How do international students find jobs in the United States?

First, American students should consider whether they can work or not when looking for a job.

Whether you can work or not depends on whether you have a work permit. If you don't have a work permit, you can do so. Foreign students and scholars can work as long as they have the following work permits: OPT or CPT applied by schools can obtain work permits by submitting I-485 and H- 1B applied by employers. If international students and scholars know that they can't get a work permit, it's best not to focus on finding a job.

Second, American students looking for a job depends on whether there are H- 1B places.

In the United States, the job opportunities offered by most employers are limited by the number of H- 1B places for each federal accountant. If you want to get a job opportunity in any company, you must first consider the H- 1B quota. If there is no quota for H- 1B, you must wait until there is a quota before you can apply for changing to the working status of H-1b. However, there is no H- 1B quota limit for obtaining job opportunities in teaching and research institutions. You can submit an application for H- 1B at any time and change it from student status to work status. But if you want to jump from a teaching and research institution to a company, you must wait until H- 1B has a quota. Therefore, whether there is an H- 1B quota is not what you do, but who you work for. The same type of work, such as software engineer, must consider the quota of H- 1B when working in a company, but there is no quota to worry about when working in a teaching and research institution.

Third, American students looking for a job depends on the nature of the job.

In other words, the position requires at least a bachelor's degree. If the employer clearly indicates that a job does not require a bachelor's degree, international students and scholars should ignore this job. The reason is that this position does not meet the requirements of applying for H-1B. Some jobs do not require a bachelor's degree, even if the employer requires a bachelor's degree, such as technician, secretary, administrative assistant, etc. Keep the change.

Fourth, American students looking for a job depends on whether it is related to their major.

Try to avoid jobs that have nothing to do with your major or have little to do with it. This refers to the correlation between job opportunities and majors, not the nature or scope of the employer's business. Students of financial accounting don't have to find jobs in accounting firms. They can find jobs in any employer that needs financial accountants, such as schools, companies, hospitals, law firms, foundations and so on. Similarly, computer majors don't have to work in software companies to develop software, but they can also spread their job search to any other employers that need computer talents. Engineering students can also find sales jobs in related companies, and so on.

Fifth, American students looking for a job depends on whether the salary meets the legal requirements.

The work of unpaid volunteers is not helpful for foreign students and scholars to maintain their legal status in the United States. Low salary is not conducive to applying for H- 1B work status or visa, and it is not conducive to applying for green card status in the future. Welfare is not salary. If you choose between good welfare and low salary and poor welfare and high salary, choose high salary. Although it is not good from the perspective of tax payment, it is beneficial from the perspective of applying for immigration status.

Sixth, American students looking for jobs depends on whether the employers who want to work are willing to help them identify themselves.

Many American employers don't know much about immigration laws. It doesn't matter. What matters is the employer's attitude towards immigration status. If the employer makes it clear that the company will not apply for an H- 1B work visa (identity) for anyone, don't work for such an employer unless you only want to work temporarily during the OPT period. Other employers only provide J- 1, not h-1b. If you become J- 1, you can't change other identities in the United States in the future, including applying for a green card, unless you are exempted from the two-year return restriction. So be careful. If the employer makes it clear that the company will not apply for a green card for anyone, don't work for such an employer or it is best to find other employers who are willing to apply for a green card as soon as possible, unless they don't want to obtain long-term status in the United States. If the employer says it can help with the appraisal, but it must be considered after working for a certain number of years, then you should think twice before accepting the job opportunity of such an employer. The employer's deliberate delay may make foreign employees lose the best chance to apply for immigration status. This is especially important for people looking for a job as a university teacher. If both schools are willing to provide job opportunities, one of them offers a higher salary, but it is stipulated that foreign teachers must work for one and a half years before applying for immigration status, and the other school offers a lower salary, but agrees to apply for immigration status immediately or as soon as possible, then you should choose to work in the latter school.

Seventh, American students' job hunting depends on the nature of their employers.

If the employer is a federal government agency, it should be difficult for you to spend time and energy on that job opportunity, because only American citizens are qualified to work in a federal government agency. There are few exceptions. If the position is a restricted and sensitive occupation, be careful when looking for a job. If the employer is a local government (state or city) in the United States, it is necessary to find out whether foreigners can do that job and whether the government will apply for H- 1B work status. Otherwise, draw water with a sieve.

Because of the devaluation of domestic returnees, more and more American students choose to find jobs in the United States and earn work experience. However, if they don't know enough about the laws related to job hunting, it's not worthwhile to be repatriated for violating immigration laws.