You recently received a letter from a friend asking for advice whether to go to college or try to get a job. You think he/she should get a job Write a letter to this friend. In your letter • Say why he/she would not enjoy going college • Explain why getting a job is a good idea for him/her • Suggest the types of jobs that would be suitable for him/her

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Dear Charlie, How are you doing? I’m writing in response to your
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letter requesting my guidance on if you should search for employment opportunities or attend university. Thank you for writing to me
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week concerning my guidance on if you should search for employment opportunities or attend a university I’m glad and honoured that you asked for my counsel on
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matter. I’d
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you to secure a job rather than
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your education because you’ll not appreciate college life. In university, you’ll have to attend numerous lectures with each lecturer giving the class homework after each tutorial.
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means that at the end of each day, you could be going home with four assignments at the very least,
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which would require you to spend ample
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in the library researching for articles to be able to carry out these
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assignments which in my opinion, is rather too stressful and energy draining. You’re better off gaining employment because it would give you more
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to enjoy your social life in which, if you had taken up schooling, you would rarely have the
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to go out with friends and meet people.
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, working requires less reading
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thus
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, you’ll spend limited
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studying documents,
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, correspondences and reports.
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, most importantly, you’d be earning some money for your upkeep and for solving other monetary requirements. There’s a wide range of occupations that are appropriate for you given that you have some secretarial and administrative experiences and
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. So, I’d suggest you look out for job vacancies in those fields,
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, executive assistant, administrative officer, secretary and customer service representative,
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suit you perfectly. You’d have no issues adapting and working in these roles because
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you have
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the basic knowledge and background that will help you succeed in these areas of work. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Warm regards, Sam
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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