Editor's Comment

08-July 2009 | By DeeDee Doke

To read the national press, it would be easy to believe that graduates are the only segment of the population to feel the negative economic impact of the recession. Too many think tanks and other assorted navel gazers wring their hands at the plight of the poor graduates who might have to pull a few pints to make ends meet — instead of accepting their due with a plush job at a Big Four consultancy or a law firm.

Isn’t it time that mid- and senior career professionals began getting some attention and constructive assistance in resolving their jobless woes? Even Jobcentres struggle to help these all-but forgotten groups find their way now.

Consider this: remember the tut-tuttutting that has gone on previously about how graduates lack real-world business skills? The recession might prove useful for this exclusive group to start their working lives with the kind of hard graft that doesn’t come with the promise of a “career”. The UK workplace would benefit if graduates continue their education by earning some wisdom and real life experience in a less rarified atmosphere.

DeeDee Doke
Editor