BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Blue-collar Job
- a position that involves mainly physical labor. With the decline in manufacturing and an increase in harmonization agreements, the term blue collar is now rarely used. Blue collar refers to the blue overalls traditionally worn in factories in contrast to the white shirt and tie supposedly worn by an office worker, known as a white-collar worker.
Additional Resources
- Blue Cross Job Fair Is Good Timing for Displaced Air South Workers.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
- Sep. 3--More than 130 former Air South workers Tuesday took the first step toward putting the airline in their past by stopping by a job fair at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina. Sep. 3--More than 130 former Air South...
- Research articles 1997-09-03
- Recession Has Altered the Way Job Hunters Will Find Their Next Paychecks. (Originated from The Orange County Register, Calif.)
- Mar. 16--The message from labor analysts and career experts is blunt: Unless you're the hottest prospect since Horatio Alger, it may take you months to land a blue-chip job - assuming it still exists a year from now. Mar. 16--The message from labor analysts and career...
- Research articles 1994-03-15
- ResCare Awarded Two-Year $8 Million Contract With Job Corps; Virginia Job Corps Center Contract Renewed Up to Five Years
- Business Editors LOUISVILLE, Ky.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 30, 2002 ResCare, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:RSCR), the nation's leading provider of residential, training, educational and support services for special needs youth and persons with disabilities, today announced that its Division for Training Services has been awarded a two-year $8 million contract by the U.S....
- Research articles 2002-12-30
- Enid, Okla., Leads in National Job Growth Survey.(Originated from Tulsa World, Okla.)
- in monthly economic growth -- according to an Arizona State University study. The Blue Chip Job Growth Update, released monthly by ASU's College of Business, ranked Enid first in August among 250 reporting metropolitan areas having fewer than 750,000 nonfarm employ ees. Enid jumped from...
- Research articles 1995-10-30
- Blue Cross' Clapp quietly tames storms. (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio Pres. and CEO Kent W. Clapp) (Healthcare Watch)
- Kent W. Clapp knows what it's like to be in the hot seat. His job as president and chief operating officer of controversial Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ohio has thrust him into leadership of the state's largest and most visible insurer. But associaKent W. Clapp...
- Research articles 1994-12-05
- Blues plan management realignment.(Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan)
- Byline: Michelle Martinez Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Executive Vice President and CEO designate Dan Loepp said a realignment of the company's management not only will prepare for his mid-May assumption of the top job from Richard Whitmer, Byline: Michelle Martinez...
- Research articles 2006-02-06
- Going Places.(People)(Jeffrey Smith joins Bialosky + Partners Architects)(Brian Boose joins Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield)(Laura S. Gori joins Frantz Ward LLP)
- Job Changes Architecture BIALOSKY + PARTNERS ARCHITECTS: Jeffrey Smith to associate. Financial service BOBER, MARKEY, FEDOROVICH & CO.: Michael Hydell to tax manager. Insurance ANTHEM BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD: Brian Boose...
- Research articles 2006-01-30
- Storbakken Leaves Eagan, Minn.-Based Blue Cross and Blue Shield.(Originated from Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn.)
- May 4--Norman Storbakken, the No. 2 executive at Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield, left his job Tuesday after 21 years with Minnesota's largest health insurer. May 4--Norman Storbakken, the No. 2 executive at Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield, left his job Tuesday after 21...
- Research articles 1995-05-03
- Massachusetts Blue Cross Head Resigns to Join Start-Up.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
- Jun. 19--Thomas L. Tran, chief financial officer for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts and chief architect of its turnaround efforts, yesterday said he has quit his job to become chief operating officer of a start-up health care firm in Jun....
- Research articles 1997-06-19
- Deciding Whether You're in the Right Job
- Regardless of what you do for a living, it's human nature to wonder at times if you are in the right job. Most people spend at least some of their working life questioning themselves and their careers—and speculating about whether other occupations or work situations might be more fulfilling and...
- Articles 2007-04-20
- Blue Cross Assn. urges mandatory job health plans. (Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association) (Healthcare Quarterly)
- CHICAGO -- The Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association has proposed that all employers be required to offer basic healthcare coverage to employees. The Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association, the nation's largest private health insurer, also is proCHICAGO -- The Blue Cross & Blue Shield...
- Research articles 1992-06-22
- How to Conduct a Job Interview
- Got a key position to fill? Hiring good employees is the foundation of any successful business. Do Your Homework Beforehand Goal: Minimize the back-story and maximize the time you spend with the candidate. Going into an interview, each interviewer should...
- Articles 2007-03-13
- A big blue of a different color: changes at IBM mean new culture and trimmed staff. (IBM Corp.)
- From the colored shirts to the new job titles, International Business Machine Corp. is in the throes of transforming itself into a new company. The latest buzz words at Big Blue -- a company notorious for buzz words -- are "different shades of blFrom the colored...
- Research articles 1993-05-17
- IBM's US workers urged to protest against mass job cuts
- NEW YORK AFP — IBM unions in the United States called on employees to dress in black and blue to symbolize the pain being inflicted by massive job cuts announced by the computing giant. The move was part of an international day of action announced by IBM unions in...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- Jobless and homeless, blogger scores Elle job
- Six months ago, Brianna Karp found herself living in an old truck and camper she inherited after the suicide of a father she barely knew. On Monday, her life became a 21st century fairytale when she turned her blog about homelessness into a plum internship for the fashion bible Elle...
- News items 2009-09-02
- Judge Disagrees with Orange County, N.C., Job Discrimination Ordinance.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Nov. 10--An Orange County civil rights ordinance could lose its legs following a judge's ruling on a discrimination lawsuit against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. Nov. 10--An Orange County civil rights ordinance could lose its legs following a judge's ruling on...
- Research articles 2000-11-13
- True blue: command takes hard-hitting new approach to eliminating substance abuse
- When you have a critical mission to perform, you want the people working with you to be committed, dedicated and loyal. In other words, you want them to be "true blue." And when the job is on the line, you certainly don't want people around you who abuse drugs or...
- Research articles 2004-08-01
- The Diary: KATY'S UPHILL TASK; Blue Peter girl picked to boost Live
- THE BBC is handing over the toughest job on children's television to vicar's daughter Katy Hill. The ex-Blue Peter presenter is to be the new presenter of the Beeb's ailing Saturday morning flagship Live And Kicking - which has taken a severe kicking in the ratings from...
- Research articles 2000-09-03
- Job loss fears in Blue Ribbon offer.
- Oct 18, 2001 The Mercury ABIX via COMTEX -- A new arrangement for Tasmanian meat processor Blue Ribbon could result in substantial job losses for the company's 400 staff. Administrator Andrew Beck, of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, said on 17 October 2001 he was hopeful...
- Research articles 2001-10-17
- Butterfly halts lab project.(Palos Verdes blue affects construction of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center building, San Pedro, CA and Harbor City, CA)(Brief Article)
- A research facility for Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in San Pedro and Harbor City, Calif, is in jeopardy thanks to a Palos Verdes blue -- a butterfly thought to be extinct ... A research facility for Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in San Pedro and Harbor City,...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
