What Every International Student Should Know about the United States Job Search
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Valensia Sumardi
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r. Dan Beaudry, an expert and author of “Power Ties: The International Student’s Guide to Finding a Job in the United States,” came to Boston, MA to share his skills to the Hult students.
Mr. Beaudry started his talk by stating the issue that every international student has and will have: the work permit. The sponsorship and visa are the first and biggest barriers that every international student will have in finding a job in the United States. But, he said that there is a way for us international students to tackle those obstacles.
First, let’s know the truth about sponsorship and finding jobs:
Some companies have a policy
against sponsoring work visas because:
• they are already drowning in
job applications,
• they don’t want to spend
time and money,
• they fear losing the visa
lottery.
But, those same companies will often sponsor a visa anyway because they cannot find the skills.
Then, after graduation and having finished up your OPT, how do you get an H-1B visa?
• Talk to managers, Networks, employee resource groups; they can be advocates to help you in getting a visa.
• There is the hidden job
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