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IELTS Essay: Nowadays more and more older people who need employment have to compete with ...

Prompt

Nowadays more and more older people who need employment have to compete with younger people for the same jobs. What problems does this cause? What are the solutions?

#age discrimination#employment competition#intergenerational workforce#labor market dynamics

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 identifies problems and proposes solutions; Band 9 evaluates solution feasibility, identifies trade-offs, and addresses why simple age-based policies fail.

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Key concepts in this essay

age discrimination laws
experience vs. adaptability
training and reskilling
pension/benefits costs
demographic shifts

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Presenting age competition as new/surprising without historical context
Proposing solutions (like age quotas) without addressing unintended consequences or enforceability
Overlooking that older workers may have experience advantages that offset salary expectations

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