'Selling the Self': Packaging the Narrative Trajectories of Workers for the Labour Market

Autor/in	Flubacher, Mi-Cha
Titel	'Selling the Self': Packaging the Narrative Trajectories of Workers for the Labour Market
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 17 (2020) 1, S.30-45 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Flubacher, Mi-Cha)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2020.1682249
Schlagwörter	Labor Market; Self Concept; Employment Interviews; Nonverbal Communication; Interpersonal Communication; French; Multilingualism; Bilingualism; Ethnography; Job Search Methods; Program Descriptions; Foreign Countries; Coaching (Performance); Neoliberalism; Monolingualism; German; Interpersonal Attraction; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Selbstkonzept; Employment interview; Employment interviewing; Einstellungsgespräch; Bewerbungsgespräch; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Französisch; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Bilingualismus; Ethnografie; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Ausland; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Deutscher; Interpersonale Anziehung; Schweiz
Abstract	Based on ethnographic observations in a programme on job search training in Fribourg, Switzerland, I discuss the regimentation that is expected from job seekers on how to 'sell the self' in the labour market, i.e. on how to successfully manage a job interview. I will show how in attempting to narratively package their trajectories, the coaches' focus lies on a particular register that is aimed at the 'art of getting liked'. The job seekers are instructed in bodily and communicative behaviour that puts an emphasis on affect, positivity, and agency. In this, these practices can be understood as concurrent with neoliberal principles that involve techniques of the self as well as the activation of the individual. Yet, as a result, the potentially mobile and multilingual trajectories of the job seekers become mainstreamed in the monolingual environment of officially bilingual Fribourg, in which French is the dominant language. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01