Upon graduation, the majority of young people do not instantly consider blue-collar careers as something that is a desirable career achievement. However, blue-collar roles (so dubbed because workers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark C. Perna is a generational expert who covers education & careers. The skilled trades have a branding problem—but ...

Many blue-collar workers are riding into 2024 on a year’s worth of stronger hiring, more plentiful job opportunities and faster pay growth than some of their white-collar counterparts. Limited time: ...

Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is sweeping across industries, and while it is seen as a great threat to many white-collar jobs, the technology's rapid advance in the manufacturing ...

Coined in the early 1900s, the term "blue-collar" alludes to the blue denim uniforms of manual laborers of the time. Traditionally, blue-collar workers share some common traits in terms of where they ...

For ages now, the divide between blue-collar "working class" professionals and degree-holding "white-collar" career types has seemed to grow ever more contentious, and ever more politically impactful, ...