smiler125

Has anyone found that their accent help them get a job?
A friend of mine said her scottish accent got her a job as a receptionist, but that was in the 70's

nathan barley

My accent gets me a lot of attention and so on, but unfortunately, no job as of yet!
Half the time when applying for jobs, it's nigh on impossible to even talk to a person, you're just a faceless resume and cover letter.

Pulaski

It'll make you more memorable, and that's not a bad thing, if you make it to an interview.

Despite being the only Brit in a department of two hundred I'm sure that my accent didn't get me the job.

Patrick

Not really, like Pulaski says it makes you stand out but unless your otherwise impressive its not the clincher. You have to get into the interview in the first place and that is the most difficult thing at the moment.

Don't be dazzled by the amount of job advertised as this does not reflect jobs available. They advertise jobs that they are filling from within and companies also advertise jobs that are not really there so that investers will thing that the company is still growing and be happy.

In most areas (especially IT and High Tech) there are over 250 applicants for each job because there are so many out of work techies (good time to get that computer science degree).

The good news is that this can't last forever and when the playing field is even again your accent may be the edge you need.

Patrick

Patrick

FYI Answers not to give in the interview

The achievement I am most proud of is where I worked last - I took a whiz in the coffee jug every day for 3 years and no-one noticed

And I thought that there couldn't be a HR department more incompetent than the last place I worked.

I really don't think I could work for a company that hires ugly women

No you can't get a reference from my last boss, the police haven't found his body yet

Can you only download porn on your lunch break or any time during the day

I only drink to be social, and of course for breakfast

In management there is no such thing as a bad decision, you just need to have someone to blame

I believe the best way to reach targets is through physical violence

I found it harder to command respect when I was a woman

What do I have that the other candidates for the post don't? Well a policeman’s head in the freezer is my guess

I was Martha Stewarts broker

Give me the job and I'll have sex with you

Your mother sucks cocks in hell

Can we take the tour later, I have an erection at the moment

scotch03

You posted that one before!

Accents perhaps don't make a difference with the employers but the Cali girls.......hehe

ukbritguyusa

Ahhhh the Cali girls, the Cali girls....

I was in Florida for a week in August, met a Californian girl there who was on holiday, we fell for each other and I flew back to California with her for a week. It was bliss I can tell you..... I think Im in love!

My accent definitely helped!!!

Patrick

Well at least the accent helps you to get laid, even if it doesn't help you get a job!

NC Penguin

I hope she's not a Valley Girl!


NC Penguin

JerseyBoy

You should hope she is - blonde and stupid - doesn't get any better than that

On the accent front, I trade on it as a soccer coach - and afterwards in the bars.

Stumpyguy

Actually, I found out about a month into my first job here that my accent helped to clinch it for me. Of course, I'm sure the fact that my boss (at that time) happened to be from Tunbridge Wells had nothing whatsoever to do with it.

No nepotism there at all...