The conventional wisdom that high-paying jobs require office work and advanced degrees is being challenged by the current job market. Labor-intensive careers are proving to be increasingly lucrative, ...

Skilled labor is a broad category that includes all jobs that require some level of professional training, certification, education, or specialized know-how. What does “skilled labor” mean? Skilled vs ...

The U.S. labor market is showing further signs of cooling, as the latest jobs report indicates that unemployment has risen to ...

Unskilled labor is an outdated but still commonly used misnomer — it doesn’t refer to occupations that don’t require skill, but rather to those that don’t require candidates to hold a particular ...

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The labor market cool down continued this fall, according to new jobs numbers released on a delayed scheduled by the Labor Department.

The educational requisites necessary to land a skilled labor position can range from a two-week certification to 10+ years of specialized collegiate education. The workforce includes countless ...