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It won’t help. Most of the companies they serve want the Indian IT people. They won’t state it openly, but when it comes to hiring, they find their ways. It pretty easy just by sorting by name. It’s not hard to discern an Indian name from an Anglo name unless your Nicki Haley. So, when you look at resumes you just quickly eliminate anyone who doesn’t sound Indian. Then you pick from whose left.

I’ve seen it second hand with a friend. She was hired because of a government tax abatement deal with her company. Then they sh*t on her for five years hoping she’d leave like most of the other white, female hires did. She needed the job, so she took the abuse and hung in there. But what was really grating was that once an Indian got into a management position at the company they not only hired and promoted Indians, but Indians from their part of India. They are a very clannish, parochial group.
They are also lazy. She told me story after story of people not showing up, not doing their job, demanding time off. One woman hired in, was promoted over her in a month, then was given 2 months with pay to go back to India and get married. Guess who did her work while she was gone.

They finally got rid of my friend. When her project was over at the end of 5 years. They only offered her new jobs that required a lot of travel or relocation. As a single mom with two special needs kids and aging parents she could do neither. She tried for almost a year to get another job in IT, but never even got call backs when she submitted resumes. She’s totally out of IT now. Her college degree in software development is pretty useless.

Your friend’s experience is typical, not exceptional. See my post #35. My daughter works for an international company with a lot of male Indian colleagues. She has to remind them constantly that she is an equal, not a subordinate. Fortunately, she has an uncommon skillset that they badly need, so she comes out ahead if HR has to get involved.