Rachel Meade Smith

Search Work (eBook, ePUB)

A Collective Inquiry into the Job Hunt

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

It can be enervating, stressful and, occasionally, triumphallooking for work has never been more of a roller coaster. Now, in compelling testimonies, Search Work shares that experience, giving voice to those on the wild ride of finding a job.



Search Work asks what we uncover when we pause and examine the textures of something as mundane and tedious as the job hunt. In this anthology, made up of personal essays, archival job ads, labor research, and even a playscript, over fifty contributors reflect on the rituals, cultural artifacts, and emotional turbulence of looking for work. Their collective inquiry shows how and why the quest for a paycheck almost always morphs into something deepera search for belonging, a referendum on identity, a macro view of the systemic forces that govern our lives. Through a variety of formats and voices, Search Work shows how the labor of looking does more than land us a new job; it reshapes desire and alters our sense of self, sometimes for good.



The book was inspired by a free weekly newsletter that editor Rachel Meade Smith started ten years ago, Words of Mouth, which shares curated jobs and opportunities with an engaged community of over 70,000. From this community, Search Work brings together a diverse group of contributorswriters, artists, public servants, researchers, service workers, career changers, recent gradsto defang one of life's loneliest activities through an act of collaborative creation.



As entry-level paths vanish and AI redraws the labor map, Search Work offers a timely, refreshingly critical inquiry into the isolating and often absurd experience of job hunting.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OR Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781682194560
• Artikelnr.: 76098945

Autorenporträt

Rachel Meade Smith is a writer, editor, and civic design worker focused on information access and the world of work. Since 2016, she's authored Words of Mouth, a free newsletter sharing opportunities for good work and creative expansion, reaching tens of thousands of readers across the globe.