I know there are many times a college grad can’t get a job,but I also know that many times the opportunities in a skilled trade are not real good either. It just depends on the skilled trade you get into & what the opportunities are where you live. Training for a skilled trade could leave you owing for a school loan,plus tools needed for your trade & starting out in a situation that pays less than a living. You may have to work for years to get anywhere,but in the meantime are starving to death. Or,you might do well if you have the skills & find the right situation.
A friend of mine has a son who went to a trade school for motorcycle engine repair. Perhaps you can do well with that someplace, but not where we live. The young man traveled out to Phoenix for school, spent a couple of years, and became "certified" to work on a number of different cycle engines, but never really made much more than 9 or 10 dollars per hour. I think they "promised" that he could make much more than that.