Completing university education is thought by some to be the best way to get a good job. On the other hand, other people think that getting experience and developing soft skills is more important. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

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Completing university education is thought by some to be the best way to get a good job. On the other hand, other people think that getting experience and developing soft skills is more important. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

Some consider that being a university graduate is the key to securing a good job, while others think that it is better to have experience and soft skills. In my opinion, I believe that possessing a university education is essential for academic jobs, while soft skills and experience are more useful in business.

On the one hand, many think it is easier for most people to find a good job if they are university graduates with a reasonable degree. In other words, having tertiary education puts people one step ahead of others who do not, and this could be the deciding factor in getting a good job. The competition to get into universities and the increasing number of graduates show just how significant this level of education is for people’s future work opportunities.

On the other hand, having work experience and soft skills, such as leadership skills and other interpersonal skills, can also throw the balance in favour of the applicant, according to some. For many positions there is an overwhelming number of applicants and, therefore, it is often thought that having relevant experience in that line of work or having acquired useful soft skills that can be valuable to a company, can put one ahead of the game when applying for a position.

Finally, in my opinion, whether needing high-level education or skills and experience, depends on the position being applied for. Take, for example, law, medicine or teaching; it is impossible to be considered for a job without the required educational background. In contrast, in business, it would be more critical for a candidate to have soft skills and experience in that line of business so they can step into a position without further training and be of immediate benefit to the company.

In conclusion, getting a good job requires a relevant background, either inexperience or education, depending on the type of work and field. People should make sure they obtain the necessary skills or degrees before applying for a job to be confident of success.

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Average: 7.8 (1 vote)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, if, so, therefore, while, for example, in conclusion, in contrast, such as, in my opinion, in other words, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 7.48453608247 240% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 4.92783505155 142% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 5.05154639175 317% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 9.0 3.03092783505 297% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 20.0 32.9175257732 61% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 26.3917525773 159% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 3.85567010309 441% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1694.0 937.175257732 181% => OK
No of words: 338.0 206.0 164% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.01183431953 4.54256449028 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.28774723029 3.78020617076 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89634544179 2.54303337028 114% => OK
Unique words: 171.0 127.690721649 134% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.505917159763 0.622605031667 81% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 540.0 290.88556701 186% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.41237113402 113% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 9.13402061856 44% => OK
Article: 1.0 0.824742268041 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.83505154639 109% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.463917525773 216% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 1.44329896907 624% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 12.6804123711 95% => OK
Sentence length: 28.0 16.3608247423 171% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 46.2111698859 44.8134815571 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 141.166666667 76.5299724578 184% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.1666666667 16.8248392259 167% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.5833333333 4.34317383033 267% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.29896907216 116% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 2.54639175258 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 7.41237113402 135% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 1.49484536082 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.94845360825 51% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.343994937465 0.216113520407 159% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.141690777946 0.0766984524023 185% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0640174876145 0.0603063233224 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.204940246585 0.12726935374 161% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0702915066045 0.0580467560999 121% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 8.37731958763 195% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.06 70.7449484536 61% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 3.82989690722 230% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 7.45979381443 190% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 8.71597938144 138% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.48 7.59969072165 112% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 41.2886597938 179% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 8.62886597938 168% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 8.54432989691 154% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 8.15463917526 184% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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