The Role of a Sample Essay Introduction

The Role of a Sample Essay IntroductionIt is a common enough practice for employers to use samples of sample essays when talking to high school seniors for potential job offers. For any young person looking for a decent paying job, the basic format of a sample is sufficient, though the contents of the essay are just as important as the structure.The samples are often too formal and formulaic in their format, and often times designed to last the duration of the interview. They typically feature an introduction that brings the reader to a direct action, usually a recommendation, or introduces a student's resume or briefcase, all of which serve only to introduce the reader to the essay itself. These introductions are oftentimes not very informative in determining what the reader will get in the rest of the sample and are often designed to make a great deal of money off of an over-simplified approach.These types of samples are merely meant to convince high school seniors that a certain c andidate fits well into the role for which they have been recommended. These introductions do not reflect the student's skills or motivations in an effective manner. More importantly, they do not reflect what the student knows or is being tested on, but rather what the student is being recommended to the student based on the new student's test scores and the presence of all-star recommendations.The samples of sample essays should be treated as simply stepping stones to prepare high school seniors for the particular type of career that they are being asked to achieve. The sample introductions should not be the best parts of the sample, but rather should be the focus of the sample and not the introduction.High school seniors should read through the sample essays to get a good idea of what they are being asked to do. They should read through the sample using the high school student's style and preference in order to figure out what types of things the high school student finds amusing, where the student gets his ideas from, and what topics the student finds interesting. For example, some seniors might want to find a sample of an essay that is in no way related to their field of interest. Others might want to find a sample essay on a historical topic that they might not have previously researched in their history class.They can also look for interesting factoids from the information that is provided. They can check whether the sample contains the information that the high school student is most likely to find interesting, as well as the information that he or she is likely to find applicable to the job that the student is applying for. They can check to see if the sample contains test questions, which they may already have encountered in the course of their studies. They can also check to see if the sample asks for a reference to a specific resume, which they may have seen displayed on an employer's wall.High school seniors should be very careful in choosing which samples to read, as they will have no idea what these samples actually contain, or what the sample really serves to demonstrate. If the student is being recommended for a position, it is often best to seek other sources for information about the position, rather than relying on the samples for this purpose.