Marketable and not marketable professions in Greece
- huManiTarian oCCuPaTions
Lawyer
The graduates of the Faculties of Law can work as lawyers, judges, attorneys and nota-
ries. In order to work as lawyers, the graduates of the Faculty of Law are obliged to have a
special license. This license is obtained after 18month training in a lawyer’s office and after
relevant examinations at the Supreme Court. Then, the graduates get enrolled in the local
Union of Lawyers. After working for four years, lawyers can present in the Appeal and after
completing eight years of work, they can present in the Supreme Court. Usually, lawyers
obtain a specialization in one field, such as criminal law, commercial law and international
law. Nowadays in Greece, the Faculty of Law is among the first choices of graduates of
secondary education and the occupation of the lawyer seems to be extremely tempting to
both teenagers and their parents. Nevertheless, this occupation is replete and it is getting
more and more difficult for lawyers to have a satisfactory and well-paid job.
More information is available at the following websites:
http://www.lawnet.gr
http://www.dsa.gr
http://www.esdi.gr
Professor of Greek Literature
The professors of Greek Literature are graduates of Greek Literature Faculties, which are
very popular in Greece and are situated in almost every capital of nomarchies (municipali-
ties in Greece). The professors of Greek Literature can work in both private and public edu-
cation. In reality, the occupational prospects for this profession are rather negative, because
the graduates of the relevant faculties are thousands and the places offered in the public
sector are very few. To be more specific, in 2004 there were 863 places offered in the public
sector and the graduates who applied in order to take part in a certain examination proce-
dure were 17.149. The private sector does not provide more opportunities, as professors of
Greek literature can work only in private schools and in private tutoring groups.
More information is available at the following website:
http://www.p-e-f.gr/index2.html