Mysterious sign of the day

Seen in the back of a car in Hollywood. We just can't quite figure this out.

Did the car's owner find the sign funny and buy it from a homeless person, then stick it in their car?

Or is this actually a plea for employment? Is the car's owner an acoustic:rock musician looking for work?

What exactly is Work Etc? Is the driver looking for work or something else like work — say, a couch to crash on and an unemployment check?

Or is it Need Work Etc, as in Need Work and need other things, like food, clean clothes, a decent haircut?

Does it mean anything that the car was parked in a lot just down the block from Musician's Institute, home of GIT?