I live in the United States and I have noticed an interesting phenomenon. Picture this: two people will be applying for one job. While their expertise and experience may be pretty much equivalent, one of them may speak English with an accent because he or she comes from another country, while the other speaks with no accent, being from the United States. Usually (with the other skills being equal) the job will go to the person without the accent. Think about it. The accented person applying f...