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Many employers are employing people with good social skills as well as good qualifications. Do you agree or disagree that good social skills are as important as good qualifications to succeed in a job ? In an era marked by an ever-competitive job landscape, employers are leaning more towards hiring workers with developed interpersonal skills and great qualifications. Given the edge the combination of these skills offers, I support the idea that soft skills are as much important as qualifications to professional success. Admittedly, being professionally qualified for a job is a fundamental pillar of success. This is simply because in-depth knowledge of job essentials and profound expertise in the relevant area of employment equip one with imperative tools to understand nuances, dynamics and multi-faceted nature of their specialty, forming a set of assets that aid them in gaining career promotion and salary rises. If, for instance, Andrew Huberman, a scientist renowned to the world thanks to his deep understanding of neuroscience, had not hold such valuable qualifications in his field of specialty, he would have been employed by Stanford Univeristy, an instution that is ranked in the top 5 best universities in the world. However compelling this view may sound, this notion overlooks the significance of person-to-person skills that play an equally crucial role in professional accomplishments, even in those of Andrew Huberman. One undeniable reason for that is higher group cohesion that social skills facilitate. Working in an office involves multiple daily interactions with colleagues and other co-workers alike, so being able to persuade, listen and compassionate to the cohort would create a highly-cohesive working environment. Indeed, it is this atmosphere that helps workers to meet deadlines timely, execute daily tasks more efficiently and thus perform better. For this reason, companies like Apple and Facebook place huge importance not only on professional expertise a job applicant possesses but also on their interpersonal abilities. On a managerial level, communicative and easy-going employees aid managers in being more efficient. With the ability to understand co-workers and find a common ground to resolve a conflict on their own, such employees do not often turn to their managers to complain about misunderstandings with their colleagues. This, unlike a workplace where workers make daily complaints and therefore require managers' intervention regularly, helps managers focus on more important aspects of their jobs, from monitoring workers' performance to checking project deadlines. In conclusion, although I admit that qualifications are a powerful driver of professional growth, I believe that having interpersonal skills is just as important for two key reasons. One is a more cohesive professional environment, while the other is more efficient management in such environments.

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The bar graph compares how much reneable energy was contributed by renewable energy sources in 3 diffrent years. Overall, Australia and Sweden, two countries with the least significant changes, registered a considerably lower output of renewable energy in comparison to Iceland, which remained at the top of the list in all the years, and Turkey. Iceland, the leading country in renewable energy output, recorded a high of around 45% of renewable energy in the overall figure, closely followed by Turkey, the second largest renewable energy producer, at 35%. 13 years later, however, the gap between these widened significantly. Iceland's renewable energy supply surged to a chart high of 70%, substantially higher than that of the Asian country at just over 30%. The remaining countries came at the other end of the spectrum. In particular, Austria declined in the contribution of renewable energy to the total supply, albeit to the smallest extent, with its figure roughly halving to the lowest at 5% by 2010. Contrary to this downward trend, Sweden's trajectory was rising, though negligbly, reaching 10% by the end, up from the initial nearly 6%.

The line chart compares how much time it took for 4 different car producers in the USA to manufacture a car from 1998 to 2002. Overall, three out of four car manufacturers spent progressively less time on car production over the years, with the reduction being the most pronounced for Nissan, and the least so for DC. It was Ford, however, that followed an upward trend in the time spent manufacturing a car. Of the car producers experiencing downward patterns, Nissan stood out as recording a chart high of roughly 37 hours per vehicle in 1998. By 2000, this number had plummeted to around 24 hours, further declining, yet less rapidly, to its lowest at nearly 21 hours by the end. This marked the shortest production period among the producers as well as the sharpest drop of 16 hours. A similar but less notable decrease was seen in GM, which saw a steady falling trajectory from its initial 32 hours to the final nearly 24 hours - three-fourths of the original figure. With DC, the third category with an improvement in car production time, the trend was even more gradual. After the initial slight drop of about 2 hours to 30 hours in 1999, the figure for this manufacturer remained unaltered for the ensuing 2 years, after which there was another 2-hour decline to 28 hours, the highest figure as of 2002. The only car producer to have followed an increase was Ford; it is this manufacturer which witnessed no change at a low of approximately 25 hours until 1999, when the number began gradually climbing to its peak of 27 hours. This was followed by a negligible fall, so the figure finished the span at 25 hours.

Overall, European and African suppliers remained the principal drug suppliers, in stark contrast to their South American counterparts. While two bigger drug providers, namely Europe and Africa as well as North America, experienced a decline in figure, South America witnessed a dip yet rebounded at the end. Asia, however, was the only drug manufacturer to have seen a steady upward.

The line compares the proportion of people of different ages going to the cinema from 1978 to 2008. Overall, visiting the cinema was much more common in the two youngest age ranges than in the old ones, with the patterns of change being virtually identical across the age groups. In particular, despite a dip in the first half of the timeframe, all the age brackets saw a gradual recovery in the second half. 14-24-year-olds and 25-34-year-olds, while ranking first and second on the list, recorded similar decreases from the initial 90% (an all-time high) and 80%, respectively, to roughly 75% and 60% in 1978. By 1998, both figures had gone up, with the former rebounding to its original point and the latter rising by 10%. Remaining unaltered in the following 5 years, these shares then witnessed a slight drop, albeit of varying levels: cinema-goers aged 14-24 saw a final decline to 80% (10% lower than the 1978 level), while their 25-34-year-old counterparts experienced a less notable to 65% (a 15-percent drop over the timespan). The other two age classes also showed similar trajectories. In 1978, as many as 60% of adult cinema visitors were recorded, compared to seniors at 50 and above standing at a mere 40%. There was a 20-percent fall in both figures in 1988, which then was followed by a recovery to the initial level in 1998 and a period of stability untill 2003. From that year on, the two percentages followed different trends, as cinema attendance dwindled to 50% among the middle-aged adults. This was in stark contrast to the older cinema attendees, who caught up with the 35-39 age category at the end.

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The bar chart shows reasons why men and women used the Internet in the UK in 2013. Overall, socializing and online communication were by far the most common reasons for both gender to use the Internet, compared to online shopping and playing video games that were less popular and female-dominated. The only activity where men had a gender gap in their favor was banking, which recorded the lowest participation rates for both sexes. Starting with the categories with the smallest gender discrepancies, four in five users, regardless of gender, were online to email, marking the highest participation level. Similarly, social networking also recorded no gender difference, with the figures for both groups at nearly the same level as those of emailing, 80%. As for activities with greater gender gaps, more men used the Internet for banking than women: just below 60% versus exactly 50%, respectively, two percentages that also were the smallest among all activities. In the remaining categories, gender distribution was also uneven and favored women. As many as 80% of them played online video games, about 15% higher than men's proportion. This pattern persisted in online shopping too; roughly three-fourths of female internet users shopped online, while their male counterparts lagged behind by 10%, at virtually 65%.

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At a chart high of around 5.5% in 1990, industrial contribution to pollution was far ahead of that of transport and households at a mere 1% each. As of 1996, this gap narrowed and pollution caused by industrial activities dropped to roughly 3%, while the other two pollution sources remained almost unaltered.