What do a children's officer in a theatre, the chair of an early years partnership and a civil servant at the DfES have in common? All three trained as nursery nurses. They are proof positive of the diversity of opportunities open to people with early years qualifications. En route to their present posts, the trio have undertaken an array of jobs including: working with children on cruise ships; being a play researcher and qualifying as an Ofsted inspector.
Youngsters expressing an interest in working in the early years sector are sometimes advised by careers officers and Job Centre managers to look for something more challenging and lucrative. But Kathryn Dowling, Kate McKenna and Lisa Parrott demonstrate that an early years qualification is not a careers cul-de-sac, but a gateway to a challenging and reasonably paid job, with the salary scales in their particular niches ranging from 10,000 to Pounds 25,000 and from 35,000 to 45,000.
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