Trade Profession Argumentative Analysis
A con to that is many recent college graduates are un- or underemployed. Meaning, they either have/had a job that has little work or none at all. 50% of college graduates under 25 years old have no job or a part-time job. The reason to that could be they are worried about their life and how they’re going to pay back loans. They could wake up and realise that the degree they got is not the one they wanted and feel bad about wasting their time and money. The unemployment rate for recent college graduates was 8.8% in Feb. 2013, down from 10.4% in 2010, but up from 5.7% in 2007 as said by (ProCon, 2017). They could be underemployed because many people that are working the job they’ve wanted have graduated earlier in life or even a year before them and got hired before.
Another pro is college graduates are healthier and live longer. That is because they choose jobs that are more mental than physical hence the reason why they have to have schooling to learn …show more content…
College graduates may have lower poverty rates but a graduate in a trade profession will have more of a chance at securing a better paying job than a college graduate. The high number of young adults choosing college over learning a trade has created a 'skills gap' in the US and there is now a shortage of 'middle-skilled" trade workers like machinists, electricians, plumbers, and construction workers as said by (ProCon, 2017). If more and more kids choose college over these skill jobs then what’s going to happen later on when all the workers decide to retire from the skill jobs which will cause openings and more trade graduates will have jobs than college graduates. There must be a balance in the working force, yes, we need more educated generations, but we still need skilled workers to maintain the structure of our cities. We must stay diverse so we can equal out the job openings for people to
Another pro is college graduates are healthier and live longer. That is because they choose jobs that are more mental than physical hence the reason why they have to have schooling to learn …show more content…
College graduates may have lower poverty rates but a graduate in a trade profession will have more of a chance at securing a better paying job than a college graduate. The high number of young adults choosing college over learning a trade has created a 'skills gap' in the US and there is now a shortage of 'middle-skilled" trade workers like machinists, electricians, plumbers, and construction workers as said by (ProCon, 2017). If more and more kids choose college over these skill jobs then what’s going to happen later on when all the workers decide to retire from the skill jobs which will cause openings and more trade graduates will have jobs than college graduates. There must be a balance in the working force, yes, we need more educated generations, but we still need skilled workers to maintain the structure of our cities. We must stay diverse so we can equal out the job openings for people to