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As AI threatens white-collar work, more young Americans choose blue-collar careers

"I am very happy doing what I am doing," says one young electrician who pursued a skilled trade as AI disrupts the job market for college grads. Read More

AI drives interest in blue-collar jobs among Gen Z: "I don't feel threatened"

At just 23, Jacob Palmer is already running his own electrical company. He launched the business in 2024 after starting in the field as an apprentice electrician, a career path he embarked on when ... Read More

62% of workers would take a blue-collar job if it offered better pay and stability than their current role, says new report

A tight job market and concerns of AI disruption have some white-collar workers saying they'd consider switching to blue-collar work, a FlexJobs report finds. Read More

Blue-collar work is attracting younger generations

Ricardo Jimenez didn’t really know what he wanted to be. At one point, he thought he’d figure it out in college, like most young adults in America plan to do. He’d enrolled at the University of ... Read More

As AI Sweeps The White-Collar World, Blue-Collar Work Sees A Renaissance

I’ve always favored four-year college and beyond for everyone.... until my air conditioning crapped out in the middle of July a couple of years back. You can talk about predominance of the information ... Read More

1Ford CEO Says AI Will Replace 'Literally Half' of White-Collar Workers...

But Ford CEO Jim Farley has flipped that narrative. He says the jobs most at risk aren't the ones on the assembly line, but the ones behind a desk. And in his view, the workers wiring machines, ... Read More

The blue-collar revolution isn’t just for Gen Z. Six in 10 white-collar professionals say they’d switch for the right trades job

The U.S. labor market is unusually tight, with limited hiring and firing prompting many office workers to reconsider their careers. A 2025 FlexJobs report found 62% of white-collar workers would ... Read More

Gen X may be the first to need a universal basic income after late-career job loss

Some estimates suggest that half of all white-collar jobs will disappear as artificial intelligence advances. How will older white-collar workers displaced in the AI revolution fare? Our recent book, ... Read More