threshold worker

plural threshold workers

1. A worker with very limited skills and experience in his/her chosen career.

   "Lack of education" and similar replies have been traditional responses to research questions regarding reasons for unemployment of youths or threshold workers.

   1969, American Vocational Journal, volume 44, page 35

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   Several special types of unemployed workers are described. These include nonmodal workers, threshold workers, "the unemployables", and the physically handicapped.

   1934, United States. Bureau of Employment Security, Employment Security Review, volumes 2-5, page 15