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I had a Vietnamese friend back during my graduate school days who legally changed his first and last name as "Anglo name". He said it would at least get him some job interviews....this was back during the mid to late 90s. Not sure of his logic here...lol
I had a Vietnamese friend back during my graduate school days who legally changed his first and last name as "Anglo name". He said it would at least get him some job interviews....this was back during the mid to late 90s. Not sure of his logic here...lol
I read it somewhere that in America, some companies would strike out resumes that come with non-white names, like last names that are clearly Arabic are instantly filtered, maybe it's the same for other Asians.
No idea about the credibility of the story though. Maybe it's total bull****.
I read it somewhere that in America, some companies would strike out resumes that come with non-white names, like last names that are clearly Arabic are instantly filtered, maybe it's the same for other Asians.
No idea about the credibility of the story though. Maybe it's total bull****.
I'm sure some Human Resources recruiter will have some bias while others won't. He might have felt that it would give him an advantage back then. What made it funny for me was that his full name was like commonly named during the 50-60s in America
For myself, i have an Anglo first name, but legally i still have my Asian name. The only reason is that my Asian name is really difficult to pronounce correctly or come close to it.
I had a Vietnamese friend back during my graduate school days who legally changed his first and last name as "Anglo name". He said it would at least get him some job interviews....this was back during the mid to late 90s. Not sure of his logic here...lol
It is one of comedian Adam Carolla's bits. The theory is the human resources guy will see the name and anticipating a problem will favor and easier to pronounce name at the first step before you can show potential
Frankly, Japanese names might also be an exception due to the popularity of anime in the West.
Yes because that's all what Japan is known for, Anime
I think your underestimating the power of Japanese companies/brands like Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Lexus, Mazda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Subaru, Isuzu, Kawasaki, Sony, Nintendo, Sega, Canon, Panasonic, Nikon, Casio, Hitachi, Bridgestone, Toshiba, Konami, Namco, Yakult, Asics etc. etc.
Frankly, Japanese names might also be an exception due to the popularity of anime in the West.
I have no idea, maybe, Japan gets special treatment all the time.
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