Today, I am officially called Maria. Pick out a Kiwi name the recruitment consultant said. Something that is easy for a Kiwi to use. Maria is common here.
Maria is part of my full name but Kiwis want names to be simplified. They think Consuelo is too foreign a name. And so Maria it is. It takes a little getting used to.
Maria might be my lucky charm. As long as I remember that this is my new name now, then I will be unstoppable.
Not bad for a start. A Kiwi name that I hope does magic on my CV being read and pushed to the interview stage. Good as Gold they say.
