With a boredom rating of 7.5 out of 10, IT/telecommunications
lags far behind teaching, with an index of 4, and hospitality, with
an index of 5.3. It is also behind law, with an index of 6.9. The
most boring trade is administrative/secretarial work, which
receives a boredom rating of 10 out of 10.
The survey was carried out by market research firm PCP, which
talked to over 2,000 graduate employees aged from 21 to 45 years
old.
The research found that teachers were the least bored of the
surveyed professions. The body which commissioned the research is
The Training and Development Agency for Schools, which trains
teachers and encourages people into the teaching profession.
"There's a particular need for more people to train to teach
maths and science and there are still places available on courses
starting this September," said Michael day, executive director at
the TDA.
The figures were arrived at by asking workers to what extent
they often felt bored at work. The most boring group, admin and
secretarial, were given a score of 10 and the others worked out as
a proportion of that score.
Other sectors to fare badly were manufacturing, sales and
marketing and advertising.
Most boring jobs (marks out of 10)
| 1 |
Administrative/secretarial |
10 |
| 2 |
Manufacturing |
8.1 |
| 3 |
Sales |
7.8 |
| 4 |
Marketing / advertising |
7.7 |
| 5 |
IT / telecommunications |
7.5 |
| 6 |
Science research / development |
7.3 |
| 7 |
Media |
7.1 |
| 8 |
Law |
6.9 |
| 9 |
Engineering |
6.9 |
| 10 |
Banking / finance |
6.6 |
| 11 |
Human Resources |
6.6 |
| 12 |
Accounting |
6.3 |
| 13 |
Hospitality / travel |
5.3 |
| 14 |
Healthcare |
5.1 |
| 15 |
Teaching |
4.0 |
