Graduates find it difficult to secure _____ nowadays.

Analyze the question: The sentence needs a noun that fits after "secure". The test is whether you know that employment is an uncountable noun in English.

Explain the concept: Uncountable (mass) nouns have no plural form and cannot take "a/an" or numbers. Common examples are information, advice, furniture, equipment, luggage, news, employment. Because they are uncountable, we say:

• "some advice," not "an advice"
• "information," not "informations"
• "employment," not "an employment" or "employments"

(When you mean a particular job, use the countable word job, as in "a job" or "jobs".)

Solution (testing each option):

• A. an employment is wrong because uncountable nouns do not take "an".
• B. employment is correct. It is used as an uncountable noun meaning "paid work in general".
• C. employments is wrong because there is no standard plural form in this sense.
• D. few employments is wrong for the same reason, since the plural is not acceptable.

Correct sentence: "Graduates find it difficult to secure employment nowadays."

Tip: In exams, treat these words as uncountable and never add "s" or "a/an": employment, information, advice, furniture, equipment, luggage, news, evidence, knowledge. If you need a countable version, use a phrase like "a piece of advice" or switch to a countable word like "job".