| For people who are worried about the recession | | | | recession, more government policy. So it doesn't |
| and the possible impact it may have on their jobs | | | | matter how the economy is performing, your job |
| and careers, there is one profession that may not | | | | will still be safe. |
| readily stand out as being 'recession proof' but | | | | Salaries for teachers are also not linked to |
| which definitely is, and that is teaching! | | | | company shares or how successful the school is, |
| Teaching is one profession that is always required, | | | | so again, there are salary increases, usually |
| with children always needing to be educated, | | | | annually, that are not linked to the recession. |
| which means teachers very seldom lose their | | | | So if you are considering a career that is |
| jobs through recession. | | | | relatively safe from the vagaries of the recession, |
| Most teachers who leave the profession do so on | | | | that can offer a pretty good salary, with lots of |
| the grounds of ill health, because they fancy a | | | | paid holidays every year and you enjoy the |
| change or because their personal circumstances | | | | challenge of working with children then consider |
| change. Some may also be dismissed for some | | | | teaching as a career. Very few jobs are actually |
| kind of misconduct, which is actually quite rare, | | | | recession proof and yet teaching is a really safe |
| but it is rarer still for a teacher to be made | | | | and secure career to go into. There is also the |
| redundant. Which is exceptionally good news for | | | | prospect of a very good pension available at the |
| teachers! | | | | end of your career! Obviously it requires |
| Schools do sometimes amalgamate, resulting in | | | | educational qualifications and a teaching |
| some teachers losing their jobs, but often they | | | | qualification, but armed with those, the world can |
| can be accommodated in the new school and the | | | | look very secure indeed! |
| amalgamation is not usually the result of | | | | |