Blue Collar ‘v’ White Collar in London

The current economic climate has left us with countless unemployed professionals from most sectors. The future also looks bleak for the thousands of graduates who were told from an early age that success and financial gain necessitated a degree. This ‘credit crunch’, generation face a hostile job market saturated with unemployed, highly skilled and experienced candidates. As sectors which once demanded degree educated suits sat in offices cut jobs and announce record losses.

As a consequence of the economic downturn, young people who would have previously felt a job in the trade sector was beneath them are considering more manual roles. Indeed, a study of London alone revealed that a 20% up-turn in people wanting to learn a trade.

People will always need a plumber, carpenter and mechanic. The previous professional classes are coming round to the idea that, without a job their degrees have less value and the roles they trained for have become economically unsustainable.

Several new websites have been created as platforms for people to articulate the personal and financial fulfilment that have got from starting the company formation process in areas such as mechanics, plumbing and carpentry. The users of these websites identify independence and financial control as two of the main virtues of working for you in the blue collar sector.

Obviously manual sectors are hard work, but as the economy continues on its descent, they may offer the only hard work that actually pays off.