self-fashioning

* do not use any in" rel="nofollow">internet source!!!!!!!!!!! It is not allowed in" rel="nofollow">in this class. You must use the primary source as the book "Bait and Switch" by Barbara Ehrenreich and analyze carefully and you can only use the article and the book as references that I write now: "The confidence Gap" by KATTY KAY AND CLAIRE SHIPMAN, and the book "The Beauty Bias" by Deborah Rhode(you can only use Chapter 5).***The requirement is that we have contin" rel="nofollow">inued to explore the concept of self-fashionin" rel="nofollow">ing, payin" rel="nofollow">ing close attention to how people in" rel="nofollow">in “transition” are often tasked with re-fashionin" rel="nofollow">ing their identities through the genre of the resume, networkin" rel="nofollow">ing, and even modifyin" rel="nofollow">ing appearance. Ehrenreich’s Bait and Switch puts the project of self fashionin" rel="nofollow">ing for the workplace under close scrutin" rel="nofollow">iny, revealin" rel="nofollow">ing the dilemma to conform to get the job or not and describin" rel="nofollow">ing how personality and passion often trump in" rel="nofollow">intelligence, experience, and accomplishment. But, self-fashionin" rel="nofollow">ing also has its limits based on factors that are often out of our control such as gender, race, age, and, at times, appearance. Given this conversation about self-fashionin" rel="nofollow">ing for the workplace, make an argument that draws on Bait and Switch to explore the tension between bein" rel="nofollow">ing oneself and sellin" rel="nofollow">ing oneself for the workplace. Is there truth in" rel="nofollow">in the truism to “fake it until you make it”? How do we know if we’ve gone too far? You may draw on essays we’ve discussed in" rel="nofollow">in class (and your own experience if applicable) but may not draw on outside sources. ************************************************************* Also this is a requirement Listen to the buzz: Can we “fake it til we make it”? What does this expression mean and is there truth to it? Is it ethically permissible to “fake it”? What can (and can’t) we fake? What does it mean to “make it”? How do we know if we are actually fakin" rel="nofollow">ing? What’s the difference between projectin" rel="nofollow">ing confidence and fakery, between “honest overconfidence” and lyin" rel="nofollow">ing? Is there a difference? Does this difference play out in" rel="nofollow">in the same way over different forms of communication: the resume, the elevator pitch, the in" rel="nofollow">interview, in" rel="nofollow">in daily workplace in" rel="nofollow">interactions or team-projects? Are “fakin" rel="nofollow">ing” and “makin" rel="nofollow">ing” in" rel="nofollow">industry specific or do they cover a general approach to job-seekin" rel="nofollow">ing? Whose determin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing what it means to “make it,” and does this in" rel="nofollow">influence how one might go about fashionin" rel="nofollow">ing/sellin" rel="nofollow">ing oneself? How is Ehrenreich’s experience with “transitionin" rel="nofollow">ing” different from or similar to other job-seekers? Where is the self-fashioned Self in" rel="nofollow">in all this? Might there be a darker side to the relationship between education and work? ***************************************************************************** *****In your essay, you will need to articulate and represent the conversation. Thin" rel="nofollow">ink “They Say;” who’s sayin" rel="nofollow">ing what and why? How do these claims in" rel="nofollow">intersect and/or complicate each other? When you thin" rel="nofollow">ink of the “I Say,” you want to ask yourself: do I agree with one of the authors? If so, why? Am I brin" rel="nofollow">ingin" rel="nofollow">ing attention to a new or under-examin" rel="nofollow">ined issue in" rel="nofollow">in this conversation? Am I disagreein" rel="nofollow">ing with an author? If so, why? These questions can help you formulate the level-three question that you want to pose to the others. Or, perhaps, you do want to ask an author a specific question about their argument while the others listen.