Timeline for How can I prevent discrimination due to my name?
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| S Mar 16, 2023 at 2:14 | history | edited | Adam Burke |
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| S Mar 16, 2023 at 2:14 | history | suggested | Vikki |
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| Jun 15, 2017 at 6:16 | comment | added | Stephan Branczyk | I know this is a four years old post, and that the country in question is China, but this youtube video about teaching English in South Korea should be extremely relevant to your case. youtube.com/watch?v=dXakC04KFz0 | |
| Jun 12, 2017 at 22:59 | comment | added | TangoFoxtrot | Change your legal name. I changed my legal name from Ssdfkasdofi Uisadofuois (a name from my parents' country) to Tango Foxtrot (an American name - I'm also US born and raised) and the number of callbacks went up by 2-3x overnight, literally as soon as I got my legal paperwork and started sending out resumes with the new name. | |
| Feb 26, 2013 at 9:34 | comment | added | Nobody | @Muz I don't know how you knew about this. However, I must tell everybody here that Muz was not joking at all. | |
| Feb 26, 2013 at 9:03 | comment | added | Muz | @AakashM: Work culture in China. All you have to do to be an English teacher in China is look white. Not even kidding. There are even jobs where you have to be white, sit in a business suit during interviews, and pretend to be the boss. There's a strong positive discrimination towards Caucasians in much of China. | |
| Feb 26, 2013 at 8:58 | comment | added | AakashM | Only half joking, would you want to work for someone who would discriminate on the basis of a name? If not, it's not a problem that you are not getting any interest from such people... | |
| Feb 26, 2013 at 8:28 | comment | added | Simon O'Doherty | Change your name by Deed poll? My cousin actually did this to get a job in Germany. Changed his name to a German surname instead of his Irish name. Fluent German speaker as well. ... As for language teaching, what you are experiencing also happens in other countries. I have friends in South Korea who have experienced the same problem. | |
| Feb 26, 2013 at 5:15 | answer | added | jmac | timeline score: 16 | |
| Feb 26, 2013 at 3:32 | comment | added | DA. | Not sure about China, but at least in the US, I don't think there is any law saying you can't use a nick name on your resume. | |
| Feb 26, 2013 at 3:13 | comment | added | Nobody | @WizZy If you face do not look Chinese, you can try attach your photo to your resume. This would improve your chance. Otherwise, please see my answer below | |
| S Feb 25, 2013 at 17:43 | history | suggested | TurkeyFried | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 25, 2013 at 10:14 | answer | added | Nobody | timeline score: 26 | |
| Feb 25, 2013 at 9:38 | answer | added | Erik | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 25, 2013 at 9:08 | comment | added | Muz | For this reason, during the pre WW2 British Empire era, it was quite common for some people to adopt an English sounding nickname. Would Freddie Mercury have gone as far in the UK with a name like Farrokh Bulsara? You don't actually have to legally change your name.. just call yourself by a nickname and be a little dodgy about it in the CV for a while. | |
| Feb 25, 2013 at 4:26 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWorkplace/status/305896519880564736 | ||
| Feb 24, 2013 at 22:01 | comment | added | Alex Hirzel | In the US, persons applying for jobs that may require clearances (such as Defense or Aerospace jobs) tend to put "US Citizen, Clearable" prominently on their resume (assuming they are indeed US citizens and are able to obtain a security clearance). This is particularly important for "foreign-seeming" names. Perhaps in your case adding "US Citizen" and "Native English Speaker" very prominently would help you get past the first glance. It may also be helpful to make your name less prominent. | |
| Feb 24, 2013 at 20:56 | answer | added | Quibblesome | timeline score: -11 | |
| Feb 24, 2013 at 17:41 | comment | added | ChrisF | I know that many Chinese coming to the UK adopt an English name if only to make it easier for us natives to pronounce. Couldn't you adopt an English name and use that on the applications? | |
| Feb 24, 2013 at 15:59 | answer | added | Jeanne Boyarsky | timeline score: 64 | |
| Feb 24, 2013 at 14:03 | answer | added | Kate Gregory | timeline score: 10 | |
| Feb 24, 2013 at 13:17 | comment | added | Oded | Perhaps you could add to the cover letter, in Chinese, a large "Born in the USA"? | |
| Feb 24, 2013 at 12:51 | comment | added | Deer Hunter | If your last name is Lee, consider making it your first name, otherwise you have to undergo a name change procedure, am afraid. | |
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| Feb 24, 2013 at 12:10 | history | asked | WizZy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |