Do employers give applicants for employment who are ESL the matter of the doubt? (cover letters, job hunting)

[I'm Retired Now]

More wisdom and food for thought from the Instructor of the Job Hunting class/support group I am participating in.

This week he was talking about employers being flooded with resumes from recent immigrants who are English as a Second Language. Many of these resumes and cover letters are full of grammar, punctuation, sentence structure and spelling issues.

On a personal basis I respect the recent immigrant struggling to find a job or career and learn English. I don't know a foreign language myself and understand it is extremely difficult to speak and write English fluently if you are learning it as a adult. I was born in America, schooled in American public schools and attended college, and still struggle with my grammar, etc., so I understand the challenges the ESL applicants face putting together job hunting correspondence.

So, if you are an employer and get a resume and cover letter from someone who is ESL but the documents have lots of grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure issues, what do you think? Do you give them the matter of the doubt or do you hold everyone to the same standard in the application of the specific job, regardless of their background?

[STT Resident]

I'm assuming you mean the "benefit of the doubt" over "the matter of the doubt"? This is yet another of your threads which can go absolutely nowhere because it's impossible to generalize and is entirely dependent on the specific field and the position.

[GTRdad]

I'm not sure if resumes need to be essays. mine is 100% incomplete sentence
basically "did this, did that"
being foreign, ESL, engineering grad and in IT doesnt help in that department