Employment survey on graduates

文章大意

一项针对商科管理专业毕业生的就业调查，通过邮件问卷和电话访谈收集数据，发现32%的毕业生选择继续攻读额外资格而非直接就业，仅4%失业，超半数在公共部门工作，多数人对薪资和职业发展前景满意，并认为团队合作和个人组织能力是课程中最有价值的技能。

题目与答案

1. Overview

   - interviews from which subject: 31_____

   答案：business management

   原文定位：We focused on graduates from the course in business management since this is one of the most popular and long-established courses

2. - to research methods: Email questionnaires and 32_____

   答案：phone interviews

   原文定位：We started off by emailing a brief questionnaire to all last year's graduates from that course, and then we selected a number of those who had replied, and with them, we carried out phone interviews

3. Findings

   - 32% of the students tended to acquire another 33_____

   答案：qualification

   原文定位：Well, I suppose our most surprising finding was just how many graduates had gone on to work towards an additional qualification rather than getting a job immediately. That was thirty-two percent, almost a third

   同义替换：「tended to acquire」↔「gone on to work towards」，「another」↔「additional」

4. - only 4% were unemployed

   - most of the students work in the 34_____ sector

   答案：public

   原文定位：More than half of them were in the public sector, with a sizable minority in the private sector and a small number in the not-for-profit sector

   同义替换：「most of the students」↔「More than half of them」

5. - majority are happy with: 35_____

   答案：expectations

   原文定位：The majority said that their expectations had been fulfilled

   同义替换：「are happy with」↔「their expectations had been fulfilled」

6. Feedback

   Useful skills learned in college:

   - working as a 36_____ member

   答案：team

   原文定位：They highlighted the fact that they developed the ability to work as members of a team

7. - personal organisation

   - 37_____ ability.

   答案：problem-solving

   原文定位：And finally, a lot of them said that what they learned about approaches to problem-solving had been very useful

8. Useless skills

   - 38_____ (lack of training)

   答案：presentations

   原文定位：To our surprise, the thing that was mentioned most often here was presentations. They hadn't enjoyed having to give these as part of their course;The reason given for this was that they felt they weren't trained how to do it properly

   同义替换：「lack of training」↔「weren't trained how to do it properly」

9. - advice on 39_____ (unnecessary)

   答案：essay writing

   原文定位：And the second thing that got very negative feedback was work on essay writing. Most people thought this was unnecessary

10. - advice on finding a 40_____ (not enough)

    答案：job

    原文定位：Finally, some respondents said that they would have liked more guidance on the best way to go about looking for a job, that the course could have done more to help them

    同义替换：「advice」↔「guidance」，「finding」↔「looking for」，「not enough」↔「would have liked more」