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.