u/mikysupergirl

I’m a marketing professional with +15 years experience in advertising that is facing a hard truth for the first time. I’m not an English native speaker but I’m fluent and I have an accent. I was born and raised in Italy and moved to the US in my late twenties and after 19 years speaking and dreaming in English, my foreigner accent sticks with me. I also speak 4 other languages other than English, two of those are fluently spoken at home so maybe the accent is harder to loosen because the other language recall is always on.

Here is my dilemma. I’ve been interviewing with companies for sr director positions and I feel like other than ageism there’s a “fear” of my accent. Yes, I think my accent is what spooks people away. Whoever approaches me on LinkedIn clearly sees my picture and can easily guess what my age is also thanks to the working timeline.

This never happened to me in all those years I’ve lived in this country but perhaps things are changing with the terrible job market we are in?

Anyone else is experiencing this in our field?

Last night my puppy has been making noises during her sleep, I thought she was snoring until this morning she woke up and had an episode like the one in the video. Is this reverse sneezing or something else? Maybe allergies? She’s acting fine- playful, eating well etc - when she lays down she keeps making snoring kind of noise but no more episodes like the one in the video.