Helping her find work

[Nancy2015 2]

Got interviewed for a financial representative job with an associate company of Merrill Lynch. They told me, I have the best of everything they want but ... I have a foreign accent and they are anxious their clients may not like to deal with someone who speaks differently. So sorry we can't hire you. YES!! Believe it or not.

That's pure discrimination, whereas a requirement for a verifiable US address is sheer stupidity.

Seriously, you can sue them for refusing to hire you because of the accent. As long as they can understand you, they can't hold it against you. Gee, this is weird. In Northern California it's hard to find a person without some kinda of accent, and they get jobs just fine.

Did you try looking for work through a temp agency? They are great if you need work ASAP - they place you in a job the next day. Most jobs are short-term, but it's worth it if you can't afford to stop making money.

And yes, move to California

[Charuhans 0]

Yes, I know I have grounds to sue them but ... they told me that orally, I have no proof. But then they told the same thing to the employment facilitator at the Oregon State Employment Agency (a government department) who had done the inital screening and forwarded my application to the company. But again, will he want to testify (if it comes to that) on my behalf? Well, I am here so I could be with my wife and make a better life for ourselves and am not upto getting tangled in litigation etc. Good luck to them!! I want to move on with life.

Yes, I am in constant touch with Temp agencies but they echo the same sentiments as the employers and even when I insist that they can put me on to any kind of job they somehow resist sending me for menial jobs. Well, but I am sure of one thing, there have to me some more companies like H&R Block out there, for whom, nothing except my skills, attitude and intelect matter and they are willing to give me a break.

Well, moving to California ... don't know yet.