threshold worker

English

Noun

threshold worker (plural threshold workers)

  1. A worker with very limited skills and experience in his/her chosen career.
    • 1934, United States. Bureau of Employment Security, Employment Security Review (volumes 2-5, page 15)
      Several special types of unemployed workers are described. These include nonmodal workers, threshold workers, "the unemployables", and the physically handicapped.
    • 1969, American Vocational Journal (volume 44, page 35)
      "Lack of education" and similar replies have been traditional responses to research questions regarding reasons for unemployment of youths or threshold workers.
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