Lawyer’s Only Job Hope in Spain: Hospital Orderly
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Alberto Gracia earned the first law degree in his family six years ago. Since then, he’s worked briefly as a lawyer and mostly as a video-store clerk, flower-seller or ticket-puncher. Now he’s found a career he thinks will stick: hospital orderly.
He’s finished 545 hours of online courses on the Spanish medical system, learning about hygiene, medical equipment and hospital-room layout. While it’s a far cry from torts and contracts, he expects his new profession -- unlike the law -- to lead to steady, full-time work in his home town of Zaragoza.