A friend you made while you were studying abroad has written to ask you for help in finding a job in your country. You have heard about a job in a local company that might be suitable for him/her. Write a letter to this friend. In your letter: - tell your friend about the job and what sort of work it involves - say why you think the job would be suitable for him/her - explain how to apply for the job
Sample Response
Dear Julian,
I'm so glad to hear from you after such a long timeafter such a long period of time since our university graduationsince we both graduated from university. From your letter, it sounds like you've been quite busy travelling around Europetravelling to some parts of Europe and working in a couple of part-time jobsdoing a couple of part-time jobs. Your interest in findingYour interest to find a job in Japan is exciting news to me as it would allow us to meet in person whenever we likewant.
Well, you'd be glad to know that right after receiving your request, I startedI had started to look for an opportunity for you, and I surprisingly found out that there just might be an opportunity for you at a company in my country which is trying to hire some international marketing consultants from abroad, especially, Europe to promote its product in Europe. And given that you have a degree in Marketing Management and excellent communication skills in English, I think that this job would suit you perfectly.
So, please just visit the website of this company called “Mizomi Appliances” and follow the instructionsinstruction on its “career” page in order to apply for this job.
Best of luck, and I look forward to meeting you soon.
Warm wishes, Nagamoto
Why this response received Band 8.0
The letter’s strongest feature is its complete, friendly response: it identifies a suitable marketing role, links it convincingly to Julian’s qualifications, and explains how to apply. Its main limitation is a small cluster of awkward collocations and grammatical choices, especially around interest, past tense, and instructions. Prioritise polishing those phrases and breaking up the long job-description sentence for greater precision and ease.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The letter fully achieves its purpose by describing the role, matching it to Julian’s qualifications, and giving clear application guidance in an appropriately friendly tone.
Add one specific detail about the consultant’s day-to-day duties to make the job description even more informative.
Coherence and Cohesion
Information is organised into purposeful paragraphs and progresses naturally from the personal opening to the opportunity, suitability, and application process.
Divide the long central sentence so the job details and suitability explanation are easier to follow.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is varied and generally precise, with effective language for employment and qualifications, though a few collocations are awkward.
Use more natural combinations such as “interest in finding a job” and “follow the instructions” to improve precision.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A wide range of complex structures is handled confidently, with only occasional non-impeding errors in tense, articles, and punctuation.
Review tense choice and sentence boundaries, especially replacing the unnecessary past perfect in “I had started” and controlling commas more carefully.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
A friend you made while you were studying abroad has written to ask you for help in finding a job in your country. You have heard about a job in a local company that might be suitable for him/her. Write a letter to this friend. In your letter:
- tell your friend about the job and what sort of work it involves
- say why you think the job would be suitable for him/her
- explain how to apply for the job
Your response
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