How much does a non-Anglo name affect your job prospects?

THE FEED: A recent study has found unconscious bias against non-Anglo job applicants is worryingly high.

Cheng was born in Victoria, went to high school there, then went to uni there – but when he’s searching for a job people still ask him, ‘Do you have permanent residency?’

“I’ve noticed if I used the name ‘Cheng’, people automatically assume I’m a foreigner,” says Cheng.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS's The Feed program here.


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By Elly Duncan
Presented by Tanu Attajarusit
Source: The Feed, Sydney University

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