This is a thing in Australia as well, and it's quite baffling. As far as I can tell, it's not even racism or genuine comms concerns etc, it's just that any work experience outside Australia gets discounted as "not real work".
>>work experience outside Australia gets discounted as "not real work".
I mean, that might not be the strict definition of racism, but it essentially is.
Unless you're suggesting that such places think that the foreign culture "contaminated" their own countrymen in the few years they were abroad—and made them useless—a different explanation is needed for this effect.
With that said, I think hospitals want American candidates with degrees from American universities because the concern is that an American educated by a university in another country was perhaps unable to gain acceptance to an American school, in which case perhaps the foreign university isn’t actually as selective.
i don't see how it can be 'racist', because countries aren't races. it might be in some sense 'xenophobic', as it seems more a case of people being more comfortable with people similar to them.
Now describe to me what the average immigrant to Australia looks like.
I think that will help you understand.
I do know at least two people who have lied in their CV and got jobs based on those and was wondering how they could get away with it so far.