The U.S. unemployment rate is at its lowest in years, and there’s a growing demand for blue-collar workers, with many workers turning to gig opportunities—a sector that is booming right now. Rather than freelance work and creative services, like white-collar gig work, blue-collar gig work focuses on labor, manufacturing, warehouse, and delivery jobs and is often temporary.
As a plumber, a construction worker, or an electrician, you’re likely working on a project-to-project basis, as blue-collar work generally ebbs and flows, which has made HR for this industry difficult. But with the influx of available jobs, jobseekers are turning to on-demand staffing platforms to find work where and when they need to, and these platforms are altering the interactions between HR and the blue-collar workforce by transforming how we locate, hire, train, and engage with workers.
