There is something rotten in Australia

**HoreTore** · 01-13-2010, 19:41

Originally Posted by Ser Clegane

Do you have some more information on this case you are referring to? Is it documented somewhere?
It would actually be interesting to know what kind of job the guy was applying for and if the the name was indeed the only thing that was changed in the resumee.

It's happened quite a few times, and yes, all it took was to change the name.

Can't remember the profession, sorry. And I read my newspapers in paper, my google-fu is rather weak...

**Ser Clegane** · 01-13-2010, 20:18

Originally Posted by HoreTore

Can't remember the profession, sorry. And I read my newspapers in paper, my google-fu is rather weak...

OK - I did a search and came across this study. I only briefly scanned the study and the results - but this would confirm the point you were making with regard to Arabic name.

Link opens pdf-file of study
Study: Measuring Priors against Arabic-Named Job Applicants: A Field Experiment

**Beskar** · 01-13-2010, 21:47

My statement about Arabic-named Job Applicants was also a reference to a forum member who owns their own business and they also reject based on the name. So it is closer to home than you think as well.

**Ser Clegane** · 01-13-2010, 22:01

Originally Posted by Beskar

So it is closer to home than you think as well.

???

**Fragony** · 01-14-2010, 04:10

He's talking about me, and yeah, guilty as charged. Not into that trade anymore btw. But if a name ends with ski you know you have someone who shows up every day and works his

of, is never sick, and causes no trouble, if it starts with el quite the opposite not worth the trouble.

**Megas Methuselah** · 01-14-2010, 07:29

There was a study done a while back which was posted in the local newspaper (again, a while back). IIRC, it confirmed that employers have a tendency to discriminate against people with east Asian (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc.) surnames whilst shifting through job applications. I can only imagine how other job applications involving "foreign" or, perhaps better stated, "undesired" surnames are similarly treated.

**HoreTore** · 01-14-2010, 09:19

Originally Posted by Fragony

He's talking about me, and yeah, guilty as charged. Not into that trade anymore btw. But if a name ends with ski you know you have someone who shows up every day and works his

of, is never sick, and causes no trouble, if it starts with el quite the opposite not worth the trouble.

Yeah, because I've never heard of a pole/russian who was late for work...

**Furunculus** · 01-14-2010, 09:47

things with the poles is; you know they will work hard, and you know they won't bring some enormous cultural chip on their shoulder into your workplace.

which is a comment in its own right, and not an automatic reflection on another specific group, but you questioned the wisdom of preferring polish workers, so now you have an answer.