The last 5 words are the most important of that entire paragraph. In most lines of work there is such a thing as being overqualified, or at least that's how the human resources types see it.
But the landscape company owners and taco stand operators on Free republic crack me up. Like your stupid jobs you need filled are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO important you can't have somebody with a brain doing it. No you guys only hire idiots.
The smartest folks I've ever met all seem to be in the trades or running their own businesses. (I am also an engineer and have learned that education DOES NOT equal intelligence.) Your statement leads me to think you are a typical educated leftist snob.
Intimidated by a person with a college degree.
No one said anything of the sort. It is a truism that most overqualified people will leave a more manual job for something in their field when that something opens up. Why is it wrong to admit that?
Thank you for offering your support. Reality took a holiday there for a while.
Right, so these same guys, who can't give a anyone "overqualified" a break make fun of those same people on unemployment. I've heard some around here call them lazy. That is what gives FR a bad name.
PS: I have never collected unemployment, but I may have to someday because I am overqualified to flip burgers.