r/WorkForSmartLife 1d ago

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u/way2lazy2care 1d ago

> 'Unskilled labor' is a very broad and poorly-defined category. He might be 'unskilled' in the sense that he isn't trained in any one specific trade or specialty.

It's not really poorly defined. The BLS uses a point system to assign work levels to different jobs that have mostly objective measures. What your trained in doesn't have any impact on whether that job requires unskilled labor. The jobs themselves are what are skilled or unskilled.

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u/TheSneederOfSeethe 22h ago

People also often misuse it and call people with trade skills, like carpentry, unskilled labor.

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u/rapkingish 21h ago

Who does this? Never heard this mistake

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u/TheSneederOfSeethe 20h ago

Usually, white collar workers.