YOUNGSTERS enter the office of Inspiring Interns through what looks like a wardrobe door. The reference to C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is deliberate: the company wants them to feel transported into a magical new world where they might actually find a job.

　　年輕人走進“實習生激勵”公司的辦公室必須穿過一個類似衣櫥櫃門的大門。這是該公司在刻意模倣C.S.劉易斯筆下的童話場景-----獅子、女巫和衣櫥：他們希望實習生來到這個很可能帶給他們工作機會的辦公室，感覺上就像步入了一個魔幻的新世界。

　　With unemployment rife throughout the rich world, more and more young people are seeking internships. Many firms, nervous about the future, are reluctant to hire permanent staff until they have tested them. Intern-recruitment agencies are popping up to help. Inspiring Interns, a Londonfirm, boasts that it can provide competent interns within three days. It processes 300 applicants a day, and claims that 65% of the interns it has placed have been hired.

　　隨著失業的魔咒在全世界的發達國家肆掠，越來越多的年輕人開始尋找實習機會。許多公司因為憂心未來前景，在沒有完全檢驗實習生的能力之前並不願意將他們轉為長期的正式員工。實習生招募機構因此蜂擁而出。“實習生激勵”這家倫敦公司就宣稱，他們能在三天之內給實習生提供實習機會。公司一天收閱300份簡歷，聲稱65%他們推薦的實習生最後都能被招為正式員工。

　　Many intern candidates have no previous job experience and only a vague notion of what work involves. Inspiring Interns screens them with personality tests, coaches them on interview technique and urges them to make a video-clipcurriculum vitae. Many internships are unpaid; the firm charges employers ?500 ($779) a month for each intern plus 10% of the starting salary if an intern is hired permanently. Ben Rosen, who founded Inspiring Interns with?20, 000, says it grossed around ?1m last year.

　　許多尋找實習機會的年輕人之前並無工作經驗，對自己將來要從事的工作也概念模糊。“實習生激勵”公司全麵包裝這些年輕人：給他們進行性格測試，教授他們面試技巧，並敦促他們製作面試小視頻。許多實習機會都是沒有薪酬的，但是他們成為實習生後，需每月給公司繳納500英鎊(799美元），被正式聘用後還需支付10%的首次薪水。本.盧森用2萬英鎊創立了實習生激勵公司。他透露，去年公司的毛利潤就達到了100萬英鎊。

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