Tony, but it depends on the field I'd imagine. If I was hiring someone to go out and pick up big corporate clientel (maybe advertising, who knows), I may have to consider how those people would deal with an employee with a non-traditional name. If I perceived it may be a problem, I would probably be forced to think twice about hiring them. That being said, I think such a situation would only come between two equally matched employees. I would never hire an unqualified person over a qualified one for something so trivial as a name.
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