Bait and Switch - Barbara Ehrenreich
The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
KORTE INHOUD
The New York Times bestselling investigation into white-collar unemployment from "our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism"--The New York Times Book Review Americans' working lives are growing more precarious every day. Corporations slash employees by the thousands, and the benefits and pensions once guaranteed by "middle-class" jobs are a thing of the past. In Bait and Switch, Barbara Ehrenreich goes back undercover to explore another hidden realm of the economy: the shadowy world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed with the plausible résumé of a professional "in transition," she attempts to land a "middle-class" job. She submits to career coaching, personality testing, and EST-like boot camps, and attends job fairs, networking events, and evangelical job-search ministries. She is proselytized, scammed, lectured, and--again and again--rejected. Bait and Switch highlights the people who have done everything right--gotten college degrees, developed marketable skills, and built up impressive résumé...
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An Owl Book: New York, 2005. Paperback, 248pp. 1st printing. Notes. 14x20,5x2cm. Slight discolouration page edges, in very good condition. [Categorie: Business] [Auteur: Ehrenreich, Barbara.] [Jaar: 2005] [Titel: Bait and switch: The (futile) pursuit of The American Dream.]
