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     The increasing pressure of hunting for jobs has brought a great number of university graduates to take the Civil Service Exams. As is shown in the drawing, a good many people are scrambling for a golden rice bowl engraved with the words "Civil Servant".
     With jobs becoming scarcer for graduates, those available jobs that have long-term security, high social status and good fringe benefits like government posts are seeing increased applications. While this means that government employers can choose from a wider and better gene pool, it means greater competition for graduates. There will always be greater competition for the best jobs and rightly so. Perhaps one way to deal with this is for the civil service to offer limited term contracts such as for three years. This would certainly make the job of civil servant seem less attractive to graduates.
     Good jobs will always attract good applicants and the craze for civil servant jobs is because they offer job stability, high social status and good perks. By making these jobs less secure is one way to reduce applicants, as is guiding graduates to other available job opportunities.

     与日俱增的就业压力使得很多大学毕业生参加公务员考试。如图所示，很多人正在争抢一只雕刻有"公务员"的金饭碗。
     随着工作职位变得越来越少，像政府职位这样长期稳定、社会地位高且福利好的工作应聘的大学毕业生越来越多。虽然这意味着政府能从更多、更好的应聘者中招聘职员，这对大学毕业生来说意味着竞争也更激烈了。对于最好的工作竞争总是会更为激烈的，这是情理之中的。也许应对该局面的一个方法就是政府部门向职员提供有限期合同，比如三年。这无疑会减少公务员职位对大学毕业生的吸引力。
     好工作总是会吸引优秀的应聘者。公务员热是因为公务员工作稳定、社会地位高且福利好。一个减少应聘者的方法就是让这些职位不那么稳定，引导大学毕业生寻找其他可能的工作机会。

     pressure 压力
     hunt for jobs 找工作，求职
     take 参加（考试）
     golden rice bowl 金饭碗
     civil servant 公务员
     scarce 缺乏的，不足的
     available 可获得的
     security 保障
     social status 社会地位
     post 职位
     limited term contract有限期的合同
     stability 稳定性
     secure 稳定的

1　The craze for government posts has become a phenomenon that cannot be ignored, and has stirred a heated debate.
     公务员热已经成为一种不能忽视的现象，引发了人们热烈的讨论。
2　Some people equate becoming a civil servant with success.
     有些人把成为公务员和成功等同起来。