Here’s a look at the millionaires who built their fortunes on the foundation of the high-paying manual labor jobs that got ...

Two in 5 Gen Zers are pursuing blue-collar work, rejecting the collegiate path and learning trades, according to a May 2025 survey of 1,434 young adults by Resume Builder. Vocational and trade ...

For more than a century, Hollywood and advertising have been the twin engines of American identity. Generations of boys found their blueprints for manhood on the silver screen, as girls looked to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sander van ’t Noordende, Randstad CEO, writes on the world of work. For years, the future of work conversation has focused almost ...

Geoffrey Hinton’s message on a recent podcast about artificial intelligence was simple: “Train to be a plumber.” Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist often called “the Godfather of AI,” ...

Nearly four in 10 Gen Z college graduates are opting away from the white collar work their degrees prepared them for and instead choosing blue collar jobs amid an uncertain job market, according to a ...

A lot of people are looking for alternatives to traditional, white-collar office jobs. The corporate America job market is a mess, and many are starting to feel like they will never find the right ...

Trade and transportation were two additional sectors hit particularly hard. General merchandise retailers — the Walmarts, Costcos and Targets — shed about 7,000 jobs, but were up slightly compared to ...