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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400880744
035 _a(DE-B1597)468084
035 _a(OCoLC)947129521
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050 4 _aHD6278.U5
072 7 _aSOC050000
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082 0 4 _a331.11/4450973
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aRivera, Lauren A.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aPedigree :
_bHow Elite Students Get Elite Jobs /
_cLauren A. Rivera.
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _a1 online resource (400 p.) :
_b4 line illus. 16 tables.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_t1. Entering the Elite --
_t2. The Playing Field --
_t3. The Pitch --
_t4. The Paper --
_t5. Setting the Stage for Interviews --
_t6. Beginning the Interview: Finding a Fit --
_t7. Continuing the Interview: The Candidate's Story --
_t8. Concluding the Interview: The Final Acts --
_t9. Talking It Out: Deliberating Merit --
_t10. Social Reconstruction --
_t11. Conclusion --
_tAfterword to the Paperback Edition --
_tAppendix A. Who Is Elite? --
_tAppendix B. Methodological Details --
_tAppendix C. List of Interviews --
_tNotes --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aAmericans are taught to believe that upward mobility is possible for anyone who is willing to work hard, regardless of their social status, yet it is often those from affluent backgrounds who land the best jobs. 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 economically privileged backgrounds. 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.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aCollege graduates
_xEmployment
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEconomics
_xSociological aspects.
650 0 _aElite (Social sciences)
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEmployee selection
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEmployment (Economic theory)
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aUpper class
_xEmployment
_zUnited States.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
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700 1 _aRivera, Lauren A.
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400880744?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400880744
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