jessica wrote:
] ] Resumes with white-sounding first names elicited 50
] ] percent more responses than ones with black-sounding
] ] names, according to a study by professors at the
] ] University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the
] ] Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
]
] I have a "white" first name and a "black" last name. I wonder
] which was more important to my prospective employers? I'd like
] to point out that I had a MUCH easier time looking for work in
] snowy-white southeastern Connecticut than I did in Central
] Jersey. I wonder if my name had anything to do with it?

What if you're stosh?

RE: Study: It helps to have a 'white' name