Less than a month from graduation day, Theresa Casebeer of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, had yet to find the right job. The career placement center referred her to JOBTRAK, an internet site listing 45, ooo positions.

   Casebeer selected four keywords: Chicago, business, marketing and full-time. Immediately she found 45 jobs meeting her criteria(標(biāo)準(zhǔn)), 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.

   “I had no training,”says Casebeer.“but the Internet was extremely easy to use. I’d never have known about this job without it.”

Casebeer is one American who clicked her way into a job. Steven Toole is another.

Toole came across an employment site named Career-Builder. He had just been promoted to director of marketing for a company and wasn’t looking for a job. But curiously, he decided to “give it a try”.

Toole filled out a profile with the key words marketing manager and entered his electronic-mail address. Within a week his computer’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 Toole. “Effortlessly you can become aware of opportunities that may promote you career.”

Most major newspapers and trade publications have online versions of their classified listings, enabling jobseekers to scan for work available across town, in another states or around the world. All 50 states, plus Washington, D. C, and Guam, have their local job banks available online, too. “The Internet is a wonderful place to explore, especially when combined with traditional job-search methods,”notes Richard Nelson, author of What Color Is Your parachute? 

64. Theresa Casebeer found her job through______.

A. the career placement center      B. Northwestern University

C. an Internet site                D. University of Chicago

65. When Casebeer says “I had no training”(Para.3) , she means she has never been trained______.

A. on how to use the Internet        B. as an assistant to an administrator

C. on how to hunt a job             D. to work in a business school

66. Toole attempted to get a job from Career-Builder because he______.

A. wanted to be a promoted       B. wanted to jump to a new job

C. didn’t have a job at the time    D. was eager to know more about Career-Builder

67. What is the best title of this passage?

A. How to find a job on the Internet

B. The Internet, a wonderful job-search medium

C. How Casebeer and Toole found their jobs

D. Computer and job openings (職位空缺)                 

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