Excuse the throwaway, but I have to share my real name to explain what is going on here. 

So my name is Cheyanne. This just is my name, I didn't ever think much of it until I noticed that every other Cheyanne I met spelled it Cheyenne and was a native boy. I didn't mind that either because I was always a tomboy and thought it made me cool that I had a boy's name. I honestly had no idea racism was even a thing for a good chunk of my life so didn't think about the native bit at all.

But now I've been an adult for a while and racism has been clear for quite a number of years. Especially here, in Canada, towards the native population. For whatever reason, I still never connected that my name being Cheyanne might influence anything. 

I still just thought it was sweet I had a cool name and especially cool I was named after a native tribe that got wiped out. Like.. I'm not native of course but I get to serve as a reminder of people that have suffered. It really became a part of my identity in that way but that is another topic

Today I was applying for jobs, and thinking about my past job in HR. It led me to think about people who have asked about my HR job "do you ever see a name and just skip the resume because of the name?" I answered of course not and I'd hope everyone who hires people is the same but they probably are not. 

The point being, I made the connection between calling someone based on a name and realized that some people might very well think I am native when they see my resume, especially given the locations. So now I am wondering how many calls I got because of that, and how many calls I didn't get because of that. 

And that's all.
user
Thought my name was cool, now realize it is a factor in some people's hiring decisions, especially when I'm applying for jobs in Canada.
assistant
Excuse the throwaway, but I have to share my real name to explain what is going on here. 

So my name is Cheyanne. This just is my name, I didn't ever think much of it until I noticed that every other Cheyanne I met spelled it Cheyenne and was a native boy. I didn't mind that either because I was always a tomboy and thought it made me cool that I had a boy's name. I honestly had no idea racism was even a thing for a good chunk of my life so didn't think about the native bit at all.

But now I've been an adult for a while and racism has been clear for quite a number of years. Especially here, in Canada, towards the native population. For whatever reason, I still never connected that my name being Cheyanne might influence anything. 

I still just thought it was sweet I had a cool name and especially cool I was named after a native tribe that got wiped out. Like.. I'm not native of course but I get to serve as a reminder of people that have suffered. It really became a part of my identity in that way but that is another topic

Today I was applying for jobs, and thinking about my past job in HR. It led me to think about people who have asked about my HR job "do you ever see a name and just skip the resume because of the name?" I answered of course not and I'd hope everyone who hires people is the same but they probably are not. 

The point being, I made the connection between calling someone based on a name and realized that some people might very well think I am native when they see my resume, especially given the locations. So now I am wondering how many calls I got because of that, and how many calls I didn't get because of that. 

And that's all.
user
noticed people assume I am native when they see my resume, need to know how many calls I got because of that, and how many I didn't get
assistant