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GOLD COLLAR [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Etiquette and Protocol (General)
OBS

The Royal Victorian Chain is an award, instituted in 1902 by King Edward VII as a personal award of the Monarch(i. e. not an award by the British or any other Commonwealth Realm government). Although it is similar in appearance to the Royal Victorian Order, the two awards are unrelated. The Royal Victorian Chain does not confer upon its recipients any style or title-in fact, the Chain is not even given a precedence within any Commonwealth honours system-but it represents a personal token of high distinction and esteem from the Monarch. The Chain can be conferred upon men and women, both of the Realms and foreign. The chain is in gold, decorated with motifs of Tudor rose, Thistle, Shamrock and Lotus Flower(symbolizing England, Scotland, Ireland and India respectively), and a crowned, red enamelled cipher of King Edward VII "ERI"(Edwardus Rex Imperator), surrounded by a gold wreath for men, upon which the badge is suspended. The chain is worn around the collar by men, or with the four motifs and some chain links fixed to a riband in the form of bow(blue with red-white-red edges) on the left shoulder by women. However the Queen's sister Princess Margaret in later life wore her chain around the collar, as male recipients do.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Étiquette et protocole (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Labour Relations
OBS

... there's the gold-collar sector--that part of the job market that's flourishing even in these turbulent economic times.... gold-collar workers are computer-literate and well-educated, with highly-developed marketing and/or financial skills.

OBS

An example of a gold-collar job is vice-president of marketing for a computer-consulting company.(Based on HOMAG, 1993, Sept., p. 22).

OBS

These dramatic shifts in the job market offer a wealth of opportunities to... change jobs or switch fields; to move from pink to white [collar], white to silver [collar], silver to gold [collar].

Key term(s)
  • gold collar job

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Relations du travail

Spanish

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