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Graduates ‘bored with their jobs’

Half of graduates working in a range of professions frequently find their work boring, according to a new study.
Those in administration, manufacturing, sales and marketing are the most likely to be wishing their working life away, according to the ‘Workforce Boredom Index' produced by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).
But, perhaps unsurprisingly given that the survey of more than 2,100 graduates is backed by the TDA, teachers identified themselves as the least bored profession. Previous research by the TDA has found that teachers demonstrate high levels of enjoyment, concentration and absorption in their daily tasks.
After teaching, healthcare, hospitality and accountancy were the most interesting job areas, while science, media and law were middle-ranking sectors.
Employees surveyed said they are mainly bored because of a lack of challenge in their jobs (61 per cent), whilst not using their skills or their knowledge makes life tedious for 60 per cent. And boredom through doing the same things every day (50 per cent) is also to blame.
Half of those employees who are bored have considered changing their profession in the last year, and teaching is the most popular choice – more than one in 10 said teaching was their first choice of next career.
Michael Day, executive director at the TDA, said: ‘These findings demonstrate that one of the chief benefits of teaching is the sheer variety of the job – that no two days are the same.
‘It's never too late to make a career switch, and there are now many ways you can train to teach to match your personal circumstances, as well as new financial support.’
He added: ‘I'd encourage graduates who are bored in their jobs, particularly those with maths and science related degrees, to take another look at the day-to-day and financial rewards of a career in teaching.’
Applications for most postgraduate initial teacher training courses are processed through the Graduate Teacher Training Registry at www.gttr.ac.uk.

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