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> Job seekers with Asian names face discrimination
> Canadians with English names are called back more often for
> job interviews, UBC study finds
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> May 21, 2009
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> Oreopoulos sent out 6,699 fake resumes to Toronto-area
> employers in 2008, changing up the applicant's name,
> educational background and country of work experience.
>
> Even when applicants had identical Canadian work experiences
> and educational backgrounds, every 100 resumes with English
> names resulted in roughly 16 calls from employers. For every
> 100 resumes with Asian names, only 11 generated calls from
> employers. That means a resume with an English name was
> 40-per-cent more likely to generate a call back.
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> The study also found that immigrants who had some Canadian
> work experience were more likely to get calls back than those
> without any Canadian work experience.
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