Sustainable design, sustainable materials, sustainable investments: you need only flick through the pages of Building to see how prevalent the concept is. But what about sustainable career choices? We heard recently that many leading companies in the City have been shedding jobs since the start of this year, but it's not just financial institutions that are feeling the pinch: the wider economy is suffering as well. So, with companies increasingly tightening their purse strings, should today's youth be making more intelligent career choices? Over a quarter of a million people in the UK work in call centres, fielding customer calls for banks and insurance, energy and utilities companies. These workers are like sitting ducks.
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