You recently received a letter from a friend asking for advice about whether to go to college or to try to get a job. You think he should get a job. write a letter to this friend in you later say why he/she would not enjoy going to college explain why getting a job is a good idea for her suggest types of job that would be suitable for him or her.

Hi Steve, Good to see a letter from you and thanks for choosing me to query about choosing your platform. I am glad to suggest you and I thought a lot about it to reply
you
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back with the decision which will decide your life.
First
of all, I would say no to
college
. Because, when I was in the same situation
like
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you, I dreamed of getting a nice degree from the
college
and later I assume can move to places for
job
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where ever I wanted to. It never happened to me as well as other students who studied in the same class
with
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me.
College
study runs
very
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commercialized way which teaches less in terms of productivity and
care
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a lot about grades which is not useful if one has
lack
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a lack
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of knowledge in their respective stream. Finding a nice
job
later might be tough because many companies now offer positions based on their age and not as per applicants grades. In case if you start working now by choosing a
job
you are interested in, you will save the
college
time as well as it gives you
real time
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experience
additionally
it teaches you the life quickly. It may
also
save a lot of money
to
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your parents which they can use for a different activity. I would like
give
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you another suggestion in terms of
job
search, I prefer you should look into jobs related to
marketing
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the marketing
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industry cause I know you were very good at advertising the product and pushing someone to buy.
Sales
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industry gives
first
priority to people who have
such
skill sets
like
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you. I hope you like the way I have explained and follow it. Don't hesitate to write me back if you need any other help. Thanks, John.

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The Closing

The style of the letter determine how you have to close it.

Check out the suggested closing sentences for each type of letter in the General IELTS Test. The closing sentence should be the last sentence of your letter.

Formal style (To someone you have not met, whose name you don’t know)

  • Yours faithfully,

Semi-formal (To someone you may or may not have met, whose last name you know)

  • Yours sincerely,

Informal (To someone you know well, whose first name you know and use)

  • Best regards,
  • Warm wishes,

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Real-world experience
  • Practical experience
  • Financial independence
  • On-the-job training
  • Student loan debt
  • Personal growth
  • Professional networking
  • Career development
  • Skilled workers
  • Job market
  • Career goals
  • Immediate income
  • Professional relationships
  • Market demand
  • Defining interests
  • Educational investments
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