Timeline for Do I have to use my legal name on my CV?
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| Jan 3, 2020 at 11:46 | history | edited | comxyz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 2, 2020 at 16:15 | comment | added | user113216 | Just to clarify, I'm talking about using a completely different name, e.g. say my name is Mohamed bin Mohamed (my name is in that vein so not completely far-fetched) but I put Mo Smith (also assuming there's nothing else in my CV that can identify my background), maybe I can justify the Mo part by saying people commonly call me that but Smith is clearly there just to sound "native". I want to know the acceptability of that. | |
| Jan 2, 2020 at 15:59 | comment | added | Justin | I would broadly agree with this, as long as a) you have only a single alias, b) your cv is otherwise unaltered, and c) you stay away from unethical recruitment agencies. I have in the past (as a dev manager) had almost exactly the same CV sent to me a dozen times with different names/dob at the top of each. They were all binned and I was subsequently accused of racism. | |
| Jan 2, 2020 at 15:00 | history | answered | comxyz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |