I was horrified to learn that 44% of CILIP's members are on £17K or less.
Leaving aside the contemplation of salaries of £10K- 12K.
As those of us who work in London know, a second-jobber secretary with
A-levels (and secretarial college, I assume) can earn more than that (My
employer is seeking someone of that ilk, and I believe the salary is
£25K-£28K)
If I had my time over, I would make sure I had decent IT, document
production and related skills. I think that I might never have been
unemployed, while I looked for information work. If I had been lost to the
profession, then that would have been the operation of "market forces".
Regards
Julia Johnson
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