05 Jan 2007
Graduates find prized jobs are rather boring, says survey
The Guardian Thursday July 27, 2006 It will come as a surprise to many arts students, and may change attitudes about careers traditionally regarded as dry and dull. Graduates who chose a career in advertising, journalism or the law are more bored with work than contemporaries who opted for banking or accountancy. That, at least, is according to the first official graduate tedium index published today on the government news network. Pollsters interviewed more than 2,000 graduates aged from 21 to 45, and found half said they "often feel bored at work". But there were big differences in the answers from different professions. For more on this story... http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/graduation/story/0,,1831247,00.html
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