White-collar or blue-collar workers?
Do you know these common HR terms?
They are used to broadly categorise different types of employees based on the nature of their work.
⚪ 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬
✔ typically employed in office or professional settings
✔ performing administrative, managerial, or knowledge-based tasks
✔ often associated with wearing formal attire like collared shirts
🔵 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬
✔ typically employed in manual labour, industrial, or trade-based roles
✔ often associated with wearing more durable, practical clothing suitable for physical work
"𝑊𝑒'𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒-𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒-𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓."
"𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒-𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝐼𝑇 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒-𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠."
"𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒-𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒-𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛."
The line between white-collar and blue-collar jobs isn't always clear, as some roles mix a bit of both.
This classification is useful in HR for assessing workplace settings, skill requirements, pay structures, and talent management strategies.
Do you use these terms at work?
♻ 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟.
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𝐻𝑖, 𝐼'𝑚 𝐾𝑎𝑡𝑘𝑎.
𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐵𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑅 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙.
𝐼'𝑚 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦.
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