Job applicants with foreign names have lesser chance for interviews: UBC study

They are saying people looking for job that have a non English sounding name are less likely to find or get an interview for a job. “Job applicants with English-sounding names have a greater chance of getting interviews than those with Chinese, Pakistani or Indian names, a new study by University of British Columbia researchers suggests.” You have a 40% more chance of getting a job if you have a English name such a Bob, John, or Jill. Other wise you have way less of a chance which I think is completely unfair. If you work hard and your good at what you do you should be able to get a job no matter what you look like or what your name sounds like. People are way too obsessed with race. I mean what were all the same what does it matter if our names sound different of if we have different skin color.
I think that most businesses are discriminatory, whether it is to White, Black, Chinese, etc… Some place’s will not higher you because there so stuck on finding people that are non white so they can make there business look good and cultural. For example my friend who is white when to get a job at Orange Julius but all the people who worked there could hardly speak any English. Other places will only higher you if your white because they think that they are they only qualified people. Like I said before I think that everyone should get a fair chance and if you’re qualified you should get the job no matter what you look like or what your name is.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/05/20/bc-ubc-job-study.html