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Mon Sep 8, 2014, 05:45 AM Sep 2014

Do Latinos in US have to Change their Names to Get a Job?

http://www.juancole.com/2014/09/latinos-change-names.html

Do Latinos in US have to Change their Names to Get a Job?
By contributors | Sep. 8, 2014
The Young Turks

“”Zamora’s story was the same as those of so many Americans nowadays who are struggling to find a job. Zamora stated that he probably sent out between 50 and 100 résumés a day and received little to no reply.

So he decided to take matters into his own hands: He changed his name.

In the BuzzFeed video below, Zamora explained his subtle name change that apparently yielded him more responses to his résumé. He went from “José” to “Joe.”*”

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