Being Bilingual in Spanish a discrimination against job seekers
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Jun 19th, 2016Someone from Chelan, WA signed.
Jun 18th, 2016Someone from Ingleside, IL writes:
Why do I need to learn a foreign language to work in MY OWN DAMN COUNTRY?Jun 18th, 2016Someone from Clovis, NM writes:
I applied for a job. Went in for interview and being able to speak Spanish was never brought up. He called me this am and left a voicemail saying I interviewed very well, but he decided on another candidate because he was bilingual. I saved the voicemailREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 18th, 2016Someone from Clovis, NM writes:
It should be a crime to discriminate against an American, born, raised and living in the USA when seeking a job. Stop this discrimination !!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 18th, 2016Someone from Dallas, TX signed.
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Jun 16th, 2016Someone from Houston, TX writes:
Looks like I should have been born Hispanic or Latino instead of getting an IT degree and being a black womanREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 16th, 2016Someone from Beacon, NY signed.
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Jun 15th, 2016Someone from San Francisco, CA signed.
Jun 15th, 2016Someone from Wheat Ridge, CO writes:
Try living in Denver... it's getting worse everyday! I go to my new job and am excited to learn some Spanish with some of the bilinguals there from now on and try to practice a few things here and there...,(not required)but then I get one of my new employee men telling me I "need" to probably take some classes! Not only does he live in Colorado and "his" English is crap... but u put me in Spain 4 just a month and yo habla espaniol like royalty & around in mucho circles of these types of termitas arogant!! Un f"#*×=& beleivable!! Yah, I'll learn how I want, IF I want, and of course When I want!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 14th, 2016Someone from Brooklyn, NY signed.
Jun 14th, 2016Someone from Eagle, CO writes:
As a Born American, i have to pick from the lesser of jobs because i dont speak spanish... extreme discrimination!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 14th, 2016Someone from Far Rockaway, NY writes:
People, especially young people already have a hard time finding work. We are underpaid and under employed. This is a ridiculous requirement that keeps preventing millions from getting jobs. If this was going to be a requirement, you should have made it a requirement for all schools to teach Spanish starting in Pre-K or Kindergarten so we would be bilingual. This country is built off discrimination I'm sick of it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 13th, 2016Someone from Tucson, AZ signed.
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Jun 9th, 2016Someone from Hollywood, FL writes:
I live in south Florida and any job that actually pays a good wage almost always ends with spanish bilingual preferred and some of the companies already have one or more persons who speak spanish already so why do you need a office of all bilingual speakers so what do we who grew up speaking English supposed to do ok take spanish class and how you pay for it with no job its ridiculous and I feel its a new form of discrimination to say I cant work with a company became im not spanishREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 9th, 2016Someone from El Paso, TX writes:
I gotta say that the requirement to speak Spanish in order to be considered for a job position in the United States is complete bs I do understand that not being able to speak to Spanish speakers can be a big inconvenience and it could cause a decrease and big loss in business but for Christ sake we live in the united states where English is supposed to be primary I'm sure Mexico wouldn't do the same for US citizens and this is coming from a Hispanic but I have full American pride and I gotta say that it makes me sick to my stomach how Mexicans have invaded this country especially down in El Paso Texas the borderland city so of course it's over runned by our lovely neighbors on the other side of the border I work for Walmart and it just overwhelms me that the majority of the people I deal with for eight hours a day speak nothing but pure rich Spanish and I can't stand it because I can't carry on with them when they chat with me yes I know a fair amount of Spanish but it's not enough to have confidence when speaking to others I try hard but my mentality just doesn't allow me and I really don't feel like it necessary because we live in the United states so it shouldn't be necessary if anything those Mexicans that come over here should be required to know there English there making it hard for us Americans to cope and adapt to there comfort there the reason why its so complicated to get a job I lost my chance of a good opportunity just because I wasn't fully 100 bilingual not even with the little I knew was enough to get accepted but yet I see these fully Spanish and very little English speaking people taking over our opportunities it doesn't make no sense if it continues to go this way they might as well replace the American flag with the Mexico one because now it's all about them when I know for a fact that they could give two shits about us over there it's sad to say that I have hatred against my own race but let's just get It straight that I'm a Hispanic not Mexican and I'm proud to be fluent in English I believe that should be the real key in America I'm tired of seeing all these people take our opportunities.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 8th, 2016Someone from Port Hueneme, CA signed.
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Jun 8th, 2016Someone from Westchester, IL writes:
What's sad is that we are essentially catering to illegals. The need for Spanish speaking individuals is so that the companies can cater to their Hispanic population. Unfortunately, if you're an American citizen you will have a hard tone finding work if you don't speak Spanish.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 8th, 2016Someone from Debary, FL signed.
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Jun 7th, 2016Someone from Dallas, TX writes:
Shame that we Americans cant get a job because most of them require one to speak, read and communicate in English and Spanish.... Shame on AmericaREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 7th, 2016Someone from Woodbridge, CT writes:
I have a master's degree in mental health and it's hard for me to get a job because they want bilingual therapists. Right now I'm underemployed as a mental health aid.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 7th, 2016Someone from Austin, TX writes:
In 2014, I had to sell my townhouse in Miami, the city of my birth, and move, because I couldn't find a job that didn't require me to be able to speak, read and write Spanish. I had several interviews for positions that didn't advertise the bilingual requirement, but that requirement became obvious at the end of the interviews when the last question was always, "do you speak Spanish?" I never had a problem speaking with Spanish-speaking locals, because I know a decent amount of Spanish and they usually knew enough English, but in most cases I think the requirement was discriminatory.REPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 4th, 2016Someone from Merced, CA writes:
I have been turned down for positions that I am highly qualified for, because I am not bilingual Spanish speaking. It has become discrimination for job seekers, unfair, and a huge hinder to our children who go to college to get degrees, and turned down because they do not speak Spanish, while a less educated person who does speak Spanish gets the job! Golden Valley Health Center has turned me down a dozen times, and when I ask they never return my calls. I received confirmation at a Orientation at Work Net that Golden Valley Health Center will not hire if you are not Spanish Speaking, even if you are qualified. That is discrimination. So that means in other words you have to be Latin to work at their facility! This needs to stop. Now!REPORT COMMENTS
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