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04417aam a2200613Ii 4500 001 CBFD6A96214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 151023t20162016nju b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780691169279 020 $a 0691169276 035 $a (OCoLC)926820298 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d EOS $d NYP $d JHE $d CHVBK $d BYV $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d OCLCO $d YBM $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a HD6278.U5 $b R59 2016 082 04 $a 331.114450973 $2 23 084 $a BUS097000 $a SOC050000 $a BUS037020 $a BUS097000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Rivera, Lauren A., $d 1978- $e writer of afterword. $e writer of afterword. 245 10 $a Pedigree : $b how elite students get elite jobs / $c Lauren A. Rivera, with a new afterword by the author. 264 1 $a Princeton ; $b Princeton University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xiii, 379 pages ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Reprint, with new afterword. Originally published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015. 520 $a "Americans 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Entering the Elite -- The Playing Field -- The Pitch -- The Paper -- Setting the Stage for Interviews -- Beginning the Interview: Finding a Fit -- Continuing the Interview: The Candidate's Story -- Concluding the Interview: The Final Acts -- Talking It Out: Deliberating Merit -- Social Reconstruction -- Conclusion -- Afterword to the Paperback Edition -- Appendix A Who Is Elite? -- Appendix B Methodological Details -- Appendix C List of Interviews. 650 0 $a College graduates $x Employment $z United States. 650 0 $a Upper class $x Employment $z United States. 650 0 $a Employee selection $z United States. 650 0 $a Elite (Social sciences) $z United States. 650 0 $a Employment (Economic theory) $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Economics $x Sociological aspects. 650 6 $a Classes supeÌrieures $x Travail $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a Personnel $x SeÌlection $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a EÌlite (Sciences sociales) $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a Emploi $x Aspect social. 650 7 $a College graduates $x Employment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00867826 650 7 $a Economics $x Sociological aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902213 650 7 $a Elite (Social sciences) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00908113 650 7 $a Employee selection. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00909065 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a Bildungselite $2 gnd 650 7 $a College $2 gnd 650 7 $a Hochschule $2 gnd 650 7 $a Akademiker $2 gnd 650 7 $a Berufsanfang $2 gnd 650 7 $a Soziale Herkunft $2 gnd 650 7 $a Soziale MobilitaÌt $2 gnd 650 7 $a Soziale Ungleichheit $2 gnd 650 7 $a Personalauswahl $2 gnd 651 7 $a USA $2 gnd 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092545.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CBFD6A96214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search