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IELTS TASK 2: Younger people replacing older people at work



quasal 9 / -  
Feb 5, 2026   #1
Nowadays more and more people have to compete with young people for the same jobs. What problems does this cause? What are some possible solutions?

In today's competitive market, increasingly more people have to fight against the younger generations to secure a job. This often leads to unemployment or staff layoffs, and valuable knowledge and expertise of the older generations often being discarded. The most viable approach to resolve this issue is to introduce new positions in the workplace to ensure the experienced workers stay relevant regardless such shifts.

Companies inevitably adopt a bias towards the younger, perceivedly superior applicants, who possess extensive academic qualifications or vocational training. Consequently, unemployment rates climb as employees are superceded. Additionally, this practice overlooks the value of long-term experience. For example, many organisations rely on a small cadre of specialists in complex fields, such as IT or engineering, to operate sophisticated tasks, which demand insights cultivated over years of practice that academic credentials alone can not replicate. The loss of such individuals undermines stability and institutional knowledge.

To address this dilemma, governments can establish unique occupations, such as trainers and instructors, tailored specifically to older employees. These positions enable them to transmit their expertise to younger colleagues while maintaining secure employment. Moreover, a greater emphasis must be put on the underappreciated importance of these workers, thereby ensuring a respectful workforce and a harmonious workplace dynamic.

In conclusion, younger generations supplanting the elders in the workplace is a conundrum that warrants public attention. The sustainable solution lies in integrating the youth into the workforce under the guidance of experienced workers and greater awareness of this problem.

I am taking the test in four days. This essay is somewhat quite unrealistic as i spent some extra time (about 7 minutes) refining and correcting the grammatical mistakes i made. So realistically it would score half a band lower than what it actually deserves
Holt  Educational Consultant - / 16060  
Feb 6, 2026   #2
You need to learn how to properly allot your time when writing the task 2 essay. The more common time frame for writing is as follows:

10 minutes - Brainstorming
10 minutes - Drafting
10 minutes - Review and edit
10 minute - Content finalizing (Information and conciseness)

Unfortunately, even though you took an additional 7 minutes to perfect your word usage, the essay still fell short of the required 250 word minimum. Therefore, the essay will get an automatic failing score. This is because the word count is the primary TA preliminary scoring consideration along with the correct response format.

Your focus on the LR part of the scoring section shows that you know advanced English words, but do not know when to properly use these words. You are using advanced words out of context while your sentence development remains basic. Therefore, the sentence structure and the lexical resource do not match. This will affect your GRA, C+C, and LR scores. These 3 sections will be lower than you expected. The high scoring tests normally use regular, everyday words, use a proper mix of sentence structures, and feel like a conversation is ongoing rather than a research paper presentation or academic report.


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