4th February 2011, 06:00 PM
Sadly, there is no 'greener grass' on the other side at the moment. Competition is fierce in other professions too. An archaeologist might have many transferable skills, which is true at entry level, but experience in a particular role wins out in these fraught and difficult days. Actually, it's been like this for quiet a few years now - hence so many people trying to gain experience through the internship/volunteer route. It is just getting so much worse.