Challenges and Barriers Within the Candidate Experience

The Blue-Collar Candidate Experience

This four-part series aims to uncover some of the challenges and barriers of the blue-collar candidate experience within the hiring process, along with advice on how to improve the journey.

White-collar positions account for less than 20 percent of the overall workforce in some countries. It’s time to reframe the narrative and start showing operational workers the same level of respect, recognizing the difference each segment presents, especially when it comes to hiring.

Here’s What You’ll Learn

1. Understanding – and unlocking – the value of “blue-collar” workers
2. Removing barriers to entry and rethinking recruiting tech
3. Building a multicultural candidate experience
4. Meeting workers where they are

By Mateo Cavasotto

Mateo Cavasotto holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. He worked at Quasar Ventures, helping entrepreneurs develop their ideas, business models, and capital raising processes. He was also Country Manager at Trocafone, where he was in charge of launching operations in the Argentinian market. In 2017 he started Emi Labs with his partner Andrés Arslanian. He now serves as CEO of Emi Labs and is seeking to revolutionize the way we engage with and hire, blue-collar workers across the globe.