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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a little boy named Orion Skywalker.  I still shake my head every time I see him. [b] I recently had a friend in M&A consulting who was lamenting the names of candidates he was receiving resumes for - basically, the gist of the conversation was that there was no way he count hire someone named "Insert Atypical Odd Name" and have them work on the Carlyle Group account.[/b]  It certainly gave me food for thought and helped knock a few names off our potential names list. [/quote]

Somebody in another company, who has fewer prejudices, will hire that great candidate named [Atypical Odd Name] and beat the pants off your friend and his clients.

Excluding people from your group of job candidates because you think their name is weird is just stupid.[/quote]

Happens to racial and religious minorities all the time.[/quote]

+1. There are tons of studies about unconscious bias where the exact same resume with the more "typical" name is chosen over the one with the ethnic or unusual name. Never heard anyone say it out loud though![/quote]

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