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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It is being considered outdated to have a specific
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should never end throughout life; one should have many careers to make money, as per the new movement. It is believed by many nowadays that, it has become difficult to survive in
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modern world with one single
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. Where technology is evolving every day, it has become a threat for people to become outdated in their fields to compete with these technological changes.
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it is true that
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individuals are being paid higher remunerations than those who possess single
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literacy. 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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saves huge money for companies.
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, an alternative approach to
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direction is that some people consider
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movement 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 into his job duties as well,
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will be additional pressure.
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tendency potentially puts an additional burden on parents, as having qualifications in different careers could cost a lot. It would be impossible for middle-class parents to bear their children's study cost if they are having more than one child.
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to have more than a single field and have diversified learning, it should not be made mandatory for all, as it is not possible for everyone.
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    • 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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