If two applicants for a job are otherwise equally qualified, the job should go to the applicant with more experience.

Essay topics:

If two applicants for a job are otherwise equally qualified, the job should go to the applicant with more experience.

It is said that experience hardens and strengthens one’s skills at work. Irrespective of success in a profession, a truly valuable asset one receives after years of working in a field is experience. Based on the validity of the above sentences, this essay argues that if prospective employees are otherwise equally qualified, the employee with more experience should get the job.

With experience comes a certain degree of skill development and necessary adaptability. Being on a job for an extended period of time helps employees understand the nitty-gritties the job entails. For instance, an army general who has weathered several wars will be a much more valuable asset than a new recruit, even if the recruit has a shining resume comparable to when the general initially started his military career.

Moreover, it is often the case that reality often belies expectations – a job is vastly different from what people initially assume it entails. A case to the point is for engineers. Initially most engineers believe that their professional lives will consist mainly of pioneering innovative designs and structural plans to erect wonderful urban structures in steel and concrete. Little do they think about the added burdens like responsibilities for people management, bureaucratic red tape, misallocated funds and so on. In such cases, an experienced hand is far more valuable than a verdant employee, as the former is more prone to adapt in the face of unforeseen difficulties and take the path of least resistance instead of withering in front of insurmountable odds.

Finally experience often helps an employee maintain focus, as he/she understands the extent of his/her responsibilities and stays within that purview. This is best seen the legal profession, where the best lawyers are those who have stuck to the same type of cases for years and have gained experience of the manner in which to persuade judges.

Now this is not to say that there are exceptions to the rule. There are some cases where the employee, being brilliant in his or her own right, does not need vast experience to be assigned to challenging projects. This is seen especially in mathematics, where peak productivity lies upto the age of 30. Moreover, as is sometimes the case, a job requires innovation or a fresh perspective, in which case a less experienced employee is the preferred option. This is often the case in cutting edge research undertaken by visionary firms like SpaceX and GoogleX.

In conclusion, the essay argues that experience generally is much better for a job as it provides employees with necessary skills and expertise which does not come with sitting in the classroom training for that profession. Moreover, it grants one the necessary flexibility to be productive in that field. Finally it helps one maintain focus and gives an inside perspective to many situations which may seem alien to a new recruit.

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Average: 7.9 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 120, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...ability. Being on a job for an extended period of time helps employees understand the nitty-gr...
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Message: Use simply 'recruit'.
Suggestion: recruit
...ll be a much more valuable asset than a new recruit, even if the recruit has a shining resu...
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Line 5, column 698, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[3]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'of the least'.
Suggestion: of the least
...foreseen difficulties and take the path of least resistance instead of withering in fron...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Finally,
...ing in front of insurmountable odds. Finally experience often helps an employee main...
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Line 7, column 279, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
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Suggestion:
... to the same type of cases for years and have gained experience of the manner in ...
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Suggestion: Finally,
...ibility to be productive in that field. Finally it helps one maintain focus and gives a...
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Line 11, column 420, Rule ID: NEW_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'recruit'.
Suggestion: recruit
...ny situations which may seem alien to a new recruit.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, if, may, moreover, so, then, for instance, in conclusion

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 14.8657303371 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 33.0505617978 91% => OK
Preposition: 57.0 58.6224719101 97% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2462.0 2235.4752809 110% => OK
No of words: 477.0 442.535393258 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.16142557652 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.67336384929 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.00197638634 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 262.0 215.323595506 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549266247379 0.4932671777 111% => OK
syllable_count: 774.0 704.065955056 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.2845459552 60.3974514979 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.238095238 118.986275619 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.7142857143 23.4991977007 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.09523809524 5.21951772744 59% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.174620559772 0.243740707755 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0479530452252 0.0831039109588 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0689132212151 0.0758088955206 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0932773121329 0.150359130593 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0604416797784 0.0667264976115 91% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.2 14.1392134831 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.8420337079 101% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.94 12.1639044944 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.83 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 Out of 6
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