While most of the world was pessimistic about local job market conditions in 2011, white-collar workers, men, and those with at least a secondary education were somewhat more hopeful than their blue-collar, female, and less educated counterparts. The gap in optimism was most evident between white-collar (38%) -- defined as professional workers in fields such as business or education -- and blue-collar workers (33%) -- defined as workers in fields such as manufacturing or the service industry. Employment could encompass full- or part-time work or self-employment.
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