[nygoose]

Plumbing, carpentry and electrical unions control entry into those trades. By the time all the relatives of current union workers and the affirmative action types get the apprentice jobs, you are out of luck. Period. Sorry, pal.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

I am a middle-aged, non-union apprentice electrician, living in a right-to-work state. Too bad you have no idea what you are talking about.

I used to be competing with other college-educated people for two few jobs in finance and management. Common sense tells us to pursue work in states and in trades where there is the most demand.

I am enjoying my new occupation very much and I don't have to play office politics in some large corporation.

The greatest demand fields are in health care. Nursing, in particular, is a high demand field. I haven't heard of nursing being outsourced to India.