Indian typist with 12 fingers looks for UK work
8 November 2013
A typist with an extra finger on each hand is now planning a move to the UK after failing to get a job in his native India, even though the condition is seen as lucky in the country, according to Metro.
Fri, 8 Nov 2013A typist with an extra finger on each hand is now planning a move to the UK after failing to get a job in his native India, even though the condition is seen as lucky in the country, according to Metro.
Vijay Singh, who has had 50 job applications rejected, tells the UK freesheet: “They want pretty women, not some guy who has 12 fingers.”
The polydactyly sufferer can type at more than 100 words a minute.
However, any sourcers at business support recruitment firms might have quite a task on their hands (so to speak) tracking him down – it’s a pretty common name, with almost 5,000 such individuals on LinkedIn alone.
In what is basically a recruitment special edition, the Metro today also carries news of one employer that Singh might do best to avoid completely.
An unnamed Chinese airline grants interviews to air hostess candidates only after checking they have the “the ‘correct’ height and body shape”, seeing that they have no scars or blemishes and, even more bizarrely, measuring their faces.
Vijay Singh, who has had 50 job applications rejected, tells the UK freesheet: “They want pretty women, not some guy who has 12 fingers.”
The polydactyly sufferer can type at more than 100 words a minute.
However, any sourcers at business support recruitment firms might have quite a task on their hands (so to speak) tracking him down – it’s a pretty common name, with almost 5,000 such individuals on LinkedIn alone.
In what is basically a recruitment special edition, the Metro today also carries news of one employer that Singh might do best to avoid completely.
An unnamed Chinese airline grants interviews to air hostess candidates only after checking they have the “the ‘correct’ height and body shape”, seeing that they have no scars or blemishes and, even more bizarrely, measuring their faces.
