Re: Article: "EXCLUSIVE: Help Wanted -- 'Arrogant Americans' Need NotApply" AND THIS IS FOR A TECHWRITER

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Gene, you should know by now that common sense and labor laws share no
common boundaries. ;)

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> I didn't have the same impression of "discrimination by national origin" that
> the commenters in the article expressed.  The client's stated requirement for a
> candidate who would be respectful of the culture of the intended audience was a
> fairly clear decription of what would be required for a candidate to not be
> perceived by their prospective customers as an "arrogant American."  Since the
> client is an American company, it is unlikely that they are attempting to
> exclude American candidates, and more likely an indication that they have had
> bad experiences in the past with employees who represented the company badly
> when dealing with people outside their own country.
>
> I wouldn't hire a candidate who I believed my customers would perceive as
> arrogant, regardless of his or her nationality.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng

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