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Dirty Jobs

Dirty Jobs

Q Lecture slide #27 discusses "job crafting". In particular, cognitive crafting refers to changing the way people think about their jobs. This can be especially useful for those who work in “dirty” or “stigmatized” occupations (i.e., jobs that are perceived as disgusting, distasteful, or degrading). Below are 4 examples of “dirty” jobs in which people are mostly likely to engage in cognitive crafting. Carefully think about each example – how do you think these workers view their jobs (in other words, how can they change their thinking in order to make the job seem “better” and less “tainted”?) 1. Exotic dancer/entertainer 2. Public defense attorney (defends criminals, even those they know have stolen, assaulted, or murdered others) 3. Animal researcher (conducts research and experiments on animals; tends to get a lot of bad propaganda from animal rights groups) 4. Tabloid reporter Please don’t answer all of them in one response. Focus on ONE job and let your classmates share their views on others.

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As a potential future law student, I understand how the job of a public defender can look ugly. Truth be told, the job of the public defender is to do their job to make sure the person going through trail is receiving a fair trail. Someone has to do that regardless of how tainted it looks. I graduated with my paralegal certification, one of my old professors who was also an attorney would mention that people would make comments to him, stating "how could you sleep at night defending so and so?" He would reply saying that he sleeps just fine doing his job properly.