Getting out of pink collared jobs

This summer I’m trying to either work or volunteer at a summer day care at my elementary school. I graduated from the day care when I was a kid and I loved it. A lot of my friends asked me why I would even want to take the job since it would probably be minimum wage. My pink colored jobs paid much better. My reasoning would be that time would go by faster if it was a job that I loved rather than a job that I hate. Even though it was minimum wage, at least I would be enjoying my job and I would look forward to coming into work each day. I was really contemplating on working at Starbucks in the summer since I know how to make coffee drinks already and I might have to resort to that option if I’m not teaching.

I don’t mind working pink collared jobs as a college student because the pay is decent and it’s usually seasonal work. After I graduate, I hope to get out of pink collared jobs and eventually have a salaried job. I think that the experience is very valuable because it does make you appreciate pink collared workers a lot. I find myself being more polite to those who work in the food industry and in retail. I know it’s a pain when you have to deal with rude customers and I don’t want to add on to their stress. In this economy, companies want college degrees for jobs that only need a high school education. So does that mean that pink collared jobs would eventually require a college degree? I hope that would never happen.