Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (599 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0175F6HQ8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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She reveals how decision makers draw from ideas about talent—what it is, what best signals it, and who does (and does not) have it—that are deeply rooted in social class. Displaying the "right stuff" that elite employers are looking for entails considerable amounts of economic, social, and cultural resources on the part of the applicants and their parents.Challenging our most cherished beliefs about college as a great equalizer and the job market as a level playing field, Pedigree exposes the class biases built into American notions about the best and the brightest, and shows how social status plays a significant role in determining who reaches the top of the economic ladder.. Pedigree takes readers behind the closed doors of top-tier investment banks, consulting firms, and law firms to reveal the truth about who really gets hired for the nation's highest-paying entry-level jobs, who doesn’t, and why.Drawing on scores of in-depth interviews as well as firsthand observation of hiring practices at some of America’s most prestigious firms, Lauren Rivera shows how, at every step of the hiring process, the ways that employers define and evaluate merit are strongly skewed to favor job applicants from economic
Forget the American Dream. Those interested in the sociology of culture, in labor markets, and in elites and stratification will find Rivera’s book necessary reading."--Shamus Khan, American Journal of Sociology. The outcome is a highly informed analysis of class and cultural capital."--Angelia Wilson, Times Higher Education"By demonstrating how leaders of firms select upon educational status, traits they already find in their midst, and prefer applicants that mirror their own pasts, trajectories, and skills, Rivera has provided important evidence for mechanisms of the (re)production of inequality. Winner of the 2
. Lauren A. Rivera is associate professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management
Sheds new light on the gatekeepers of the 1% Kimberly A. Verska A thought-provoking, well-researched analysis of the entry-level hiring process at the most elite employers in finance, law and business consulting -- one might even call them "the gatekeepers of the 1%." My husband and I are both part of the world described here (he in c. This book deserves so much more credit then it's getting. Got me a job Don't listen to anyone who says this book isn't a how-to guide or a vocational book. Rivera does something better than just tell you what to do in order to get an elite job. She describes the thought process, backgrounds and actual behind the scenes conversations of inter. Excellent - 5 Stars Chuan Zhang Pedigree is a thought provoking case study into hiring practices of what the author terms Elite Professional Services firms (EPS). From the viewpoint of someone interested in inequality, Rivera explains how choices in target campuses, interview structure (fit, polish), an