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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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  :lol:  :lol:  :lol: [/quote]

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.  [/quote]

I actually use my Russian name on my resume (think Sasha, not Alexandra) along with my neutral-sounding last name so that employers don't think I am selling them a bill of goods when I show up with my Russian accent.  If they don't want to hire me because of who I am, I don't want to work for them.  Never had a problem, but then the resume is rock-solid (work in BigLaw).[/quote]

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