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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Actually the posters NAME would led me to wonder |
HYou've never heard of such "foreign sounding" names from Americans or Canadians?
What nationality are these people?
Wojciechowski
Czernewski
Mach
DeRusha
Keister
Pihlaja
Neimi
Mrkonich
Answer: American (none naturalized, either) |
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MELEE
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
Posts: 2583
Location: The Mexican Hinterland
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Not the last name, but you might have noticed that is first name is not Tomas, or Thomas, but Tomasz |
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TG12345
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
Posts: 41
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| Not the last name, but you might have noticed that is first name is not Tomas, or Thomas, but Tomasz |
Hi everyone,
I wanted to thank all of you for responding and sharing your input on this. It doesn't sound like this a big deal, and on my resume and cover letter I will definitely include that all of my education and work experience has been in this country.
I really appreciate your help and advice on this, and I am glad there are forums like this and people like you who are willing to share their experience with others.
Take care,
Tomasz Glowacki |
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Sgt Killjoy
Joined: 26 Jun 2004
Posts: 438
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| I hate saying this, but it's a fact. You come from a "white" country so even if you immigrated at 16 to Canada, your native speaker status would never be questioned by most schools. If on the other hand, you are an Asian, Latino, or African born and raised in Canada, you would find it more difficult securing a position. It's just the way things work.....my wife earns half the salary of others just because she isn't white. |
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