Ethnic women changing their names in bid to find job

Close to a quarter of professional British women with an “ethnic” sounding name have changed their moniker on job applications in a bid to cement employment, a new study has shown.

The study from ‘name-blind’ headhunting platform Nottx.com found that the incidence of name-changing among professional men was lower than women at one-tenth, with nearly four-fifths of women reporting they felt both their gender and ethnicity were barriers to employment.