That might be a cultural issue.
It's a cell phone and electronic "animals" thing.
Spend your formative years staring down a screen, interacting with some pet electronics, and human eye contact is a foreign concept.
Ever spent any time out of the US? There can be a difference, even among other Western cultures.
Not everyone everywhere is big on eye contact.
If employers don’t want to have to worry about it, stick to hiring Americans.