Sentences with phrase «from blue collar jobs»

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His father Fred never graduated from high school and held a series of blue - collar jobs including truck driver, factory worker and cab driver.

He created Starbucks «to build a company my father would be proud to work at,» adding, «My inspiration comes from seeing my father broken from the 30 terrible blue - collar jobs he had over his life, where an uneducated person just did not have a shot.»

Located in Ohio's Lorain County, a hit - by - hard - times blue - collar region some 30 miles from downtown Cleveland, Elyria Foundry was started as a job shop for the region's heavy - machinery trades.

All three automakers would benefit from a rise in blue - collar jobs in the U.S. Ford's F - 150 showed strength in April amid a decline in car sales.

Amy Peterson, a former development official who runs an organization that helps place women in blue - collar jobs, will be named to lead New York City's efforts to recover from Hurricane Sandy.

Wilson, a first - time candidate from Keene, has made her blue collar background a bedrock of her candidacy, touting deep local ties and familiarity with kitchen table issues — like what it means to work two jobs as a single mother, for instance.

The surprise is that Clinton, which routinely smacks down affluent schools in these competitions, is not full of college - bound kids from fancy neighborhoods; it is full of everyday kids whose parents work in blue - collar jobs.

They went from beginners and amateurs to a few fairly serious competitive bodybuilders and came from all walks of life including blue collar construction jobs and the coveted corner office.

Others, like my two older brothers, graduated from neighborhood comprehensive or vocational high schools, returned from Vietnam, took blue - collar jobs, and began the social and economic trek from Harlem to homes in the suburbs.

The problem with that line is that in reality, the high levels of reading, math and science literacy needed to graduate from college are also needed for high - paying blue - collar jobs.

«I knew, from observing the financial struggles my parents had in blue - collar work, that I didn't want to go the route of jumping from one low - paid job to another,» says Rachelle Burns, director of TRIO - Student Support Services at Pensacola State College.

There are many choices and opportunities to explore, from administrative jobs which account for 40 % of all federal government jobs to blue collar jobs and technical work.

This is a great behavioural test because it reveals how you will respond to a range of issues that might come up on the job in real time for a variety of positions from blue collar to C - Level.

Advances in automation and technology threaten many blue collar and middle - management jobs in industries ranging from manufacturing to financial services.

We will then provide you with comprehensive instructions to facilitate your application for position that suit your qualifications, from Wage Grade or so - called blue collar jobs to professional or administrative (GS 5/9/11) government work.

The resumes are specific to job type and range from accounting through health care to skilled labor / blue collar.