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Describe A Job You Would Not Like To Do In The Future: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What is the job?
  • How do you know about it?
  • Whether it is an easy or difficult job?
  • Explain why you would prefer to do something other than do it.
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Cue 1:What is the job?

  • Clearly state the job you would not like to do in the future.
  • Provide a brief description of the job's responsibilities.

Example

The job I would not like to do in the future is that of a traffic police officer. This role involves managing traffic flow, ensuring road safety, and dealing with violations, which can be quite stressful.

Cue 2:How do you know about it?

  • Share your personal experience or observations related to the job.
  • Mention any specific incidents or stories that influenced your opinion.

Example

I know about this job because I often see traffic police on the roads during my daily commute. I have also spoken to a few officers who shared their experiences, and it made me realize how challenging their work can be.

Cue 3:Whether it is an easy or difficult job?

  • Discuss the challenges and difficulties associated with the job.
  • Mention any aspects that might make it seem easy to others.

Example

I believe it is a difficult job. While some might think it’s easy to just stand and direct traffic, the reality is that they face harsh weather conditions, long hours, and sometimes confront aggressive drivers.

Cue 4:Explain why you would prefer to do something other than do it.

  • Explain your personal preferences and career aspirations.
  • Discuss the reasons that make you choose a different path.

Example

I would prefer to work in a corporate environment where I can use my skills in marketing. I enjoy creative tasks and interacting with people in a more positive setting, rather than dealing with the stress and dangers of managing traffic.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, while I respect the work that traffic police officers do, I believe it is not the right fit for me. I would much rather pursue a career that aligns with my interests and allows me to work in a more comfortable environment.

    Following this structure will ensure you cover all the essential points while providing a clear and engaging response to the cue card topic.

    Tips to answer this Cue Card

    1: Vague Job Descriptions

    Avoid being too general when describing the job you dislike. Vague answers can make it hard for the examiner to understand your perspective and may lead to a lower score.

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    Be specific about the job title and its responsibilities. Use clear examples to illustrate why you find it unappealing.

    2: Lack of Personal Connection

    Failing to explain how you know about the job can weaken your answer. Personal connections or experiences make your response more engaging and credible.

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    Share a personal story or experience related to the job. This adds depth and makes your answer more relatable.

    Ignoring Reasons for Preference

    Not explaining why you prefer other jobs can leave your answer incomplete. This is a crucial part of the cue card that shows your reasoning and values.

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    Tip

    Clearly articulate your reasons for preferring other jobs. Discuss what you find fulfilling in those roles compared to the one you dislike.

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    Band 6

    The most difficult job is teaching. When I was a student, I never liked my teacher's teaching. It was not innovative, wasn't easy for the average student like me. Definitely in the future, I would never take such profession, which creates a lot of hatred in others' mind. It's definitely a difficult journey for me to change my profession. Unfortunately, I am in the same profession. But in addition to this, somewhat I started liking this.

    Band 6

    I cannot do a proper teaching job. I will not do a proper teaching job in my future because it is a hardship to teach the others. We hardly face the difficulties while we are teaching to others. I am not capable of teaching to others, but I am capable of teaching myself. I am not able to teach other students because students make a lot of noise and they do not listen to teachers. Even students sometimes give wrong comments on teachers and which feels embarrassment and I feel very angry if someone comments on me. That's why I am not allowing to do the teaching jobs. In teaching, the teachers are under the management, so sometimes management is not good and it does not provide the good salary to their teachers.

    Band 6

    The one job I never wanted to do in my future is the job which is very helpful for the society that is as a police officer. I don't know, since my childhood I never shown an interest to becoming a police officer. Since, due to my no interest in that job and I have been showing interest in other field like becoming a sport person, I never become, want to become a police officer. But I respect the position, the job what they are doing for the society, how they are being helpful to the people. But in my opinion, I never want to do this job due to the some of reasons as getting a lot of negativity from the society as from the people if anything goes wrong or anything goes opposite to us. Moreover, not enough time given to the family as we, the job which is more we need to spend on solving cases and being, have to spend the time on solving the problems of the people. I don't think we have enough time to spend the time which we want to, to the family. As the family expecting from us, even though we can't do whatever we want in the field of this police officer as we have more responsible to the people, we should, there is a small concern as we can neglect or not be shown concern on our own family. That regards me and that shows me not to choose the field of this police officer.

    Band 6

    The job I would not prefer to do is a construction type of job because I started my career with the construction type of job. Actually in basically in construction there is a lot of hazardous things involved you get to get to stand in hot suns and cold winters on and you are supposed to start instruct your persons under you. It is very difficult for you for a person especially like me to manage a huge number of people especially some 40 to 50 people it's very difficult and however if you take the salary of the construction type of job is also very less and in addition to that I feel that construction is a job for people who are not highly educated and I especially will not enter into the particular into that particular type of job again in my life so because it makes my life unpeaceful and and I will not be able to do it.

    Band 6

    I am particularly talking about the call center executive. I never want myself to see as a call center executive because the most annoying thing about this job is the shifts. They do not work as per Indian timings, they work as per U.S. timings. Most of the call centers work as per U.S. timings. Moreover, they are not paying their employees well. The paychecks and incentives are not encouraging and they do not even motivate their employees. Additionally, the employees working in such organizations are more prone to have bad habits like smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol. For example, somebody who is working late in the night and having the craving of getting some food and they are more likely to get the bad habits of smoking and drinking. Moreover, I believe they do not grow with the fast pace in their life because they tend to get stagnant at one particular position because there is no such hierarchy to follow. I will prefer working in a bank over this job because it is also customer centric job, service based industry but there are some fixed timings.

    Band 6

    Well, I am employed as a mechanical engineer in a corporate firm named Pekar India. So, I have been working here since past two years now. Previously, I was working with another team where I had an interesting job role to work on design and development of different vehicle systems and optimization work etc. That role was quite interesting. But due to some budget issues, I need to move to another team. This team was about the Pekar parts which was mainly focusing on the identification of different parts and assigning maintenance codes to them. And the tasks over here were usually repetitive and monotonous. Firstly, I used to enjoy it. But after some time, I really got bored of it and started feeling frustrated. As a human being, you easily get bored by doing it repetitively. So, I wished that I could get some other work in another team. But there were no new openings available at that moment. So, I kept my mind optimistic and kept on doing that work for a longer duration.

    Band 6

    According to me, I think the profession that I would not choose in my future would be the profession of professor because I think that this profession requires more effort and it is very tiresome and it takes a long time to achieve it. It is a very good profession as per for those who like to pursue their higher education in that field but for me I consider that money is more important than education. So I would like to not to be the part of this profession. It is very difficult and I am pursuing my master's so I think that the next step that I would choose will be PhD but I am not going to offer that profession as I told you earlier that I am not interested in it.

    Band 6

    A job I would not like to do in the future is something in the cooking industry like being a chef or something at a cooking place. It's because I am a very lazy person by nature and cooking is something which I do not like or enjoy doing and I don't think I would be very happy doing that job. Instead of that I would love to do something in the medical field which is what I am studying right now. I would love to be a physiotherapist and help patients relieve their pain and improve their quality of life and moreover I would just love to bring smiles to people's face. For more information visit www.FEMA.gov

    Band 6

    I have considered several jobs whenever I when I sat down to look for job perspectives due after completing my graduation among them being a doctor was a was a option that I would not put it out of my list but I could not go for that line because I thought of some of the disadvantages of this job even though it is one of the most noble professions available among all job sectors I think there are some disqualifications or disadvantages in this area that did not allow me to go for this one while considering several other career options being a doctor felt that it is a very time-consuming job and it requires a lot of concentration and perseverance however I am NOT someone of that kind who would have the ability to concentrate for a very long period of time aha this is the reason why I preferred being a dietitian rather than a doctor this way I could both be indulged in patient care and service instead despite not being a doctor being a dietitian allows me to look after patients and providing them with a healthy and nutritional means even though the service is quite similar to that of a doctor I think the areas of difficulties that I have I have thought of being a doctor can be avoided this way I would not try to demean this profession by any means but I think this is why I don't I would not like to choose this profession in the future and instead be a

    Band 6

    I have been working in a corporate company as a fintech engineer since two years. In this job I found a lot of difficulties. There are a lot of circumstances created by people made me sad. Even though it was my first job but it's not good. There is no learning at all. I gained zero knowledge from this job. So, in my future I will not be in the same kind of job. In the future I don't want to do the same kind of job. I would like to do some other kind of job which excites me or gives me good work-life balance. If any job does not give work-life balance, it is definitely a waste of life. If you really want to work, you will find yourself.
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