[Adicio] CareerCast.com Ranks Most Overrated Jobs

17-Oct-2011 | News-Press Release

CARLSBAD, CA, USA/AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (Oct. 11, 2011) – They may have high salaries, power and prestige, but senior corporate executives, surgeons and physicians were ranked among the most overrated jobs in a new report from CareerCast.com. CareerCast.com’s Overrated Jobs report identifies careers that have intense stress, higher than average physical demands, and a weak or unsteady hiring and employment outlook, both now and in the future.

 

“While many of our overrated jobs pay well or carry a certain amount of cachet, they also have a downside,” says Tony Lee, publisher, CareerCast.com. “Our most overrated career -- senior corporate executive – earns an average of $161,141.00 per year, but it holds the top spot as most overrated due to its high stress, shaky stability and consistently long hours that affect family time.”

 

CareerCast’s Overrated Jobs report pinpoints careers that the rest of world perceives as great, but the truth is somewhat different. A surgeon’s high salary may not compensate for the stress of being responsible for the lives of others, the long hours and the physical demands of lengthy surgeries. And physicians, who earn an average of $192,065 per year, face increased regulation, lower compensation and the need to constantly stay abreast of medical developments in order to diagnose conditions and prescribe appropriate treatment.

 

Rounding out the list of most overrated jobs are psychiatrist, commercial airline pilot, attorney, architect, stockbroker, real estate agent, photojournalist, flight attendant and advertising account executive. Many of these jobs are overrated due to a weak hiring demand, high stress and long hours.

 

A job that’s overrated doesn‘t mean it fails to serve an important function in our society. In fact, these jobs play an integral role in our workplace. It’s just that the hype surrounding them sometimes makes these jobs sound much better than they really are.

 

CareerCast.com’s Most Overrated Jobs:

1.         Corporate Executive (Senior), average income $161,141.00

 

2.         Surgeon, average income $365,258.00

 

3.         Physician, average income $192,065.00

 

4.         Psychiatrist, average income $160,242.00

 

5.         Airplane Pilot (Commercial), average income  $106,153.00

 

6.         Attorney, average income $113,211.00

 

7.         Architect, average income $73,193.00

 

8.         Stockbroker, average income $67,470.00

 

9.         Real Estate Agent, average income $40,357.00

 

10.       Photojournalist, average income  $40,209.00

 

11.       Flight Attendant, average income $40,184.00

 

12.       Advertising Account Executive, average income $62,105.00

 

To create a list of the most “overrated” jobs, CareerCast.com weighed stress, physical demands and both the current and future employment outlook more heavily than the other aspects that we rank. By focusing on those criteria, as well as limiting the amount of other criteria we consider, we determined which jobs are the most overrated.

To read the full report, visit www.CareerCast.com.

 

About CareerCast.com

CareerCast.com, created by Adicio, is a job search portal that offers extensive local, niche and national job listings from across North America, job-hunting, career-management and HR-focused editorial content, videos and blogs, and provides recruiters with the ability to post jobs directly to more than 800 niche career sites. CareerCast.com also compiles the Jobs Rated Report (http://www.jobsrated.com), where 200 jobs across North America are ranked based on detailed analysis of specific careers factors.

 

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Editor’s note: If you publish info. about CareerCast.com’s Overrated Jobs, please include a link to www.CareerCast.com

 

Media Contact:
Beth Brody, Brody PR

609-397-3737

beth@brodypr.com

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