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page 1Employment classifications
freelancer
Freelance (sometimes spelled free-lance or free lance), freelancer, and freelance worker are common terms for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance workers are sometimes represented by a company or a temporary agency that resells freelance labor to clients. Others work independently or use professional associations or websites to get work.
white-collar worker
social class; person who performs intellectual labor
digital nomad
those who use telecommunications technologies to earn a living and, more generally, conduct their life in a nomadic manner
migrant worker
person who migrates to pursue work

self-employment
Self-employment is the state of working for oneself rather than an employer. Tax authorities will generally view a person as self-employed if the person chooses to be recognised as such or if the person is generating income for which a tax return needs to be filed. In the real world, the critical issue for tax authorities is not whether a person is engaged in business activity (called trading even when referring to the provision of a service) but whether the activity is profitable and therefore potentially taxable. In other words, the trading is likely to be ignored if there is no profit, so o
blue-collar worker
working class laborer who performs skilled or unskilled manual labor
part-time employment
form of employment that carries fewer hours per week than a full-time job
shift work
employment practice designed to make use of, or provide service across, part of or all 24 hours of each day of the week
day labourer
worker hired and paid one day at a time
temporary work
situation where the employee is expected to leave the employer within a certain period of time
Four occupations
Confucian term from ancient China that collectively refers to the populace through occupational categories: shì (gentry scholars), nóng (peasant farmers), gōng (artisans and craftsmen), and shāng (merchants and traders)
McJob
thumb|McDonald's staff in Quezon City, Philippines
"McJob" is a slang term for a low-paying, low-prestige dead-end job that requires few skills and offers very little chance of advancement. The term "McJob" comes from the name of the fast-food restaurant McDonald's, but is used to describe any low-status jobregardless of employerwhere little training is required, staff turnover is high, and workers' activities are tightly regulated by managers.
knowledge worker
worker whose main capital is knowledge
side job
job that a person takes in addition to their primary job in order to supplement their income; additional job providing extra income
manual work
physical work done by people
piece work
employment system where the worker is paid according to the number of units produced
women's work
work believed to be exclusively the domain of women
full-time job
type of employment or study in which a person devotes a minimum number of hours
International Standard Classification of Occupations
international standard for job names
pink-collar worker
someone working in a care-oriented career field
green job
job in business that produce goods or services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources

underemployment
thumb|right|200px|In 2014, university graduates from the U.S. were often unable to find a job requiring a degree; 44% could only find service jobs such as barista positions that do not require postsecondary education.
Underemployment is the underuse of a worker because their job does not use their skills, offers them too few hours, or leaves the worker idle. It is contrasted with unemployment, where a person lacks a job at all despite wanting one.

contingent work
Type of employment relationship involving non-permanent freelance work with payment based on piece work
skilled worker
person with technical or commercial vocational training, or with the necessary knowledge and skills through professional experience

permanent employment
precarious work
non-standard employment poorly paid, insecure, unprotected, and cannot support a household
green-collar worker
environmental-sector worker
sheltered work
type of employment

Marginal employment
false self-employment
situation in which somebody registered as self-employed or a temp is de facto an employee carrying out a professional activity under the authority and subordination of another company
discouraged worker
person of legal employment age not actively seeking employment
trainee
A trainee is commonly known as an individual taking part in a trainee program within an organization after having graduated from technical and higher courses.
Grey-collar
thumb|Mortician's restorative tools, [[Museum of Funeral Customs, Springfield, Illinois.]]
designation of workers by collar color
Wikipedia article covering multiple topics
ghost work
type of conditions of computer work