Social Hacking [was: "Strong Scripting Skills" - a definition?]

Thu Feb 5 09:57:39 PST 2004

Piotr--

My guess (and that's all it is) was that since her
degree was obtained in Canada, folks were assuming
she was Canadian and required visa sponsorship.
Though sponsorship of Canadians is easier and cheaper
than H1B, some companies won't take the time/effort.

My husband is Canadian and before we applied for
permanent residency and received his work permit, he
had to deal with this issue.

=Nadine=

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Piotr T Zbiegiel wrote:

>On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 12:47, Jeff Younker wrote:
>
>> Finally she changed the subject line of the resumes she
>> was emailing out.  She changed the subject from 'Java
>> coder...yada yada yada' to 'American Citizen. Canadian
>> trained engineer. Suma cum laude.'
>
>Without going into too much detail, does your friend have a name which
>might make a recruiter/hr person think she is not a US Citizen?  My name
>is a bit of a doozie itself, but I'm not sure if it has ever impacted my
>job search negatively.  However, I have been told by co-workers in the
>past (all in good fun, mind you) that they expected a Russian immigrant
>with a heavy accent to show up for the interview.  For the record, I was
>born and grew up in the US and the only accent I've been accused of
>having is a slight Chicago accent. DAH BEARSSS;)
>
>Later,
>Peter
>