Social Skills and Qualifications for Job Success

Some employers are giving increased importance to employing people with good social skills in addition to good qualifications.

Do you agree or disagree that social skills are as important as good qualifications for success in a job?

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WhyThis is anOpinion essay — it asks whether you agree or disagree with a statement.

SoWe split the ideas intoReasons to agree(supports the statement)andReasons to disagree(argues against it).

Reasons to agree

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Reasons to disagree

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Essay · 268 words · 3 paragraphs · 15 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band7.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response clearly states that social skills and qualifications are equally important and supports this view with relevant explanations and a sales example. Ideas progress logically, but the two main arguments share one long body paragraph. The qualifications discussion focuses mainly on recruitment rather than performance once employed, and occasional language slips reduce precision. The conclusion could reaffirm the equal-importance position more explicitly.

TR

Task Response

The response addresses the question directly with a clear position that both factors are equally important, developing each side with relevant explanation and an example.

7.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Ideas progress logically from qualifications to social skills, with clear linking expressions. However, both central arguments occupy one long body paragraph, so a break at the shift to social skills would clarify the organisation.

7.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is sufficiently flexible for the topic, including 'mastery of specialized knowledge' and 'mutual support', though expressions such as 'establish wide connections' are less natural and occasional typing slips reduce accuracy.

7.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A variety of complex structures is used with generally good control. Minor problems with articles and countable nouns, such as “in the career” and “very high qualification”, rarely impede meaning.

7.0

What to work on next

Develop each main idea with more specific, varied support beyond the single salesman example to make the argument more persuasive.

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