IELTS Writing – Task 2
People who decide on a career path early in their lives and keep to it are more likely to have a satisfying working life than those who change jobs frequently. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Sample Answer
Today’s generation has become extremely competitive and leaves no stone unturned in terms of getting the best pedestal for them to walk upon. To this, some people expound that the people who take upon a career path and stay stuck to it are more likely to prosper, while another school of thought considers that not to be true. I disagree with this lookout of staying glued to one’s initial career trajectory and shall propagate my point of view in this regard in the paragraphs to come.
The strife to live and survive the sharp-edged pace of the world has become remarkably herculean today. Right from the ground to the sky, almost everyone is seen toiling hard and working their fingers to the bone to manoeuvre better than others. Hence the choices one makes in one’s career happen to sculpt the future concerning the decisions one makes during their lifetime and switching and adapting is a cardinal part of it. Gone are the days when one had to stay clung to the domain one had chosen for oneself at the beginning of their career. Today is the era of dynamism. Thanks to the pangs of digital contrivances, one can hone their skills and become the best of multiple domains, which zero in on one’s discretion and likelihood to the job they do or choose to switch on to.
Time and again, it has been how the efficacy of an individual has been rendered lackadaisical owing to one’s lost spark for a particular job one is employed for and thereby diminishing the productivity of the organization they are a part of. The cases of people following their passion and making a career switch have not skipped the seams of attention. It keeps one going on the path of accomplishment and instills one with a sense of aligning with their penchant. In such a case it would not at all be factual and pragmatic to believe that one who remains gummed to one’s initially chosen career path would be better than those who change it. There have been countless incidents where one has chosen an entirely distinct stream of a career with regards to what one was recruited for during the dawn of one’s career, and not only has it made such people materialistically sufficed but also mentally stabilized.
Though some might say one has a better chance of promotion when one sticks to one’s career stream, that’s not always true, and that too with the expense of going against one’s mental inertia.
Conclusively, we may therefore say that change is the need of the hour today, and people who manage to adapt to the dynamic waves of the world are the ones who would emerge triumphant in their respective careers. A right switch at the right time is all that makes a difference.
Structure of the essay
You were given an opinion essay which means you had to pick a side.
So, do you agree that people who decide on a career path early in their lives and keep to it are more likely to have a satisfying working life than those who change jobs frequently?
OR
Do you disagree with the statement that people who decide on a career path early in their lives and keep to it are more likely to have a satisfying working life than those who change jobs frequently?
Once you pick a side, you can start planning your essay and then writing it.
Don’t forget to state your opinion on it.
Introduction:
Question Paraphrased- Today’s generation has become extremely competitive and leaves no stone unturned in terms of getting the best pedestal for them to walk upon. To this, some people expound that the people who take upon a career path and stay stuck to it are more likely to prosper, while another school of thought considers that not to be true.
Opinion: I disagree with this lookout of staying glued to one’s initial career trajectory A thesis statement- I shall propagate my point of view in this regard in the paragraphs to come.
Body paragraph 1
Central idea: Dynamism is the need today.
Supporting points:
• The strife to live and survive the sharp-edged pace of the world has become remarkably herculean today. Right from the ground to the sky, almost everyone is seen toiling hard and working their fingers to the bone to manoeuvre better than others and hence the choices one makes in one’s career happens to sculpt the future concerning the decisions one makes during their lifetime and switching and adapting is a cardinal part of it.
• Gone are the days when one had to stay clung to the domain one had chosen for oneself at the beginning of their career as today is the era of dynamism. Thanks to the pangs of digital contrivances, one can hone their skills and become the best of multiple domains which zero in on one’s discretion and likelihood to the job they do or choose to switch on to.
Body paragraph 2
Central idea: It’s all about how nicely one does one’s work to succeed.
Supporting points:
• Time and again, it has been how the efficacy of an individual has been rendered lackadaisical owing to one’s lost spark for a particular job one is employed for and thereby diminishing the productivity of the organization they are a part of.
• The cases of people following their passion and making a career switch have not skipped the seams of attention. It keeps one going on the path of accomplishment and instills one with a sense of aligning with their penchant when one follows what they want to. In such a case it would not at all be factual and pragmatic to believe that one who remains gummed to one’s initially chosen career path would make one better than those who change it.
• There have been countless incidents where one has chosen an entirely distinct stream of a career with regards to what one was recruited for during the dawn of one’s career, and not only has it made such people materialistically sufficed but also mentally stabilized.
Conclusion – Conclusively, we may therefore say that change is the need of the hour today, and people who manage to adapt to the dynamic waves of the world are the ones who would emerge triumphant in their respective careers. A right switch at the right time is all that makes a difference.
