Construction came in for a bit of a beating last week when a survey by Stace of 16- to 18-year-olds revealed that just 7% saw construction as their first choice of career. The industry lost out to sectors such as law, IT and medicine and healthcare. Even teaching fared better - despite a recent study showing up to 50% of teachers were considering leaving after 10 years because of a workload that had turned out to be "worse than expected". Construction may be poorly regarded by those young people yet to pick a career, but in Building's own survey last month of under-30s already working or studying in the sector, it was a different story.
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