Sentences with phrase «v-neck collar»

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

The dry cleaner puts the extra starch in your shirt collars because you always ask but this time forgot to.

After attributing their presidential loss in 2000 in part to the assault weapons ban, Democrats shied away from gun control talk in order to avoid alienating rural voters, particularly blue collar white males.

Blue Collar Millionaires: Denise Burgess is the CEO of Burgess Services, a construction company in the Denver metropolitan area.

Many of those white - collar service jobs pay more than factory work, as they are occupied by people with higher educations, according to the Conference Board.

When it comes to white collar crime, Canada has enjoyed a less - than - stellar reputation for prosecuting those involved in financial schemes and corporate corruption.

For years Canadian officials have been criticized for their lax approach to overseas bribery, and to white - collar crime in general.

«We as Democrats have to have a stronger economic message that appeals to Midwest and white blue - collar voters,» says Democratic pollster Celinda Lake in an email.

Over the summer, my «home from work» routine consisted of me immediately throwing on a pair of gym shorts and replacing my collar with an oversized tee.

He is wearing a faded black T - shirt with a threadbare collar that reads, cheekily, across the chest: «I am Satoshi Nakamoto,» a reference to the elusive, still unknown, pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin.

For those who haven't seen Scott Adams» «Dilbert» cartoons, they satirize white - collar corporate America and grew popular during the early 90s.

Taking the advice and working closely with Gekko, Fox soon finds himself swept into a world of «yuppies», shady business deals, the «good life», fast money, and fast women; something which is at odds with his family including his estranged father and the blue - collared way Fox was brought up.

But Legere can carry it off, his fans say, in part because he identifies closely with the blue - and pink - collar customer service grunts.

He's a self - made billionaire, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a star of the hit ABC reality show «Shark Tank,» though he started out as the child of a blue - collar family from Pittsburgh.

The last time you asked your assistant to make a dinner reservation for you and a client, when you recently dropped off your dry cleaning and asked for extra starch in the collars, when a client was delayed sending in payment and you had to follow up, did you say, «please» as part of your communication?

He argued that the adoption of his blue collar robot would be similar to the way white collar workers changed their buying behavior when PCs were introduced.

Joke all you want about grown men and women wearing Mickey Mouse ears, but the DisneyWorld and Universal Studios theme park complexes are major employers for people over 50 who want to trade the stresses of a white - collar career for something more light - hearted.

You can usually find solid color or patterned shirts with a white collar.

As a kid, a blue - collar work ethic was instilled in Steve as he worked nights and weekends for his parent's janitorial service.

He's wearing a light pink shirt, open at the collar, a mop of sandy hair resting atop a face that seems permanently flushed.

The large collars, thin belts, and sleek cuts give these uniforms a vintage aesthetic that's reminiscent of the»40s.

One 2014 study by the University of Warwick in England asked subjects to perform skill - based math problems, which researchers used to mimic typical white - collar work.

The first thing to know is that for an employee ordinarily must meet three requirements to be exempt from receiving overtime under one of the white collar exemptions (executive, administrative, professional, etc.).

Such are the everyday horrors lurking at SadDeskLunch.com, a Tumblr blog dedicated to unflinchingly documenting in photos the pathos of the millions of white - collar workers who eat lunch while sitting at their desks.

They have also fought to win over a new breed of backer: conservatives skeptical of climate change but interested in supporting homegrown energy alternatives that increase national security, boost competition, and create well - paying blue collar jobs.

Narrated by music superstar Tim McGraw, Blue Collar Millionaires celebrates America's most inspiring self - made successes: the working - class who've managed to build fortunes with nothing but mud, sweat, and tears.

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For a different perspective on blue - collar life than the nostalgic one, listen to Bruce Springsteen's song «Factory.»

Blue Collar Millionaires «Diva of Demolition» When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Simone Bruni went from being a corporate event planner to unemployed and homeless.

Elevator installers and repairers hold the top - ranked blue collar job according to Forbes, and demand rises with every new high rise hotel, office building, and condo complex in markets like Toronto and Vancouver.

In advance of the new season of Blue Collar Millionaires, we sat down with Connie Lorenz to ask what it was like to whistle - blow on the president, and how her life has changed since.

«Because of our blue - collar background, luxury was the furthest thing from my mind,» he says.

Blue Collar Millionaires: Chris Green explains how he started his business USP Motorsports.

«Banks and financial organizations — perhaps because that is where the money is — and nonprofits, including religious organizations, probably due to their weak business controls environment, are most often the victims of this type of white collar crime,» said Christopher Marquet, CEO of Marquet International, in a statement.

Second generation robots are preparing for white - collar professions.

Even if you have a similar shirt with the matching collar, these add variety to your shirt selection.

Dig Deeper: Tips on Building Your Company Culture From a Blue - collar Millionaire How to Create a Company Philosophy: Practice What You Preach The principles in a company's philosophy have to come from, and be true to, the founder or CEO as a person.

In the wake of the sexual harassment and assault allegations that rippled throughout the entertainment, media, and political worlds, 300 prominent women in show business have created an initiative to fight systematic harassment in Hollywood and blue - collar workplaces.

The contrasting collar shirt isn't something that you'd wear every day, but when it's time to switch it up, its a great choice.

When he quit three years later, at 25, to start his own software development firm, his blue - collar dad thought he was nuts.

On dress shirts or collared polo shirts, you can highlight your company slogan or logo.

Steve took every kid's fantasy of secret passageways and turned it into a booming blue - collar business.

Journalism needs to rediscover its roots as a blue - collar profession,» she asked.

Women's button - down shirts were too short and too fitted, with floppy collars ill - suited to the bow ties the self - described «dapper, androgynous woman» liked to wear.

«We're creating green - collar jobs.

Sleep specialists like MacFarlane and Shapiro are often called in by industrial companies to help workers adapt to shifts or optimize productivity through scheduling, but they're rarely invited into the white - collar pressure - cookers like the trading floor or the boardroom in the midst of merger negotiations.

But it's abundantly clear that the best protection a business can offer its under - trained or under - skilled workers is a path toward the «new» collar jobs of the future.

Given the conversations swirling this week about AI, and Elon Musk's fear of it, and Steve Mnuchin's dismissal of it (which kicked the AI hype machine into overdrive), and the trucking industry's cautious embrace of it, I asked Felicis partner Wesley Chan whether this is another company designed to displace blue - collar jobs.

I could see the pilot — he was 200 feet off the ground, he had his grey helmet on, orange horse collar, dark green flight suit.

OneEleven's space contrasts with the white - collar façade of the downtown Toronto tower in which it's located.