QUESTION; You must select a person to teach others to do a job. Which one of the following is the most important for you to consider in making your selection?
- the person's education
- the person's work experience
- the quality of the person's previous work
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer
I would certainly select the person with more work experience in the job, if I am to select a person to teach others to do a particular job. The reasons why I think it is more important than the other considerations, such as the person's education and the quality of the person's previous work, are reinforced by the following paragraphs;
Firstly, although a sound educational background is always a complement to one's career, it alone does not contribute for a person to perform up to what is expected by his employer. And in this task particularly, the person needs to have more practical exposure than academic qualifications since training others involve lots of human interactions that need to be effectively managed. For example, a manager may not be able to teach his subordinates how to operate a machine although he has a master's degree. He needs the practical experience in this task.
Secondly, a person who produces excellent results in his or her past assignments may have limited experience in the job. Also if this person is comparative a very junior person, he or she would lack confidence and maturity in tackling senior people. For example, suppose a junior clerk in a department who has been regarded as a very efficient worker in his job is asked to train a senior person from another department. This clerk may not be comfortable with this request since he lacks confidence and maturity to handle this senior. Further, the senior person may resist accepting what is taught by the junior clerk.
In contrast, a person with more work experience in the job has the necessary ability and exposure since he has faced many situations while performing the job. His vast experience as a senior person in a particular job has not only assisted him to be very confident with respect to any aspect of the job but also to be recognized by the others for his mastery. This would certainly be very advantageous for him to be accepted by others as a person who knows the best. Therefore he would have less difficulties in training others.
Considering these reasons, I conclude that the best criterion for selecting a person for this special task is to consider his or her work experience.
Hi,
I'm awaiting your feedback very desperately. I'll be taking the toefl soon and your feedback is very helpful for my preperation.
Thanks
Hi Suven,
I have never taken the TOEFL, but I do know something about it, and your writing is far above the expectations of such a test! You are an excellent writer! I would not fear the test, just go take it, for I think that you will certainly pass it with flying colors! Good luck! I made a few corrections with respect to your essay, but they are all very, very minor. You need not worry about them.
Mark :)
FirstlyFirst , although a sound educational background is always a complement to one's career, it alone does not contribute for a person to perform up to what is expected by his employer.
And in this task particularly, the person needs to have more practical exposure than academic qualifications since training others involves lots of human interactions that need to be effectively managed
Secondly, a person who produces excellent results in his or her past assignments may have limited experience inon the job.
Also if this person is comparatively a very junior person,
Yep, I agree. Move on to your next challenge. You are already prepared for the toefl.
If this essay is something that someone else helped you with, maybe you still need practice, but if you wrote this essay by yourself you are as good a writer as any native English speaker!
I can't even find anything to correct. I do agree with Mark that it is not necessary to say firstly.
Just use first second third.
First, I want to jump in a hole.
Second, I want to bang a drum and dance around.
Third, I want to punch my laptop right in the face.
