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Pedigree

Paperback • 2016 • English

Pedigree

By Lauren A. Rivera

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About the book

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 firstha...Show more

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9780691169279

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

Pedigree

Format

Paperback

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