WRITING QEUESTION 2

DURING A CARRER DAY HELD IN SCHOOL, A GUEST SPEAKER MADE THIS

COMMENT “EMPLOYERS ONLY LOOK FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WHRN
HIRING” YOUR TEACHER TEHNASKED YOU TO WRITE AN ESSAY EXPRESSING
YOUR OPINION ON THIS REVIEW. WRITE AT LEAST 250 WORDS
COMPLETE ESSAY SAMPLE

  The librarian kept looking her way and wondering when she was going
to pack up and leave as it was nearly 10 o’clock in the evening and fast
approaching the library closing time. Nevertheless, he has seen this time
and time again and understood the pressure that final year students in
this university would be under as the final exam dates are looming near.
Scenes like this is normally seen with most students wanting to do well in
their studies. This is because they have understood the fact very well that
getting very good grades could land them their dream jobs that promise
these young adults a better life in the future. This is true to the fact that
employers do look for academic excellence when hiring as certain jobs
demand the person to be excellent in their studies as they are perceived
to be better at what they do. Here I would like to state my total
agreement to the statement that employers do look for academic
excellence when hiring.

                First and foremost, the very reason why employers put

academic excellence as the first criterion for choosing future employees
is because academic excellence especially in tertiary education signals a
certain level of expertise. Employers do this because there is a particular
need in certain professions, that demands a person to have attained this
academic excellence. These are the types of jobs that require specialised
knowledge like the technologically demanding occupations of the future.
In light of this the employers would even before the process of hiring,
would specify very clearly in the job requirement what they would be
looking for, for the purpose of narrowing down the future candidates who
will be applying for the post. From the many gleaming resumes that come
their way the next process would be to sieve through and hand pick the
crème de la crème  which are those who possess academic excellence and
the expertise the employers are seeking for. Otherwise, the effect of
employing someone ineligible for the job would be detrimental for the
future of the company.
                Secondly, employers seek academic excellence in future
employees because the ability to achieve academic excellence indirectly
shows that the person is very hard working. Diligence in the part of the
employee is certainly vital for the future of the company and the fact that
these people were able to achieve greater heights in their studies show
that they have worked really hard for it and would expectantly practise
the same diligence at the workplace.  One thing for sure is that achieving
academic excellence for the majority of people is not an easy task to
accomplish. It may even have involved sweat and tears. The person who
possesses excellence in their studies may have invested in long hours at
the library that would most likely include burning the midnight oil. What
this translate to the employers is that the person is someone who is ready
to work hard and give it all in their pursuit of achieving excellence and
when employed, would put in the same productiveness for the benefit of
the company. Hence this is one of the reasons why achieving excellence
in a person’s studies would be the quality that employers are looking for
when hiring.

              Thirdly the reason why employers seek academic excellence

when hiring is because it shows that the people, they are potentially
hiring are very driven.  They are perceived to be very motivated and
really determined to succeed and this is evident in their achievements in
their studies. Because of the hard work that is involved in achieving their
level of success in their studies the candidates applying for a job would
be viewed as people who are used to working hard and going the extra
mile to accomplish their goal . They are ready to go above and beyond
for the sole purpose of excelling in their studies. From this the employers
might view them as the people who the employers could rely on to put in
the dedication and perseverance working in the company like what they
did during their studies previously. Employees who are driven to achieve
success would be ready to sacrifice their time and energy for the
company too. They will aim for one main goal which is success and will
be ready to put in the work required to achieve it. Therefore, possessing
academic excellence would certainly be the basis on why employers
would want to hire them. 

                In conclusion, employers do look for that one important

quality in a future employee and that is having academic excellence. This
is true for most employers as could be seen currently happening in our
country when there are 2 candidates or more applying for the vacant post
the person most likely to get the job would be the person showing up with
very good grades during their studies. This is sad but true that
candidates with academic excellence tend to have very high success rate
during an interview. The reasons for this have been discussed earlier on
in this essay where employers tend to hire people who possess academic
excellence because they are perceived to be an expert in their field and
possessing positive characteristics of being hard working and very
driven. Consequently, these are the reasons why academic excellence is
very much sought after by employers and why ever not when what the
employers get from it is only going to bring a positive outcome to the
company.   On a final note, this would be a wakeup call for students to
take their studies seriously and put in more effort in trying to make that
grade and hopefully succeed in getting a career of their dreams.