I’ve been applying to jobs for months (Im in Canada, it’s mostly customer service jobs that I have the qualifications for) and I’ve applied to about 35 since the start of two weeks ago and have not got a single email or call. My resume is fine and I have over 5 years of experience in the industry but I still haven’t gotten anything back.
So I looked at my application and I’m about 90% sure it’s due to my last name. It’s my moms last name hyphenated with my dads last name, and my dad and mom are from completely different cultures so I have a First Nations last name that even other First Nations kids laughed at because it isn‘t a very practical last name at all and I also have an extremely long hard to pronounce European last name. (I won’t tell you the exact last name for my identity to be private, but it literally has the word “Fat Boy” in it).
Pretty much everyone I meet laughs at it or thinks I’m joking so I’m genuinely pondering if the employers think that I’m pranking them. My name is fucked up and I really don’t know what to do because I canNOT see anyone hiring someone with my last name and I don’t know what to do. I’m not sure if it would be legal to lie about my surname.