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Thomas Edison is famous for inventing the light bulb. But not many people know that in the 1920s he invented the first employment test to recruit staff for his research laboratory. It had questions in it like, ‘Who killed President Lincoln?’ and ‘Where is the Sargasso Sea?’. It was difficult to answer the questions and only a few people managed to pass the test. Nowadays we would ask: Is it really necessary to know things like this if you want to work for an inventor?
Now, a hundred years later, employment tests are still used by companies, but are very different in what they test. The way that companies recruit new staff has also changed. One recent trend in recruitment is ‘gamification’. Gamification, in general, means using characteristics of games (e.g. scoring points, competing with others and rules of play) to add some fun to situations that are usually more serious. One of the first companies which has used gamification to recruit new staff is the cosmetics company, L'Oréal. L'Oréal created an online computer game called Reveal, where you try to solve real-life problems in a virtual environment. The best players were invited for an interview.
Another company, the international hotel group Marriott, developed a Facebook game, My Marriott HotelTM to attract young people to a career in the hotel industry. In the game, players managed a virtual hotel kitchen. The game could be played in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Mandarin. It was designed to recruit staff in markets outside the USA. The game was a great success and brought thousands of people to the Marriott Facebook career page. Experts believe gamification is likely to become so common in recruitment that perhaps we should all train as game designers!
A. light bulb
B. question
C. employment test
D. research laboratory
Thomas Edison is famous for inventing the light bulb. But not many people know that in the 1920s he invented the first employment test to recruit staff for his research laboratory. It had questions in it like, ‘Who killed President Lincoln?’ and ‘Where is the Sargasso Sea?’. It was difficult to answer the questions and only a few people managed to pass the test. Nowadays we would ask: Is it really necessary to know things like this if you want to work for an inventor?
Now, a hundred years later, employment tests are still used by companies, but are very different in what they test. The way that companies recruit new staff has also changed. One recent trend in recruitment is ‘gamification’. Gamification, in general, means using characteristics of games (e.g. scoring points, competing with others and rules of play) to add some fun to situations that are usually more serious. One of the first companies which has used gamification to recruit new staff is the cosmetics company, L'Oréal. L'Oréal created an online computer game called Reveal, where you try to solve real-life problems in a virtual environment. The best players were invited for an interview.
Another company, the international hotel group Marriott, developed a Facebook game, My Marriott HotelTM to attract young people to a career in the hotel industry. In the game, players managed a virtual hotel kitchen. The game could be played in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Mandarin. It was designed to recruit staff in markets outside the USA. The game was a great success and brought thousands of people to the Marriott Facebook career page. Experts believe gamification is likely to become so common in recruitment that perhaps we should all train as game designers!
(Adapted from Navigate by Caroline Krantz and Julie Norton)
The word it in paragraph 1 refers to ______ .A. light bulb
B. question
C. employment test
D. research laboratory
Giải thích:
Từ “it” trong đoạn 1 đề cập đến ____
A. bóng đèn
B. câu hỏi
C. bài kiểm tra tuyển dụng
D. phòng thí nghiệm nghiên cứu
Thông tin:
But not many people know that in the 1920s he invented the first employment test to recruit staff for his research laboratory. It had questions in it like, "Who killed President Lincoln?' and 'Where is the Sargasso Sea?”. (Nhưng không có nhiều người biết
vào những năm 1920 ông đã phát minh ra bài kiểm tra việc làm đầu tiên để tuyển dụng nhân viên cho phòng thí nghiệm nghiên cứu của mình. Nó có những câu hỏi
Lincoln?” và “Biển Sargasso nằm ở đâu?”.)
như, “Ai là người đã giết Tổng thống Lĩnh
Từ “it” trong đoạn 1 đề cập đến ____
A. bóng đèn
B. câu hỏi
C. bài kiểm tra tuyển dụng
D. phòng thí nghiệm nghiên cứu
Thông tin:
But not many people know that in the 1920s he invented the first employment test to recruit staff for his research laboratory. It had questions in it like, "Who killed President Lincoln?' and 'Where is the Sargasso Sea?”. (Nhưng không có nhiều người biết
vào những năm 1920 ông đã phát minh ra bài kiểm tra việc làm đầu tiên để tuyển dụng nhân viên cho phòng thí nghiệm nghiên cứu của mình. Nó có những câu hỏi
Lincoln?” và “Biển Sargasso nằm ở đâu?”.)
như, “Ai là người đã giết Tổng thống Lĩnh
Đáp án C.