The evidence can be found in the data, which shows higher unemployment for workers in business services and a lower one for people who work in manufacturing.

America’s job market increasingly appears to be splitting into two tracks, economists say, alongside a steady demand for skilled workers and a flagging interest in hiring more “knowledge-based” professionals.

The evidence can be found in the data, which shows a higher unemployment rate for professional and business services workers, and a lower one for people who work in manufacturing.

“It’s a buyer’s market for brain and a seller’s market for brawn,” said Aaron Terrazas, chief economist at the jobs and workplace search site Glassdoor.

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    6 months ago

    This smells an awful lot like projection. Just because blue collar jobs aren’t coveted the same way does not mean that they’re somehow looked down on.

    I say this as a white collar worker who fucking loves the fact that I can pay skilled laborers to do shit for me. I would be shit out of luck without them, and I can’t think of a single person I know that doesn’t feel the same way.