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Competing for Jobs Essay
This IELTS essay is about the competition for jobs between younger and
older people.
The way that the question is posed in this essay can often cause problems for
students. Take a look at the question:
Nowadays more and more older people who are looking for work
have to compete with younger people for the same jobs.
What problems does this cause?
What are some possible solutions?
Understanding the Question

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So there are two parts to the question, but in the first part should you be
talking about problems or causes?
It’s common for students to make errors in answering the question because
they rush to start writing without spending a few minutes analysing the
question.
If you look carefully you should see that you need to write about
the problems that arise if older people have to compete for jobs with
younger people, not the causes of having to compete.

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Also, the question is focused around the problems for ‘older people who are
looking for work’ so you need to focus on the potential problems for older
people, not younger people.
Organisation
And don’t forget that there are two parts to the question:
1. Problems
2. Solutions
So it is a good idea to brainstorm two problems and think of solutions to
those. You could organise your essay in one of two ways:
Body Paragraph 1: problem – solution
Body Paragraph 2: problem – solution
Or
Body Paragraph 1: problem x 2
Body Paragraph 2: Solution/s 
Now take a look at the model answer:
Model Answer
Nowadays more and more older people who are looking for work have to