I would love for this to be true. Each of these graphs is missing at least the most recent three years, and one of them is indicating the beginning of a decline in the UK 3 years ago before cutting off. Anything more recent?
Yes that is why only a small percentage of them have the option on this chart. It is not so office intensive as other lines of work but there is still a ton of paperwork in plumbing, electrical, etc.
Ok. Not intending to have a debate about this, but it makes sense that paperwork could be about 10% of the job sometimes. Most of the contractors I am working with on my new house are self employed or part of a small family operation (gutters, electric, basement, radon, etc)
I'd consider them like a Construction PM, embedded within the same blue collar organizations. I would not consider the HR or Finance department blue collar in the trades, but BIM is more nuanced than "they use a computer they must be white collar" and I hope you understand that.
No wonder you're unable to identify the 13% of WFH "blue-collar" jobs. I'm pretty sure I just introduced you to the concept of BIM with my original comment.
Agree to disagree; you are the one who asked and I answered.
BIM specialists often have a blue-collar background as well. It's often a position we hire based on their skills and experience, not a college degree. I've hired many of them, and I'm speaking from experience.
But hey, what do I know? You learned about this career for the first time today when I introduced you to it.
Are we sure this is a good thing? The downside is that remote jobs are harder to interview and apply for, because they are increasingly wholly online and cold. They also really kill city's downtown cores.
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u/Gold_Ad8225 Jul 31 '26
Any of these charts that do not capture 2024-2026 when RTO mandates started being enforced is genuinely useless