White-collar
adjective
Related to jobs that require intellectual skills like office work, especially administrative or managerial positions.
John secured a white-collar job at a reputable firm after completing his degree.
Often appears as...
- white-collar job
- white-collar worker
adjective
Relating to crimes committed by people who work in offices and businesses.
He was charged with white-collar crime including fraud and embezzlement.
Often appears as...
- white-collar crime
- white-collar criminal
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Related to jobs that require intellectual skills like office work, especially administrative or managerial positions.
John secured a white-collar job at a reputable firm after completing his degree.
Often appears as...
- white-collar job
- white-collar worker
adjective
Relating to crimes committed by people who work in offices and businesses.
He was charged with white-collar crime including fraud and embezzlement.
Often appears as...
- white-collar crime
- white-collar criminal
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Office Environment
Refers to work done in an office setting, not physical labor.
She preferred a white-collar environment, surrounded by computers and meetings.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Status
Implies higher social or economic status and education level.
He aspired to join the white-collar class and leave his factory job behind.
Pro Tip 3/3Mental Skill
Involves mental or clerical work, as opposed to manual work.
After years of physical work, he transitioned to a white-collar role.
Pro Tip 1/3Office Environment
Refers to work done in an office setting, not physical labor.
She preferred a white-collar environment, surrounded by computers and meetings.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Status
Implies higher social or economic status and education level.
He aspired to join the white-collar class and leave his factory job behind.
Pro Tip 3/3Mental Skill
Involves mental or clerical work, as opposed to manual work.
After years of physical work, he transitioned to a white-collar role.
Pro Tip 1/3Office Environment
Refers to work done in an office setting, not physical labor.
She preferred a white-collar environment, surrounded by computers and meetings.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Status
Implies higher social or economic status and education level.
He aspired to join the white-collar class and leave his factory job behind.
Pro Tip 3/3Mental Skill
Involves mental or clerical work, as opposed to manual work.
After years of physical work, he transitioned to a white-collar role.
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The psychology of evil PIPE...
Ordinary barbers, clerks, white-collar people. So, you go down, one of you will be a learner, one will be a teacher. The learner's a genial, middle-aged guy. He gets tied up to the shock apparatus in another room. The learner could be middle-aged, could be as young as 20. And one of you is told by the authority, the guy in the lab coat,
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Political common ground...
you feel invisible. And a lot of moral injury, sense of feeling betrayed, and frankly, in this country, we almost have one success story, which is you go to college, get a white-collar job, and you're a success, and if you don't fit in that formula, you feel like you're not respected. And so that accumulation of things --
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The hidden opportunities...
or the support ecosystem. These are the ones who fit neither the policy stereotype of the low-skilled and the marginalized, nor the white-collar, salaried office worker or civil servant with a pension that the middle classes are allegedly composed of.
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The puzzle of motivation...
white-collar workers are doing less of this kind of work, and more of this kind of work. That routine, rule-based, left-brain work -- certain kinds of accounting, financial analysis, computer programming -- has become fairly easy to outsource,
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Will automation take...
cleaning, security, home health aids. Simultaneously, employment is shrinking in many middle-education, middle-wage, middle-class jobs, like blue-collar production and operative positions and white-collar clerical and sales positions.
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How whistle-blowers...
rat, snake, traitor, tattletale, weasel. And those are the nice words, the ones I can say from the stage. And so when I'm not in class, I go around the country and I interview white-collar felons, whistle-blowers and victims of fraud.
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India's invisible...
that because of this huge industry that has started over the last two decades in India offshoring software development on back office services there's been a flight of white-collar jobs from the developed world to India then this is
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Creating a public school...
rather than asking the more fundamental question why do we educate a hundred years ago we were trying to build an informed population fifty years ago we were differentiating students into blue-collar and white-collar careers and
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Birth of the Slacker PIPE...
the birth of McJob x' and the death of traditional careers white-collar workers are hit the hardest this time the stereotype of the slacker is born the whole idea of us being pegged as
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Can a robot pass a...
But see how it is beyond the volume zone of to-be white-collar workers. You might think I was delighted. After all, my robot was surpassing students everywhere.
Video examples
The psychology of evil PIPE...
Ordinary barbers, clerks, white-collar people. So, you go down, one of you will be a learner, one will be a teacher. The learner's a genial, middle-aged guy. He gets tied up to the shock apparatus in another room. The learner could be middle-aged, could be as young as 20. And one of you is told by the authority, the guy in the lab coat,
Video examples
Political common ground...
you feel invisible. And a lot of moral injury, sense of feeling betrayed, and frankly, in this country, we almost have one success story, which is you go to college, get a white-collar job, and you're a success, and if you don't fit in that formula, you feel like you're not respected. And so that accumulation of things --
Video examples
The hidden opportunities...
or the support ecosystem. These are the ones who fit neither the policy stereotype of the low-skilled and the marginalized, nor the white-collar, salaried office worker or civil servant with a pension that the middle classes are allegedly composed of.
Video examples
The puzzle of motivation...
white-collar workers are doing less of this kind of work, and more of this kind of work. That routine, rule-based, left-brain work -- certain kinds of accounting, financial analysis, computer programming -- has become fairly easy to outsource,
Video examples
Will automation take...
cleaning, security, home health aids. Simultaneously, employment is shrinking in many middle-education, middle-wage, middle-class jobs, like blue-collar production and operative positions and white-collar clerical and sales positions.
Video examples
How whistle-blowers...
rat, snake, traitor, tattletale, weasel. And those are the nice words, the ones I can say from the stage. And so when I'm not in class, I go around the country and I interview white-collar felons, whistle-blowers and victims of fraud.
Video examples
India's invisible...
that because of this huge industry that has started over the last two decades in India offshoring software development on back office services there's been a flight of white-collar jobs from the developed world to India then this is
Video examples
Creating a public school...
rather than asking the more fundamental question why do we educate a hundred years ago we were trying to build an informed population fifty years ago we were differentiating students into blue-collar and white-collar careers and
Video examples
Birth of the Slacker PIPE...
the birth of McJob x' and the death of traditional careers white-collar workers are hit the hardest this time the stereotype of the slacker is born the whole idea of us being pegged as
Video examples
Can a robot pass a...
But see how it is beyond the volume zone of to-be white-collar workers. You might think I was delighted. After all, my robot was surpassing students everywhere.
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Quote examples
Shilpa Shinde
Indian Actress
It is tough for an actress to raise her voice on sexual harassment because the chances are they will question your character, they will ruin your career, and they will defeat you in the power game. So one has to be very strong to fight against these white-collar mafias.
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Graydon Carter
American Journalist
I did a bunch of blue-collar jobs, because I knew I'd wind up with a white-collar job at some point, and I wanted to, I don't know, I just wanted to taste life. I dug graves for a while, I worked as a stock boy in a big department store, I worked in a bank.
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Gloria Steinem
American Activist
Part of the reason that women go to college is to get out of the food service, clerical, pink-collar ghetto and into a more white-collar job. That does not necessarily mean they are being paid more than the blue-collar jobs men have.
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Preet Bharara
American Public Servant
The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.
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Nigel Ng
Malaysian Actor
I wasn't raised in a very Western environment. I went to a Chinese-speaking school. In my group of friends, the goal was to be a white-collar worker: an engineer, lawyer, accountant.
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Sara Paretsky
American Author
I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.
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Joel Salatin
American Author
Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food.
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Joe R. Lansdale
American Writer
Some people see writing as a white-collar career, but I've always approached it as a blue-collar writer.
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Joao Lourenco
Angolan Politician
We're carrying out a real crusade against corruption and impunity with a focus on white-collar crime.
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John Grisham
American Writer
Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.
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Shilpa Shinde
Indian Actress
It is tough for an actress to raise her voice on sexual harassment because the chances are they will question your character, they will ruin your career, and they will defeat you in the power game. So one has to be very strong to fight against these white-collar mafias.
Quote examples
Graydon Carter
American Journalist
I did a bunch of blue-collar jobs, because I knew I'd wind up with a white-collar job at some point, and I wanted to, I don't know, I just wanted to taste life. I dug graves for a while, I worked as a stock boy in a big department store, I worked in a bank.
Quote examples
Gloria Steinem
American Activist
Part of the reason that women go to college is to get out of the food service, clerical, pink-collar ghetto and into a more white-collar job. That does not necessarily mean they are being paid more than the blue-collar jobs men have.
Quote examples
Preet Bharara
American Public Servant
The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.
Quote examples
Nigel Ng
Malaysian Actor
I wasn't raised in a very Western environment. I went to a Chinese-speaking school. In my group of friends, the goal was to be a white-collar worker: an engineer, lawyer, accountant.
Quote examples
Sara Paretsky
American Author
I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.
Quote examples
Joel Salatin
American Author
Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food.
Quote examples
Joe R. Lansdale
American Writer
Some people see writing as a white-collar career, but I've always approached it as a blue-collar writer.
Quote examples
Joao Lourenco
Angolan Politician
We're carrying out a real crusade against corruption and impunity with a focus on white-collar crime.
Quote examples
John Grisham
American Writer
Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.
Example 1 of 10
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