I had an interview a month ago, and the girl that she was interviewing me, she told me that in order for her to hire me I need to change my hair color (which is dark red – normal one not crazy red) and she old me that I have to work on my English because I don’t say some things properly. She said that I need to take English classes, and am sitting there and looking at her and thinking, lady I have three degrees (all in 4 years), just got my masters and I passed them all with my English, which is I think super, and will never be fluent because I’m not from US, but anyways I thought that was offensive, and I really want to do something about it.
Any comments ?
2006-06-26 07:57:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
I speak fluent English. Yeah I might not pronounce some words, but there are only few that I can’t pronounce. Other than that I think my English is good, and she spoke to me on the phone too, so why wasting my time. If she felt like that she didn’t have to call me, and making me drive an hour to her location.
2006-06-26 08:18:41 · update #1
Ok how about this
Month before that I applied for position and people never called me. I heard from couple people that some people will not call you if they cant pronounce your name. So I changed my name to Jennifer Smith on my resume and I applied to same position 2 weeks after , and guess what i got a call.
So u cannot tell me thats not wrong.
2006-06-26 08:35:58 · update #2
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMMENTS :)
2006-06-26 08:48:25 · update #3
They can't discriminate on race, but if you don't speak good english they don't have to hire you. As for the hair, I don't think you could say that if it is natural.
2006-06-26 08:02:42 · answer #1 · answered by Ross 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the position you were applying for. If you applied for a customer service position where you deal with the public face-to-face and your English is not good and your hair is dyed (even if you don't think it looks weird), then they are within their rights to reject you and there's nothing wrong with them telling you why you didn't get the job.
PS and don't take this the wrong way, but you spelled "accent" wrong, or perhaps have confused the meaning of the word "ascent;" either way, that suggests your English may not be as good as you think it is. Perhaps you need an independent party like a career counselor or a headhunter to evaluate your English for you, so you can brush up if in fact you need to.
2006-06-26 15:13:33 · answer #2 · answered by dcgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that is discrimination. I can understand them wanting to not use slang words and make sure you enunciate when talking to customers, but I don't think they are allowed to tell you your hair color is wrong. Maybe pinning in back, or shortening it if necessary, but not changing color. I'm graduated, but my younger brother has the same problem at school. The principal has enforced the rule that students can't have certain colored hair, including dark red.
2006-06-26 15:05:50 · answer #3 · answered by charmed45390 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like discrimination, pure and simple. REPORT THIS!!! TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!!
2006-06-26 15:02:06 · answer #4 · answered by Crys H. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋