1st Edition
Trawling Talent How Elite Professional Service Firms Recruit University Graduates in Transitional China
List of Tables
Preface
1. Introduction: Locating Elite Hiring in Transitional China
2. The Surface of Elite Jobs Versus the youxiu Professional Worker
3. The Messages on the Campus
4. Educational Success
5. High-Quality Internships
6. The Interview Chemistry
7. The Gender Dimension
8. Trawling Talent in Transitional China: Conclusion and Discussion
Methodological Appendix
References
Index
Biography
Ran Ren is a sociologist at the Chengdu University of Technology, China. He obtained a DPhil in Sociology at the University of Oxford and has published in leading journals, such as The British Journal of Sociology, Sociology, The China Quarterly, and Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. He has an interdisciplinary interest in topics of “elites”, “finance”, and “meaningful work and learning”.
