Peter Cuthbertson and Tim Aker compiled this year's Non-Jobs report for the TaxPayers’ Alliance, released today.
I wonder if, somewhere in Britain, there is a headteacher willing to ask The Guardian newspaper to run his school’s careers fare.
At one stall, pupils could be told what qualifications are required to be an ‘Information Sharing and Assessment Integration Manager’. At another, the ambition one day to be a ‘Project Leader – Gypsies and Travellers Project’ could be cultivated. Elsewhere in the hall, the most energetic children could find out whether they would be better suited to the role of ‘Bike It Officer’ or ‘Walking for Wellbeing Coordinator’. And what careers event would be complete without someone to promote the vital positions of ‘Healthy Eating and Nutrition Trainer’, ‘Community and Diversity Officer’s Supervisor’ and ‘Regional Infant Feeding Coordinator’?
Absurd or surreal as this may seem, it would at least give an accurate impression of Britain’s job market as it is portrayed in The Guardian’s recruitment section. In writing my third Annual Non Jobs Report for the TaxPayers' Alliance I came across all of the above positions, along with such jobs as ‘Retail Sector Routeway Manager’, ‘Community Capacity Building Officer’ and ‘People Participation Lead’, advertised last month in Guardian Society.
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