Agent Steel wrote:Does your position require customer service? Does it require good communication skills? The fact is, native Anglo Americans are better apt for these positions than foreigners. So yeah, maybe they're writing you off unfairly, but it's understandable.
Most jobs require some aspect of customer service.
What? My communication skills are very good, thank you very much. Before I went into Accounting, I was a philosophy major and a damn good writer. While others complain about writing essays, I can rattle out one of those babies within hours and in an articulate manner. I write better than most of America's youth. I genuinely love to write and it shows. I grew up reading all sorts of books - fiction, classic literature, mythology, historical nonfiction etc. I got A's in English and foreign language classes. I had the highest average in Spanish class, Latin class, English class in high school.
They are writing me off unfairly because they do not even want to give me a chance to show them what I can do. It is their loss. When I want to do well, I do. I get to work early, I make notes of what I need to do (and I cross items off as I go down that list), I establish routines, I learn fast, I don't do sloppy work on the job AND I take responsibility for my errors. I don't blame my mistakes on the weather or not getting enough sleep. Managers hate whiny bitches so I don't whine at
work.
Plus, I was born in the USA. My parents immigrated here before I was even born. I keep their last name but I don't sound like a foreigner when I speak or when I write.