Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic: The idea of having a single career is becoming an old fashioned one. The new fashion will be to have several careers or ways of earning money and further education will be something that continues throughout life. Use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.

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to have a specific
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life;
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should have many careers to make money, as per
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. It is believed by many nowadays that, it has become difficult to survive in
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. Where technology is evolving every day, it has become
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for people to become
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in their fields to compete with these technological changes.
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it is true that multi
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individuals are being paid higher remunerations than those who
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single
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education
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. It is being adopted by many companies, to hire a single person who knows multi-tasking and can handle different tasks at the same time.
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companies.
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detrimental to human’s health and condemns its spread. They believe that, if people are having several careers, there may be extra pressure on their mind and that will directly affect their health. If a person is handling cash in a bank, with huge transactions and company added cheques handling responsibility
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his job duties as well,
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potentially puts
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burden on parents, as having qualifications in different careers could cost a lot. It would be impossible for
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parents to bear their children's
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cost
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if they are having more than
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child.
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individuals to have more than
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career
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and have diversified
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, it should not be made mandatory for all, as it is not possible for everyone.
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To get an excellent score in the IELTS Task 2 writing section, one of the easiest and most effective tips is structuring your writing in the most solid format. A great argument essay structure may be divided to four paragraphs, in which comprises of four sentences (excluding the conclusion paragraph, which comprises of three sentences).

For we to consider an essay structure a great one, it should be looking like this:

  • Paragraph 1 - Introduction
    • Sentence 1 - Background statement
    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
    • Sentence 4 - Outline sentence
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion
    • Sentence 1 - Summary
    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
    • Sentence 3 - Prediction or recommendation

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