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The childcare field is wide open to those leaving college with fresh qualifications, and the hardest thing about a first job may be choosing one that leads in the right direction, as Mahrukh Choughtai reports Newly-qualified childcarers are entering a sector offering more jobs and greater opportunities than ever before, enabling students to become more ambitious with their choice of career. 'We're not expecting there to be any unemployment of this year's graduates provided they're prepared to travel,' says CACHE chief executive Richard Dorrance.

Newly-qualified childcarers are entering a sector offering more jobs and greater opportunities than ever before, enabling students to become more ambitious with their choice of career. 'We're not expecting there to be any unemployment of this year's graduates provided they're prepared to travel,' says CACHE chief executive Richard Dorrance.

'As far as we know, teaching assistants' and classroom assistants' posts are still the most popular because they're the best paid. We're not picking up any changes in the percentage becoming nannies. Sure Start seems to be attracting graduates. It's a relatively new area but one that's growing exponentially each year,' he adds.

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