Week 5 readings

Question 1

What are the two themes in the jazz article?

Answer 1

Passion for work
Project based work/portfolio employment

Question 2

What are the benefits of project based work?

Answer 2

agency; control over precariousness

Question 3

What is the role of social security in precarious project-based work?

Answer 3

The stronger the familial network is, the more musicians could find meaning and passion in their work

Question 4

What is the role of a labour market intermediary?

Answer 4

Worker control in precarious labour markets; people who’s job it is to help others find work; unemployment experts; create and shape unemployment discourse

Question 5

What do job coaches do?

Answer 5

Offer technical diagnosis; people need help mastering modern job searching techniques

Question 6

What do self-help gurus do?

Answer 6

moral diagnosis: people need a better attitude

Question 7

What do skill certifiers do?

Answer 7

human capital diagnosis - people need skills