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Jobless male graduates turn to secretarial work
The position of secretary or personal assistant (PA) used to be the preserve of efficient and capable women, loyal foot soldiers with no eye on the boss's job – but now men are muscling their way in. "Hold my calls, Mr Jones" is becoming the new norm. The shift is due partly to the highest rate of graduate unemployment since records began, and the growing awareness that salaries for corporate PAs can reach £75,000 a year.
Joshua Watson, 25, has been an executive assistant to a female senior director at Barclays for 18 months, having previously worked as a receptionist and PA. He does not see himself as working in a woman's role. "I don't feel that I'm treated any differently just because I'm male," he said. "I don't think that is an issue for people from my generation. It's a good job for me because I am passionate about organising. I have good exposure to the top people in the company and I want to climb the ladder."
Recruitment consultants are seeing an ever-increasing number of men interested in PA or secretarial posts. "Out of the 1,000 candidates we've registered in the past 12 months, around 200 are male," said David Morel, managing director of Tiger Recruitment. "It is increasing the
whole time. Since 2011, the numbers have been doubling each year, and most of them are ambitious graduates."
(REIDY, Tess. Jobless male graduates turn to secretarial work. Disponível em: https://www.theguardian.com /society/2013/oct/13/jobless-male-graduates-secretarial-work-pa. Acesso em: 06 set. 2016. Adaptado.)
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