Finding your first job is easy.
第一份工作好找。
You send in your resume for a position to which no one else is applying.
你投简历到一个没人申请的职位。
You get a call back right away, have a successful interview and of course youre offered the salary to last a lifetime. Nothin to it. Dream on.
立刻会接到电话公告、面试成功（立刻被提供工作），获得了持续一生的薪水。一帆风顺。
继续做梦吧。
A more likely scenario2 might look something like this: You send out multiple copies of your resume to several different positions that have hundreds of other applicants3.
更大概的状况或许是如此的：你发出很多份简历，申请不一样的职位，这类职位有数百位申请人。
Maybe youll hear back from five employers. Of those five, you might get two or three interviews, none of which will go as seamlessly as you think.
或许（幸运的话）你会从五位雇主那里得到消息。在那五个中，你或许获得两、三次面试机会。而没一个会和你想象的一样好。
After waiting several weeks in career purgatory4, you may or may not get an offer for a job that is closer to a nightmare than a dream and that pays just enough to foot the bills.
在职业炼狱煎熬数周后，你或许会得到一个更像噩梦而不是美梦的工作机会，而且薪水刚刚糊口；或许你连如此的机会都得不到。
Although the job market is a little shaky right now, recent grads dont want to settle, either, says Kristen Fischer, author of Ramen Noodles, Rent and Resumes. Many recent graduates feel like taking a job is a life or death decision. While every job will impact their career, they have to remember that a first job is a stepping stone. Chances are that it wont be an ideal situation or their dream job, but it can provide the foundation for a fulfilling career.
《速食面、房租、简历》一书作者Kristen Fischer说：虽然就业市场此刻有的不稳，应届大学生也不愿凑合就业，很多应届毕业生把一份工作看成生死抉择。虽然每一份工作都会对他们的事业产生影响，但他们要记住第一份工作只不过一块跳板。它可能不完美也不理想，但能为达成抱负打基础。
