BEC中级阅读第二部分课后练习题(两篇)

BEC Reading Part Two

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练习

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Issues in the recruitment world

In the competitive world of investment banking, good senior executives are not easy to find. So

what should the industry's hard-pressed directors do when they need to find senior staff? Increasingly,

they decide to call in the headhunters. These are busy and profitable times for the recruitment agencies

that dominate the world of executive search and selection.

(0) ...G...They needed new people to revitalise their operations, and the result has been a boom in

the

recruitment

market.

Pinnacle,

a

leading

recruitment

agency,

has

helped

various

UK

investment

banks to rebuild their entire senior management teams. It is hard to overstate the significance of this.

(8).

.C

..........

But now everything has changed, and Pinnacle is not the only major player in the field. Some

analysts

believe

that

rival

recruitment

specialists

ALT

Associates

has

a

larger

share

of

the

market.

However, there is little doubt that over its 13-year history, Pinnacle and its chairman, Matthew Edwards,

have built up an impressive reputation.

Edwards

estimates

that

his

company

controls

between

10

and

15

per

cent

of

the

headhunting

market for senior investment banking jobs in the UK. (9)..

.A.

........Rather, it is the high-calibre jobs

and people that Pinnacle deals with that define the company's success. For example, the company was

recently

commissioned

to

find

a

new

chairman

for

NBS

Bank,

a

vacancy

that

was

one

of

the

most

talked about in the banking world.

Most

HR

directors

recognise

that

headhunters

such

as

Pinnacle

play

a

valuable

role

in

the

E

.........

Some are concerned

t

hat a few companies, including Pinnacle, have

too

much

power

over

high-level

recruitment.(11). ...

B

........As

Tim

Davidson,

HR

Director

at

recruitment process.(10)...

Cawfield Bank, explains, They can be kingmakers. These are the people who decide who gets a future

and

who

doesn't.

If

Edwards

forms

a

view

about

an

individual,

it

can

affect

their

ability

to

get

a

particular job. That view could just have been formed on a bad day.' (12)...

F

......... Final decisions in

the selection process are always taken by his clients, he says, whoever they are.

The role of headhunters should not be exaggerated. Many companies never use them. But as top

executives are hard to find, there will always be a role for people like Matthew Edwards.

A Although others may put it lower, it is important to remember that the company's reputation is not

based on market share alone.

B Their chief worry is that the headhunters can now make or break managerial careers.

C According

to

Edwards,

this

is

a

further

indication

that

the

way

Pinnacle

searches

for

a

candidate

tends to favour a certain type of manager.

D But this acceptance does not mean they are universally happy, either with the state of the market or

with Pinnacle's role within it.

E Until a few years ago, even the biggest companies were unlikely to use headhunters to fill more than

one or two jobs a year.

F Edwards objects to this suggestion, claiming that all he does is find candidates and encourage them