="headhunting">headhunting</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="investment">investment</span> <span word="banking">banking</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UK">UK</span>. (9)............<span word="Rather">Rather</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="calibre">calibre</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Pinnacle">Pinnacle</span> <span word="deals">deals</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="define">define</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="companys">companys</span> <span word="success">success</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="commissioned">commissioned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="chairman">chairman</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="NBS">NBS</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vacancy">vacancy</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="talked">talked</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="banking">banking</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p>
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