[CowboyJay]

"Eager? Yeah, for a job that pays way more than they’re worth right out of college, and most won’t consider food service or stockboy or any of the things that put food on the table while LOOKING for a better job."

Hate to say it, but with today's HR practices, taking those kinds of stopgap jobs after graduation will seriously hamper a person's chances of landing a professional job in their degree field. Waiting tables after graduation is the kiss-of-death in business circles especially..

Not saying it's right. But that's the way it is. In a world with 50-100 applicants for every opening, HR managers are prone to soft discrimination as a method for whittling the application pile down to a manageable stack before they start calling people in for interviews.

[JCBreckenridge]

The frustrating part is that you are better off lying by claiming you have no work experience than being truthful about your actual work experience.

I’ve gotten that as well. What am I supposed to do? Not work at all?