They are not always willing to take on untrained workers, but there's no harm in asking.

他们一般不愿意雇佣没有受过训练的工人，但是问问也无妨。

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They put the price of labor-force participation so high - with regulations, social charges, minimum wages and so forth - that businesses are reluctant to take on young, untrained workers.

他们给劳动力参与价格如此高，具有规章，社会费用、最低工资等等——企业是不情愿的去雇佣年轻的未受过训练的工人。

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A survey in America by Spherion Staffing discovered that 53% of workers had been compelled to take on extra tasks since the recession started.

Spherion Staffing在美国做的一项调查发现，自从经济衰退开始以来，53%的员工被迫担负了额外的工作。

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Some hope: the trade unions note that employers, both private-and public-sector, have done little to take on new workers.

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It is notoriously difficult to take on new workers and replace them.

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Employment rules do make it hard to take on new workers.

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