threshold worker
noun1
A worker with very limited skills and experience in his/her chosen career.
- 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:
- "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: