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If you mean go to court and legally change you name? I wouldn't worry out it. Lots of people use nicknames, which is basically what you are doing. As long as your aren't doing it to hide a crime or fake a credential, you can call yourself whatever you want.
What about background checks? I'm thinking getting the job is the hardest part. You'd need your name to come up in a database and for I9 a SS card.
Don't know why it would take a few hundred though.
What about background checks? I'm thinking getting the job is the hardest part. You'd need your name to come up in a database and for I9 a SS card.
Don't know why it would take a few hundred though.
I know of people, when they send their initial resume, will put the name they usually go by. So for example, one of my friends always put "Danny" rather than his Chinese name because he had NEVER used his Chinese name.
However, when filling out an actual application that might result in a background check, he would then include both names.
It also depends on the job. In something where clients would interact with you, it might be more important. If it's hard to pronounce and/or spell, it might be the difference between a customer choosing one company over another. I HATE it when call center employees pretend they're living in the US--That's going too far IMO.
However, when filling out an actual application that might result in a background check, he would then include both names.
Exactly. They always have spaces for that kind of information if they are going to do a detailed check. It isn't something that confuses employers any more than if Mary Smith gets married and decides to call herself Mary Jones.
where I work, it's very multicultural and having a different ethnicity would be attractive because my employer would assume (maybe wrongly) that the person speaks a second language, has business ties to anohter country, etc. - all of which are very valuable in this global economy. I guess it depends on where you are applying, but having two ethnic sounding names would not be a "minus" in any way, shape or form. Does your CV have other indications of US based education or employmnet? That might be good
I had a math teacher in high school whose first name was Chandrakant, middle initial B, and he went by C.B. I also have a Taiwanese co-worker who goes by Richard but whose actual first name is something in Mandarin.
So, you could either go by a pair of initials (not uncommon in the English-speaking world) or choose a name like "Jack".
Most people who will be looking over resume's in the technical fields will have had experience with Asians who adopt American first names.
Just another excuse someone came up with to feel better about being unemployed
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