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dead-end jobs  

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  • A dead-end job is a job that pays low wages and does not promote the upward mobility of workers, either through a career ladder or through the accumulation of skills that lead to advancement in other jobs. As a result, the only way for a worker to move up is to move out, by securing a different job with a different firm. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Dead-End Jobs]

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