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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 4th August
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The charts show survey results concerning why MBA graduates did their degree, and employers’ reasons for hiring them. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The charts present a comparison of the reasons people undertake MBA degrees, and the factors potential employers target when recruiting staff. The main message is people study overwhelmingly in the belief it will improve employment prospects, yet such expectations might well be thwarted by the ironic fact that those empowered to hire value this qualification the least, rather pragmatically assessing practical and personality aspects as being of far greater utility.
Considering these degree-takers’ motivation in detail, 65% of respondents are driven by the self-interested (albeit legitimate) aim of obtaining better jobs, leaving the rest more selfless divided approximately evenly amongst incentives: personal development (15%), enhancing work performance (12%), or honing abilities to assist colleagues, the last being the lowest proportion, at 8%.
As for what employers seek, it is the proverbial ‘eye-opener, with that supposedly highly-esteemed MBA relegated to a paltry 10% the lowest figure of all. What matters most is previous experience, standing at 45%, although this is divided into the knowledge gained from past places of work (25%), and connections secured in the process (20%). Similarly, presentation/appearance and personality both play far more significant roles than academic pieces of paper, coincidentally having those same two previously-mentioned proportions, respectively.
This high mismatch between expectations and reality suggests MBA candidates will ultimately suffer considerable disillusion.
