white-collar
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Levanon contends rapid advances in AI will stunt demand, perhaps permanently, for the sort of white-collar administrative work that used to be the first rung on the ladder for college graduates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Manufacturers are hiring more white-collar workers in management and business operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
"More than a year in pre-trial detention for what would, at worst, amount to white-collar offences is unprecedented in Mauritius," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Some economists worry about an impending artificial-intelligence job apocalypse, but so far there is no conclusive evidence that automation is killing lots of white-collar positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Who would have thought that such a melange of black and white, male and female, blue-collar and white-collar workers, those who worked with their hands and those who worked with numbers, was actually possible?
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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