Whats in a name?

ILW

Not Paris Brown are you?

theoretica

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

Fred Joseph Bloggs. Called himself Joe but filled in his name on forms etc as:

F. J . Bloggs

Or use F. Joseph Bloggs instead of Frederick J. Bloggs.

gibson123

Yes go for initials, there is actually a game for finding your babies' chav name, it goes like this.

Celebrity in the news, plus drink you were drinking at conception and place conception occurred.

My DD would be - Jagger Chianti Guildford then my surname - I would be going for initials

AP007

You have a chavvy name? Are you serious? Tell us the first name then?

Rylynn

ValHaller wrote: »

If it is your name (let's say you are Tayla** BenefitGrabber) which is the problem, do a cv using a preferred first name in the main heading eg 'Theresa Jobseeker' and where you give your DOB, put 'born Tayla BenefitGrabber 1st April 1990'

If you do that and start getting interviews, you will be left with the problem of how to get back to your proper name, but

1. You will have proved the point
2. You will be further forward than if you had not tried

** didn't appear in http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-363230/Chav-names-feared-teachers.html but for me Tayla beats all the quoted examples hands down

I just read the story you linked to Val, to say I am horrified is an understatement. How can a name sum up a persons personality!

To the OP use your middle name or as advised initials on all CVs and covering letters and see what happens.

You could change your name to your middle name ie reverse them I think it is called deed poll name change and is not that costly to do, but a pain in the butt as you then have bank accounts to alter and all your bills etc to that name.

If you think about this logically, a lady I worked with was named Elizabeth, but she said from day one I do not wish to be called that please call me Liz. Another lady had a hyphened name ie Ella-Jane and insisted on being called the full name, whereas someone else could have said please just call me Jane.

I read that list with interest. My elder son's name is David that is not there, my daughters name is Colette (odd that is not there, although I consider it to be classy not chavvy! but she was the only one with that name in her whole school life now aged 31) but my youngest sons name is there and has after it (live in fear) that has really peed me off.

So this thread has really interested me now. Not only can your age go against you getting jobs but now your name, that totally sucks.

Good luck and come back and let us know how you get on.

RL

ValHaller

Rylynn wrote: »

I just read the story you linked to Val, to say I am horrified is an understatement. How can a name sum up a persons personality!

Well, of course it can't - although I think that there is a weak correlation with upbringing and background.

I think however, regardless of whether the name is good or poor as an indicator it is likely to be a problem in job seeking. If there are too many applicants for a position, it is all to easy to find reasons to reject someone to cut the field down to manageable numbers. A chavvy name could be one of those reasons quite frequently

Nednats

I have 2 CVs. One each for the different Industries I work/ed in.
For one industry I use my middle name but for the another I don't.

kazzah60

I too believe that it has an influence
my first name is Karen ( yes, i was born in the 1960's!) and I HATE it with a vengeance - there were 4 of us in each class through primary and secondary school - I would change it to my middle name - but I hate that even more - Wendy ( perils of having a sister 11 years older who was allowed to choose my middle name)

My hubby is Gary - we sound SO chavvy in my opinion - his brothers and sister all have more traditional names and so do mine
My sister is Olivia - which was very unfashionable when she was born in 1953 ( called after dead relative) and so has always been known by her middle name of Anne ( another realtive)

I would love to have changed my name by deedpoll - but it's too late now
it has influenced my choice of names for my children who both have THREE forenames to choose from - and very non-trendy more traditional ones at that!

Rylynn

ValHaller wrote: »

Well, of course it can't - although I think that there is a weak correlation with upbringing and background.

I think however, regardless of whether the name is good or poor as an indicator it is likely to be a problem in job seeking. If there are too many applicants for a position, it is all to easy to find reasons to reject someone to cut the field down to manageable numbers. A chavvy name could be one of those reasons quite frequently

Goodness I guess if they have five Susan's in the office they will reject any applications from any Susan's as they do not want 6! I do get your point though.

I guess it is also about trends though, people look for the trendy names or the name of someone they like, hero worship, admire, gone are the days of being named after your dad!! well mostly anyway.

It is odd when naming my daughter (all those moons ago) it took days, I wanted something unique, I wanted something nice, and a friend in Canada sent me a bouquet her name was Colette and as soon as I saw the name I thought that is it, she looks like a Colette. My son Dave was to be called Kevin, when I saw him for the first time I said he does not look like a Kevin! Ryan was to have been Jordan, but the headlines whilst pregnant read "Jordie and Jackson" I think you will remember the case, and I thought no way is anyone gonna call my son Jordie!

I think parents need to consider the child they name has to live with that name for a very long time, and some you read in the press that these "cough" famous people call their kids is just down right stupid!:rotfl:

Lets hope this person is able to get past the starting block and get an interview a year is a very long time.

One comment to OP though is have you really checked over your CV and had someone else check it over for you?

Goldiegirl

Apparantly my name helped me get my current job

They liked me at the interview, but my first name is the same as someone already in the team, and my last name sounds almost like this persons last name. So they thought it'd be fun to have two people with almost the same names working together.

We currently sit next to each other, and it's a bit of a pain, as when our name is called we are both always turning round.