"A Nobel prizewinner is six times more likely than someone less well known to get a thumbs-up for acceptance, finds study."
Lifehack discovered: legally change your name to that of a Nobel prizewinner if pursuing academia.
Lifehack discovered: legally change your name to that of a Nobel prizewinner if pursuing academia.
Jobseekers with Anglo-Saxon, easy to pronounce and common names are the most likely to get to the interview stage compared to candidates with unfamiliar names, according to research by the Australian National University published in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/unusual-nam...
"No no no, within which historical context does it even make sense to ask this question? No? You see?"
“Jobseekers with Anglo-Saxon” means “candidates who speak Anglo-Saxon.”
And I’m like “I thought that was just a medieval studies thing, but I guess the older languages really do help …”