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EMPLOI COL ROSE [1 record]

Record 1 2024-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Work and Production
  • Sociology of Work
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
CONT

Pink collar jobs are careers that have historically absorbed the expanding female labor force. Pink collar jobs are typically service-oriented roles that require interpersonal skills and involve caring for others, such as nursing, teaching, secretarial work, social work, and childcare.

OBS

pink-collar job; pink collar job: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • pink-collar jobs
  • pink collar jobs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Travail et production
  • Sociologie du travail
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
DEF

[Travail] dans des domaines traditionnellement attribués aux femmes [...]

OBS

[Par exemple :] la garde d'enfants, l'éducation, les services à la personne ou le travail social[.]

OBS

emploi de col rose; emploi en col rose : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • emplois de col rose
  • emplois en col rose

Spanish

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