BAND 6.5 IELTS ESSAY SAMPLE: COMPARISON OF UK EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION FOR 1998 AND 2012

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The charts give information about employment in the UK in 1998 and 2012.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Essay Sample

The given pie charts compare the employment of men and women in part-time and full-time jobs in the UK in the years 1988 and 2012. The total number of employment rise from 23839 to 29600 between 1988 and 2012. The most drastic change in 2012 was the amount of employment of women in full-time jobs, which rose 7 % and reached 26 % in total.
Employment of men in a full-time job fell by 6 % and decreased from 53 % in 1988 to 47 % in the year 2012. By contrast, the part-time job of men shows a different trend and increased by 1 % and reached 7 % in the year 2012.
Employment of women had experienced completely opposite trend. The part-time job fell by 2 per cent from 22 % in 1988. However, full-time jobs soared from 19 % to 26 % and reached almost the quarter of all employment in 2012.