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 ...

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 ...

A growing body of research sheds light on how the downward pressure on blue-collar wages is bad for the overall U.S. economy. While supply-chain employers have enjoyed a rebirth and reinvention of the ...

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, ...

Blue-collar workers—people who generally work at manual labor jobs in industries like manufacturing—are a much-discussed segment of the workforce and the electorate, but it’s been a minute since their ...

The term “Blue-Collar” is NOT outdated – it is being stigmatized by not recognizing the fundamental issue. The Blue-Collar workers that I know were highly skilled. And I am a proud card-carrying ...