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I am a native English speaker, born in the UK and living in Canada, who is an English and linguistics grad. Sometimes I see job postings which show that I don't meet the requirements because I am not a native speaker, or because I am not fluent in English, which seems crazy! Could this be because I list myself as a teacher of English as a second language? Any suggestions out there as to how I can stop this happening?

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[martina_plaschka · Accepted solution]

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@Lesley H wrote:

I am a native English speaker, born in the UK and living in Canada, who is an English and linguistics grad. Sometimes I see job postings which show that I don't meet the requirements because I am not a native speaker, or because I am not fluent in English, which seems crazy! Could this be because I list myself as a teacher of English as a second language? Any suggestions out there as to how I can stop this happening?

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 Not crazy, you forgot to add English as your language and set the level. 

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@Lesley H wrote:

I am a native English speaker, born in the UK and living in Canada, who is an English and linguistics grad. Sometimes I see job postings which show that I don't meet the requirements because I am not a native speaker, or because I am not fluent in English, which seems crazy! Could this be because I list myself as a teacher of English as a second language? Any suggestions out there as to how I can stop this happening?

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 Add English to the list of languages and check your profile for typos