Advertising account executive, surgeon, and stockbroker were on the top of CareerCast.com’s “Overrated Jobs” list. While each of these sound like lucrative positions, the ranking process took stress and long hours into consideration.
Other “overrated” fields include public relations manager, event coordinator, commercial airline pilot, and attorney.
Not to be left out, the website also listed the most underrated jobs, which included computer systems analyst, veterinarian, school principal, and plumber.
For any of you wondering, human resources didn’t make either list.
To read the full report, visit www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/most-underrated-jobs-2013.
I think people should expect that lucrative jobs come with stress and long hours. I think it’s just a matter of the putting the right people in the right position–for those people, the “overrated” positions wouldn’t be overrated.
Interesting about school principal, though–I’d think that would be very high stress with a salary that wasn’t commensurate.