What is in a name - Discrimination

[Anonymous]

As a social experiment, I posted my resume twice on the same job sites: once with my Asian name and once with a made up Anglophone name. It has been two days and the anglophone me has received two calls from recruiters on senior management positions. I was never contacted about those positions before with my real name . I guess the quickest way to get what I want is change my name

[Anonymous]

My friend from Europe changed her name and immediately got job offers. Most people tend to hire others most like them. Asians do it. AAs do it. Jews do it. Most people do it. Just look at your own people who do it. As wrong as it is, most humans do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a social experiment, I posted my resume twice on the same job sites: once with my Asian name and once with a made up Anglophone name. It has been two days and the anglophone me has received two calls from recruiters on senior management positions. I was never contacted about those positions before with my real name . I guess the quickest way to get what I want is change my name

I have a friend with a Slavic name who changed it and basically immediately got the job she wanted. I was amazed, and sad. I was also a little scared, as someone raising kids with distinctively Russian first and last names.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend from Europe changed her name and immediately got job offers. Most people tend to hire others most like them. Asians do it. AAs do it. Jews do it. Most people do it. Just look at your own people who do it. As wrong as it is, most humans do it.

Sure, but...

I was told at previous companies to work on my leadership skills, client management skills, .... What a bunch of bullshit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend from Europe changed her name and immediately got job offers. Most people tend to hire others most like them. Asians do it. AAs do it. Jews do it. Most people do it. Just look at your own people who do it. As wrong as it is, most humans do it.

Barack HUSSEIN Obama?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend from Europe changed her name and immediately got job offers. Most people tend to hire others most like them. Asians do it. AAs do it. Jews do it. Most people do it. Just look at your own people who do it. As wrong as it is, most humans do it.

Sure, but...

I was told at previous companies to work on my leadership skills, client management skills, .... What a bunch of bullshit.

OP, if you don't mind, could you tell me your field/sector? Just curious - I'm Asian too and I always figured having the 'right' firms, titles, and schools on my resume would be enough (and granted I see tons of C-suite types with fully Asian names) but I have heard of this as well.

So I'm curious if this is a sector by sector thing

[Anonymous]

So tempted to try this right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So tempted to try this right now.

Me too, actually!

[Anonymous]

If this is true, then African-Americans must get positive responses when they send their resumes out because there is no way of telling them apart in most cases based on just the name.

Not doubting what you say OP .........

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this is true, then African-Americans must get positive responses when they send their resumes out because there is no way of telling them apart in most cases based on just the name.

Not doubting what you say OP .........

Are you joking?

Black and white Americans have had distinctive naming patterns for a long time.

[Anonymous]

Distinctive = distinct

[Anonymous]

It depends. I'm black and have a name like Ashley Clark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this is true, then African-Americans must get positive responses when they send their resumes out because there is no way of telling them apart in most cases based on just the name.

Not doubting what you say OP .........

Are you joking?

Black and white Americans have had distinctive naming patterns for a long time.

It's not universal. I'm AA and no one in my family has a name that is distinctively AA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this is true, then African-Americans must get positive responses when they send their resumes out because there is no way of telling them apart in most cases based on just the name.

Not doubting what you say OP .........

Are you joking?

Black and white Americans have had distinctive naming patterns for a long time.

It's not universal. I'm AA and no one in my family has a name that is distinctively AA.

Agreed. Some people have very distinct AA names, and some people don't. And I actually hired a person a few years ago who I was SURE was AA after reading her name on the resume, but she turned out to be white!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this is true, then African-Americans must get positive responses when they send their resumes out because there is no way of telling them apart in most cases based on just the name.

Not doubting what you say OP .........

Are you joking?

Black and white Americans have had distinctive naming patterns for a long time.

It's not universal. I'm AA and no one in my family has a name that is distinctively AA.

Of course not -- just like not all Asian people have distinctively Asian names, not all Latinos have distinctively Latino names... This thread is about people who do have non-Anglo-or-Caucasian names.