奇葩!穿棕色皮鞋在英國會導致找不到工作!

Snobby city firms are refusing to hire talent from poor backgrounds because they do not follow tradition, a report says.

一項報告指出，勢利的城市公司正在拒絕採用來自貧困家庭的人才，因爲他們不能遵守所謂的"傳統"。

Managers can often place as much importance on speech, accent, dress and behavior as on skills and qualifications.

經理們常常會注重候選人的口才、口音、穿着和舉止，他們認爲這些品質與專業技能和資質一樣重要。

Firms are also recruiting from a small pool of elite universities and hire those who "fit in" while ignoring talented but less advantaged candidates, according to Social Mobility Commission research.

根據社會流動性委員會的調查顯示，這些公司只在小範圍的精英大學中招攬人才，他們往往忽略候選人的天賦，而聘用那些"穿着更加得體"、但相對來說優勢較小的人。

Its report says: "Relatively opaque codes of conduct extend to dress."

這份報告寫道："這些相對模糊的行爲守則已經延伸到了穿着上。"

To provide one example, for men, wearing brown shoes with a business suit is generally considered unacceptable within investment banking and corporate finance.

舉一個例子，男性在投資銀行工作或者擔任公司財務的話，穿西裝配棕鞋一般被認爲是難以接受的。

"Issues relating to dress may seem superficial and relatively simple for individuals to adopt. But interviewees suggested they do play a material role in the selection process as demonstration of 'fit'."

"有些人也許會認爲這些對穿着的要求看起來是膚淺的、相對用人草率的行爲。但面試者通常都會認爲，他們在面試過程中展示的'穿着得體'的能力起着重要的作用。"

Banks mostly hire from an only select handful of universities, including Oxbridge and the London School of Economics.

大部分銀行只在一些經過精心篩選的大學裏招人，這裏面就包括了劍橋大學、牛津大學和倫敦經濟學院。

And the report warned the requirement to do work experience or internships benefits those with "informal networks" and erects a further barrier to entry.

並且，報道中還提示：一些招聘信息裏對於實習、工作經驗的要求有利於那些有過"非正式網絡工作"經歷的應聘者，這無疑又豎起了另一道門檻。

Alan Milburn, Commission chairman, said: "Bright, working-class kids are being systematically locked out of top jobs in investment banking because they may not attend elite universities or understand arcane culture rules.

社會流動性委員會主席阿蘭·米爾本表示："僅僅因爲沒有進入精英大學學習或者熟悉晦澀難懂的文化規則，這些聰慧的、工人階級家庭的孩子們就要從系統層面被關上了通往高端工作，譬如投行裏的職位的大門。"

"It is shocking that some investment banks still judge candidates on whether they wear brown shoes."

"令人震驚的是，一些投行現在仍然依據候選人有沒有穿棕色鞋子來評判他們。"