美職位開缺過多
The Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions (a.k.a. the Beige Book), which tracks employment trends, from the Federal Reserve Bank uses a slang expression called “ghosting” to describe a rising trend in the workplace.
美國聯邦儲備銀行的當前經濟情勢評論（又名褐皮書），使用一個俚語「人間蒸發」（Ghosting）來描述一種職場的新趨勢。
summary(n.)總結、摘要commentary(n.)評論、解說current(adj.)現時的、當前的economic(adj.)經濟的condition(n.)情況、狀況a.k.a.=also known as又名、亦稱track(v.)追蹤、紀錄…的進展employment(n.)受雇、就業trend(n.)趨勢、走向federal(adj.)聯邦政府的reserve(n.)儲備、備用slang(n.)俚語expression(n.)表達call(v.)稱為、叫做rising(adj.)上漲的、增加的
It’s a situation where an employee stops coming to work without notice and it’s impossible to reach him or her in any way.
這種狀況是勞工沒有通知便不去上班，並且聯絡不到人。
situation(n.)情況、形勢employee(n.)員工、僱員notice(n.)預告、事前通知impossible(adj.)不可能的reach(v.)和…聯繫、與…取得聯繫
It can also apply to the situations where applicants blow off interviews, new hires turn into no-shows, or workers leave one evening and never return.
該詞亦可適用於應徵者面試缺席、新員工未如約出席、以及勞工傍晚離開卻未再回來上班的狀況中。
apply(v.)適用applicant(n.)申請者blow off缺席interview(n.)面試、面談hire(n.)新僱員turn into變成、成為no-show(n.)未如約出席者return(v.)返回
Or situations where interviewees get no responses from interviewers can also be referred to as ghosting.
應試者沒有收到面試者的回覆的情況也意指為人間蒸發。
interviewee(n.)參加面試者response(n.)回應、反應、回答interviewer(n.)面試考官refer(v.)把…歸類於、涉及…
Michael Hicks, a labor economist at Ball State University in Indiana, thinks that when workers in certain professions such as janitors, baristas, welders, accountants or engineers are in high demand in the workplace, people in those positions have a higher tendency to “ghost” and just pass onto a better job offer.
印第安納州波爾州立大學勞工經濟學家麥可．希克斯認為，特定職業像是清潔工、咖啡師、焊接工人、會計師或工程師都很搶手時，這些職務的人有更高的傾向會人間消失並直接進入薪資更好的工作。
labor(n.)勞工economist(n.)經濟學家certain(adj.)特定的、某些profession(n.)職業janitor(n.)清潔人員barista(n.)咖啡師welder(n.)焊工accountant(n.)會計師demand(n.)需求、強烈的要求position(n.)職位tendency(n.)傾向pass(v.)行進offer(n.)出價、報價
They do so as means of avoiding any awkward conversations with employers.
他們這麼做是做為一種避免與雇主的尷尬對話的方式。
means(n.)手段、方法avoid(v.)避免、阻止awkward(adj.)尷尬的、為難的、棘手的employer(n.)雇主
The number of job openings has surpassed the number of job seekers for eight months in a row in America. Some employers are trying to guarantee pay raises and additional training over time to retain their workers.
美國職位開缺的數量也連續八個月超過求職者的數量。一些雇主嘗試以保證隨著時間會給員工加薪與額外訓練，來留住員工。
number(n.)數目、總數opening(n.)職位空缺surpass(v.)超過seeker(n.)搜索者in a row連續地employer(n.)雇主guarantee(v.)確保、使必然發生pay(n.)工資、薪金raise(n.)加薪additional(adj.)額外的、附加的training(n.)訓練over(prep.)在…期間retain(v.)保持、保留
A talent acquisition firm makes two offers for every job in case a candidate ends up not showing.
一間人才招募公司會為一個職缺聘兩個人，以防其中一人最後不會出現；
talent(n.)人才acquisition(n.)獲得firm(n.)公司candidate(n.)申請人、求職者end up以…告終
If both hires stick around, the employers are sometimes happy to keep both as a way to increase their own in-house talent pool.
若兩個人都留下了，雇主會一起聘用來擴充人才庫。
stick around停留、逗留increase(v.)增加in-house(adj.)在組織內部的pool(n.)公用人力、公用資源
Medical equipment company Johnson & Johnson has developed an on-line platform for interviewees to track their job application process.
醫療設備公司嬌生為應徵者開發了一個線上平台，讓他們追蹤自己的工作申請進度。
medical(adj.)醫療的equipment(n.)設備develop(v.)開發、發展platform(n.)平台application(n.)申請process(n.)過程、流程