If you can\u2019t get a job in your own field, should you take a job that does not match your qualifications like a pizza baker or cab driver?<\/p>\n
This is the fundamental question that many academics face as they enter the labour market in the midst of the economic recession.<\/p>\n
Mikkel Mailand is head of research at the University of Copenhagen\u2019s Employment Relations Research Centre. According to him, there are a handful of sensible arguments both for, and against, academics taking unskilled jobs. We use the term \u2018unskilled job\u2019 for any job that does not match your academic qualifications.<\/p>\n