実践ビジネス英語 ディクテーション (2/28, 29)

NHKラジオ「実践ビジネス英語」”Talk the Talk”のディクテーションです。
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Lesson 22のテーマは、‘Redefining Job-Hopping’（ジョブホッピングの新しい意味）でした。Vignetteでは、ミレニアル世代を中心に比較的短期での転職が珍しくなくなったことが話題になりました。いろいろな働き方が可能になっていること、企業の対応の変化や、転職しても使えるスキルなどが取り上げられました。 Talk the Talkでは、杉田先生、Heatherさんの転職に対する考え方やアドバイスなどについて話されています。

Redefining Job-Hopping

（S: 杉田敏先生　H: Heather Howardさん）

S: Our current vignette discusses how job-hopping is far more frequent in America than it used to be particularly among millennials.

Lidia Grace says most Americans stay at one job for less than five years.

H: I have to admit that’s hard for me to contemplate.

I’ve been at my current company for about 26 years now, just four years from the gold watch that Grace refers to.

I admire the boldness that lets people move around that much.

But personally, it’s not for me.

I like the stability of the long term and the familiarity too.

What about you, Mr. Sugita, what’s your take on this repeated search for a better job?

S: Well, at one time in my career, I wasn’t very happy with the salary I was getting, and I had a frank talk with my then boss during my regular performance review.

His advice was simple: Never leave your job over money. If you’re, good, money will always catch up with you.

It was one of the best pieces of advice I received as a young man.

In Japan, we have a saying, “Ishi no ue nimo sannen,” which translates as “To sit on a stone for three long years,” meaning if you sit on a cold stone for as long as three years, it gets warm.

Perseverance prevails.

H: That makes me think of the English saying, “A rolling stone gathers no moss.”

It can be used in a positive or a negative sense, depending on whether we think it’s good to be attached to some person or thing.

When it comes to highly frequent job-hopping, I’d probably use it in a negative way.

I’d say moss can be very warm and comforting.

S: Perseverance seems to be in short supply these days: I’ve seen young people changing jobs in a matter of months.

My advice to young people today is to stay in one job for at least three years, thereby showing you have stability and the willingness to learn and improve.

H: I agree. Unless we find ourselves in a toxic workplace, where the nature of the work or the attitudes of the other staff are genuinely harmful, I think it’s a good idea to stick things out for at least a few years.

But if a job is genuinely harmful, I do want to urge people to get out of there.

It breaks my heart when I hear about people who ruin their mental or physical health, or even die, because they were forced to work too long hours, for example.

No job is worth that.

S: Very true. The vignette also talks about cultivating skills that are transferrable from job to job.

H: Right. Grace mentions communication, problem solving and crisis management.

I think the first communication is especially important.

It contributes greatly to the other two and is a huge part of being a team player.

I’ve been lucky enough to work with some truly effective people and excellent communication skills were something they all had in common.

They were able to get their point across without attacking others, for example.

They were open to feedback themselves, always ready to engage in a conversation about the best way to do something, and they never lorded it over anyone else, never regarded themselves as inherently superior.

Words and Expressions

performance review: 勤務評定、人事考課

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