story time with Ronnie. I lived four years in Japan — beautiful country,

與羅尼的故事時間。我在日本生活了四年--美麗的國家。

wonderful people, good mountains — and one thing that really shocked me was the

優秀的人，好的山--而真正讓我感到震驚的一件事是

job-interview process, and the amount of information that people were asked and

工作面試過程，以及人們被問及的信息量和

give in job interviews.

在求職面試中給予。

So, for example, in Japan, I remember on resumes, people had to give their

是以，例如，在日本，我記得在履歷上，人們必須提供他們的

picture, their age, maybe their marital status. And I found this to be very

照片，他們的年齡，也許他們的婚姻狀況。我發現這非常

strange, because in Canada and in North America, this just can't... just don't

奇怪，因為在加拿大和北美，這不能......就是不能

give your picture. Because I'm sure that people will judge you on your appearance

給出你的照片。因為我確信人們會根據你的外貌來判斷你。

in a job interview. Even just looking at your resume, like: "Well, this one's

在一個工作面試中。即使只是看你的履歷，比如說。"嗯，這個人是

gorgeous — let's hire him." You can't do that. And we have really strict laws

華麗--讓我們僱用他。"你不能這樣做。而且我們有非常嚴格的法律

about this in North America, so I'm here to walk you through some.

關於這一點，在北美，所以我在這裡向你介紹一些。

You have to be aware that there are many questions that the interviewer cannot

你必須意識到，有許多問題是面試官不能

ask you; based on race, age, gender, appearance. There's also the problem

問你；基於種族、年齡、性別、外表。還有一個問題

that you have to know enough not to talk about them yourself. So, for example, if

那就是你必須知道足夠多的事情，不要自己談論它們。是以，舉例來說，如果

you're a new mother — congratulations, you just had a baby — and you're going

你是一位新媽媽--恭喜你，你剛剛生了一個孩子--你要去

for a job interview, don't mention the baby. Okay? It's not illegal to say that

面試的時候，不要提孩子的事。好嗎？這樣說並不違法

you don't have a baby or say you have a baby, but it's just a very dodgy subject

你沒有孩子或說你有孩子，但這只是一個非常可疑的話題

to talk about at a job interview. It makes you look very unprofessional.

在工作面試中談及。這讓你看起來非常不專業。

You're there to talk about your job, and you getting a new job; not about your

你在那裡談論你的工作，以及你得到一份新工作；而不是談論你的

newborn baby. So, you have to watch out for professionalism.

新生嬰兒。是以，你必須注意專業性。

If you get involved in talking about things that are or can be seen as

如果你參與談論那些被視為或可能被視為的事情

discriminatory, not a good situation. You have to watch out for legal issues.

歧視性的，不是一個好情況。你必須注意法律問題。

And you have to be aware that the standards in North America might be very

而且你必須意識到，北美的標準可能非常

different from your country. They could be similar, but they could be very

與你的國家不同。它們可能是相似的，但它們可能非常

different. So, pay attention, make sure you know the game before you run it.

不同的。是以，請注意，確保你在運行遊戲之前瞭解遊戲。

Mm-hmm. Run the race. Practice.

嗯，嗯。跑步比賽。練習。

So, discrimination based upon gender. "What do you identify as?" They're not

是以，基於性別的歧視。"你的身份是什麼？"他們不是

allowed to ask your sex. "Who do you live with?" Again, trying to determine

允許問你的性別。"你和誰住在一起？"再次，試圖確定

your gender can be caused as discrimination or can be looked at as

你的性別可能被視為歧視，也可能被視為

discrimination. "How are you related to the people you work with?" Again, it

歧視。"你與你工作的人是什麼關係？"同樣，它

seems that these questions are leading to: "What's your gender?" which, again,

似乎這些問題導致了。"你的性別是什麼？"這一點，再次。

is discrimination. They cannot discriminate against you based on you're

是歧視。他們不能因為你的身份而對你進行歧視。

a male, you're a female, you're... choose to identify with whatever you

你是男性，你是女性，你是......選擇認同你的任何身份。

choose. It's just wrong.

選擇。這就是錯的。

Also, they cannot discriminate against you based on appearance. As I mentioned

另外，他們不能根據外表來歧視你。正如我提到的

to you in Japan, and I know in Korea as well, you put a picture on your resume.

對你來說，在日本，我知道在韓國也是如此，你在你的履歷上放一張照片。

And I know people are sitting there, going: "Nah, this one. Nah. Oh, this

而且我知道人們坐在那裡，去，"不，這個人。不。哦，這個

one's cute. Let's hire her. Whoa, look at this guy's eyes. Let's hire him." You

一個很可愛。讓我們僱用她吧。哇，看看這傢伙的眼睛。讓我們僱用他吧。"你

cannot do this. Appearance. You're not allowed to talk about how much you

不能這樣做。外觀。你不允許談論你有多大的

weigh, your height; unless it is very, very specific to the job. If you're

稱，你的身高；除非是非常非常具體的工作。如果你是

going for a job for the tallest person in the world, they can ask you your

為世界上最高的人去找工作，他們可以問你的

height. But if it's a general question, if you have to meet some height

高度。但如果是一般問題，如果你必須滿足一些高度的要求

requirement, they can ask you: "Do you measure up to six-two?" or "Are you

要求，他們可以問你。"你是否達到了6-2？"或 "你是否

taller than three point five?" if it's required for the job. It's very

高過三點五？"如果是工作需要的話。這是很

important to stress that. "Do you have any disabilities?" If this is brought

重要的是要強調這一點。"你有什麼殘疾嗎？"如果這個問題被提出來

up, again, it can be seen as discrimination. "Are you pregnant?"

了，同樣，它可以被看作是歧視。"你懷孕了嗎？"

Never, ever ask a woman if she's pregnant. Okay? I don't care what social

永遠不要問一個女人她是否懷孕。好嗎？我不關心什麼社會

situation you're in, but especially in a job interview — again, it can be seen as

你所處的情況，但特別是在工作面試中--再次，它可以被視為

discrimination.

歧視。

We have age discrimination. So, depending on how old or young someone

我們有年齡歧視。是以，根據某人的年齡或年輕程度

is, they could be denied a job; again, unless it's a legal requirement. In

是，他們可能會被拒絕工作；同樣，除非是法律要求。在

Canada, if you're under 18 years of... of age, you cannot work in a bar

加拿大，如果你未滿18歲，你不能在酒吧工作。

legally, so they can ask you: -"Are you of legal age to work in Canada in a

合法的，所以他們可以問你。-你是否達到在加拿大工作的法定年齡？

bar?" -"Yes." That's perfect. They can't ask you specifically how old you are.

吧？"- "是的。"這很完美。他們不可能具體問你多大了。

"When's your birthday?" No. "What year were you born? What year did you

"你的生日是什麼時候？"不是。"你哪一年出生的？你哪一年

graduate?" If they know what year you graduated, and they're good in math,

畢業？"如果他們知道你哪一年畢業的，而且他們的數學很好。

they're going to know your age. Maybe they are concerned about someone being

他們會知道你的年齡。也許他們擔心有人被

too old for a job, or too young for a job, which is that way. "When did you

太老的工作，或太年輕的工作，這是那方面的。"你什麼時候

get your first job?" Mathematically, they can figure out how old you are. So,

得到你的第一份工作？"在數學上，他們可以計算出你的年齡。所以。

these questions — very, very dangerous. Be careful.

這些問題--非常、非常危險。要小心。

As far as availability goes, your schedule; scheduling. So, they're not

至於是否有時間，你的日程安排；調度。是以，他們不是

allowed to ask you if you can work on evenings or weekends. That seems

允許問你是否可以在晚上或週末工作。這似乎

strange. Why? Because this gets into religion and your marital status. "Do

很奇怪。為什麼呢？因為這涉及到宗教和你的婚姻狀況。"是否

you have children?" They can't ask you that. It doesn't matter what religion

你有孩子嗎？"他們不能這樣問你。什麼宗教並不重要

you are, you can't talk about that; it's not their business. Working at night,

你是誰，你不能談論這個，這不關他們的事。在晚上工作。

working evenings, working in weekends can kind of determine your religion.

晚上工作，週末工作可以決定你的信仰。

Marital status — married, single, divorced, widowed — none of their

婚姻狀況--已婚、單身、離異、喪偶--無其人

business; not allowed to give that information.

業務；不允許提供該資訊。

And this is a huge one: "Are you planning to have a family?" I know, in

而這是一個巨大的問題。"你打算成家嗎？"我知道，在

Japan, if you were planning to have a family or you were pregnant, they would

在日本，如果你打算成家，或者你懷孕了，他們會

not hire some people because they thought that they weren't loyal to the

不僱用一些人，因為他們認為這些人對公司不忠誠。

company; they would just work there for a little bit, get pregnant and leave.

公司；他們只是在那裡工作了一段時間，懷孕後就離開了。

Also, when I was in Japan about 10 years ago, when women actually were pregnant

另外，大約10年前我在日本的時候，當婦女真正懷孕的時候

and had children, some companies didn't allow them to work anymore. Oh, hello.

並有了孩子，有些公司就不允許他們再工作了。哦，你好。

In North America, this is very, very wrong. They cannot do that to you.

在北美，這是非常、非常錯誤的。他們不能對你這樣做。

Another big thing is your ability to work. "Do you have a work visa?" Okay?

另一件大事是你的工作能力。"你有工作簽證嗎？"好嗎？

They can ask you that. But they can't ask you about your citizenship or your

他們可以問你這個問題。但他們不能問你的公民身份或你的

background, your parents. They can't ask you to see a birth certificate because

背景，你的父母。他們不能要求你看出生證明，因為

where you were born has nothing to do with you getting a job. They can't ask

你的出生地與你獲得工作沒有任何關係。他們不可能要求

you to see citizenship papers. They can ask you for a work visa or work permit,

你要看公民身份文件。他們可以要求你提供工作簽證或工作許可。

because that's the law, but they can't ask you about anything about your

因為這是法律規定，但他們不能問你關於你的任何事情。

family. Oh, it says: "Why do you speak French?" Hmm. Why do you want to know if

家庭。哦，它說："你為什麼說法語？"嗯。為什麼你想知道是否

I speak French? This has to do with discrimination on a citizenship level.

我說法語？這與公民身份層面上的歧視有關。

It's not your business why I speak French, unless of course, you are

我為什麼說法語不關你的事，當然，除非你是

applying for a job as a French-English translator or a French teacher. Hmm.

申請一份法英翻譯或法語教師的工作。嗯。

Maybe this is an appropriate question to ask.

也許這是個合適的問題。

So, I highly suggest that you know, with the back of your hand — that's an

是以，我強烈建議你知道，用你的手背--那是一個

expression — what things are okay to be talked about in a job interview, even on

表達方式--哪些事情可以在求職面試中談及，甚至是在

your part. Because if you start going off: "Oh yeah, you know, I was born here

你的部分。因為如果你開始走神，"哦，是的，你知道，我出生在這裡

and..." Oh, you've given them too much information. So, please be careful. But

和......"哦，你給了他們太多的資訊。所以，請小心。但是

good luck out there. You can get this job. Just know your rights.

祝你在外面好運。你可以得到這份工作。只要知道你的權利。