夏说英语新闻晨读 第621期:员工是公司最重要的“资产”吗?（在线收听）

Perhaps the oldest management cliche is that "people are our most important asset". If that were true, companies would rigorouslyassess their own hiring practices, and their record, to ensure that they are indeed recruiting the best people. Remarkably, many fail miserably at this task. Only a third of American companies check whether their recruitment process produces good employees.

cliche: n. 陈词滥调，老生常谈

rigorously: adv. 严厉地；严密地

rigorous testingmethods

精确的测试／严格的检查／严谨的方法

assess: vt. 评定；估价

Exams are not the only means of assessing a student's ability.

考试并不是评定学生能力的唯一手段。

miserably: （因没多大价值而）令人失望地

to fail miserably (= completely fail)