Migrant changes name to get job

I had the same experience in Australia, Sydney. Being a multicultural country is right as long as you want to spend money. But once you want to earn money, the story will change to a sad racism tragedy! even by local qualification and expert English, I haven’t had even an interview for over 60+ application. Yes, I think I have to change my name as i'm advised!

@Pedro. You are obviously cheating your identity, when you go to a foreign country you have a real opportunity to teach others, ie("dumb" kiwis) about simple things like how to pronounce your name. Some kiwis might seem uninterested, but thats just because there is a lack of confidence in you yourself. It's just really sad.

I'd change my name only if it was difficult for kiwis to pronounce. They read your CV, they know where you are from.

But when I go to Dominos I say that my name is Peter. Otherwise, I'd see "Bedro" on the screen...

If we are being advised to anglicize/change our names for the sake of getting a job, how is this being regulated? And what if people are using names that do not belong to them or worse they steal identities in order to fulfil their so called needs. All thanks to employers who can't be bothered with pronouncing a word.

The bottom line is that he alone made the decision to change his name. He was advised to do so but he wasn't forced. It's obvious that he would trade his own culture for the 'glory' of having a 'job'. Would he have jumped off the harbour bridge if he was advised to do so?

I am a migrant and have been living in New Zealand for more than 10 years now and I changed my name in 2001. I think this should fall under discrimination based on name. I will honestly make a recommendation to the human rights commission to address this issue. It's bad enough already to do things to people because of their skin colour and or their religious believes. Get over it Employers! You must see the person for who and what they are worth, not because of their names! Shame on you!

Fish face, I totally agree with you. My humble apologies.

I somhow not fully agree with most of the coments here, as i would agree with what sheryl wrote. I myself being a migrant here living here for around 6 years now. I did felt a bit unwelcome at certain situations but i realised later that it was mainly the language, i mean the accent i carried. but over the period of time due to regular interactions with locals here in NZ i ws able to comunicate with them without any confusions. I feel it also depends on the individual how he/she carries themselves etc. Kiwis are friendly people basically and a bit too soft in behaviour most of the times, so they might feel it a bit rude when somone from a different culture or comunity fails to follow and understand the system here. If they were not nice we wouldn't have been here.

This happened to me but with rental properties.I have an P.Is name and when I rang up to see about an apartment,at first the landlord was positive talking but when he asked for my name his attitude switched to negative(he actually queried to see if I was islander).Making up excuses that I'll have too many people over the house cos we have big families etc...So I hung up,recalled him the next day using an english name and was told to come around and have a look.I was going to bring over heaps of my mates just to spook him but I didnt end up going,not paying him anything.This isnt a one-off either.

Kiwi migrant, your use of brackets (all the way through your article) is quite distracting (in my humble opinion).