If you graduated from college today with a B.S. in Economics, would you wait tables to join a union?

Recently I was waited on at a restaurant by a recent graduate who was hired right out of school by Well Fargo, but then laid off right away. He's probably making minimum wage when union apprenticeships http://www.ehow.com/list_6776899_apprent鈥?/a> might pay 2 or 3 times that, and then he'd have a marketable trade, even if he ultimately does go back to Economics as a career.If you graduated from college today with a B.S. in Economics, would you wait tables to join a union?
It's hard to say, each person is different. Since he was initially hired for a position related to his major, then that shows that employers are interested in him and he is able to get hired.



What was the situation with his lay off? Was he laid off due to cutbacks or was he let go because of his performance? If he was laid off solely because of cutbacks and not due to a poor performance, then it is likely that when the job situation improves, he will be able to obtain another position in his field. If he lost his job due to poor performance, then it may be more of a challenge for him to find a position.



Even if he again expects to go back to economics, he may still want to join the union. Who knows when the job market will bounce back? In the meantime, he can learn a trade and increase his earning ability. If he tries something else, he may decide he likes that better and decide to stick with that. Anyway, it doesn't hurt to have more than one marketable skill.
It seems strange to me that an economics major would not have researched the job market before investing four years in a career field. Perhaps he is one of those educated beyond his intelligence. I worked for a union shop once, long ago. Never again. It held me back from being as good as I wanted to be at what I do.If you graduated from college today with a B.S. in Economics, would you wait tables to join a union?
A B.Sc in economics is worthless, hell even a B.Sc in mathematics and physics these days are worthless. Unless you have a phD, good luck finding a job as an economist, mathematician, physicist.



I know of many guys with masters degrees in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and financial economics that are working at the local retail shops and grocery stores. Times a-changing!
People do. You do what you have to. I've know waiters (I live in Las Vegas, currently) who make a pretty penny waiting tables. You'd be surprised.



Life throws you curves sometimes. Wouldn't it just be boring if you went to school, got a plumb job and worked it forever until you died. That would seem pretty pointless. Chaos is fun.
many apprenticeship programs having waiting lists. they don't just pay whoever walks in and wants to join. if there is nobody hiring apprentices, the union can't collect dues and can't afford to train new people.
when i was in college, taking Econ 101 my professor told us that if any one, ever comes up to you and says he/she is an economist, you grab your wallet and run away as fast as you can
I have never seen any point in studying economics.



Economics change so fast that studying it is a waste of time.



It is all a lot of BS
I would never join a union under any circumstances. I would never subordinate my talents and interests to the collective.
There's a reason degrees are called BS