填空题 A. highly profitable
B. turned in
C. for the right jobs
Phrases:
A. has also become a 1 business
B. candidates were the right people 2
C. look at the pieces of paper 3
Job seekers in Britain say employers are paying less attention to applicants" degrees and certificates. They are making their own entrance exams to test ability. They are concerned about decreasing standards of job seekers, because many university graduates with good degrees have shown a terrible inability to spell, and work out simple sums.
The chairman of the Standing Conference of Employers of Graduates, told our correspondent: "We don"t 4 to us, but we look at the people with real abilities." A senior executive with the Bank of England said that many companies were making their own intelligence tests so they could be sure that 5 .
In the Civil Service, only about 200 out of 2,000 candidates are chosen after the rest have been knocked out by the Service"s own examinations and interviews. Forged certificates, printed in Germany, have been discovered recently. These forged certificates are not easy to distinguish from the real ones, and can be bought at ￡25 a piece. Making fake degrees 6 . Fake degrees and diplomas, including Ph.D. degrees, can be obtained for as little as ￡20 upwards. Some so-called "universities" and "colleges" are even selling these attractive diplomas.