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Nicky Bailey
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I plan on working with staffing agencies since my restaurant position was eliminated over a language barrier related misunderstanding. Any advice on how to address then when I meet with recruiters at local staffing agencies in the central coast?

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about 9 years ago
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Mr. Bailey, look you live in a state where understanding multi languages will be an issue most of the time. Cheer up do you think that you're the only one with that issue? Real quick here.... My very very first rescue job in Florida stated in the announcement that you HAD! to speak Spanish to apply... Well I do speak Spanish. But my boss was from Venezuela..... American schools teach the dialect of someone from Spain or what they say is PROPER Spanish. He went to HR while I was on a 911 call and told them that I lied on my application about being able to speak Spanish. I didn't say anything. I reported to work the next day with my NSU and FL. International University transcript with the 3 A's and 2 B's in both Spanish and French. They fired him and I promise you that I made him look stupid as I walked back to my road unit and proceeded to my next call from dispatch. Don't lie... Just be you.... I'm well trained and I see that you to have an education. Now sell yourself. Be you. Nobody can do or be you better than YOU!!

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Maricruz Smith
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Substitute Teacher at Kingsville Independent School District

Honesty is the best policy and we all have to state the truth. Recruiters are intelligent enough to acknowledge it is not a perfect world and we are entitled to our own opinions. "Freedom of Speech".

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Delisa Hall
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Behavioral Therapist at Delta T Group

U should just say my position was eliminated and I doubt if they will ask why. But if they ask why u can say it was either difficult for u to understand customers or the opposite which created a language barrier! Ensure u state the ethnicities of customers u served if it can be used to prove y the position was eliminated.

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