How do international students find jobs in the United States?

The recent popularity of the TV series "Little Separation" has made sending children to study abroad a hot topic for domestic parents. However, many parents are lamenting that their children are about to graduate from studying in the United States, but they can't find a job, which is very frustrating.

No wonder these parents are so upset, because if international students want to stay in the United States after graduation, there are mainly only a few ways to choose before them (I won't mention marrying an American citizen):

1. Find a legal job and apply for opt (that is, optional and practical).

The professional practice of training is an internship period with an American F 1 student visa after graduation. After obtaining it, you can stay in the United States 1 year, but you must apply 60 years after graduation, otherwise you must leave the United States), and after working, you will be converted to a work visa (special professional/temporary work visa) of H 1B;

2. Change majors, continue to study, and keep F 1 (student visa) status;

3. Local tyrants and parents, as strong backing, directly handle investment immigration procedures.

Apart from the third special case, the first one is undoubtedly the most reliable and lowest cost way for most students studying in the United States.

However, this road is too difficult to walk!

1. How hard is it?

The employment situation of China students after graduation in the United States is similar to that after graduation in Beijing-is it difficult to find a job? Difficult.

Especially those who go to the United States to study liberal arts. Because no matter how good your English is, it is impossible to write an authentic article like Native American in just a few years. Even China students majoring in journalism at Columbia University are still wandering.

Relatively speaking, the employment situation of science and engineering may be better, but the process of finding a job is not easy at all.

Some people may have been looking for a job for half a year and submitted hundreds of resumes, but they didn't even have a few decent interviews, and finally they could only return to China.

2. How do ordinary students find good jobs?

It may be hard to believe, but 80% of Americans are introduced by acquaintances and then interviewed. This is an important way to find a job in the United States, commonly known as "connections."

Xi Du is a China student studying in the United States. After graduating from college, he wanted to find a good job in the United States, so "deal with a man as he deals with you"-using the "connections" in the American workplace to help him find a good job.

At the beginning of the plan, he found the contact information of all alumni in the city at school, and then screened out about 30 alumni with similar backgrounds; Then I wrote directly to these alumni, telling them that they plan to find a job in the city, hoping that they can take time out of their busy schedules to have dinner or coffee together.

Finally, I successfully contacted 16 alumni I have never met before and agreed to meet together.

During the interview, he introduced his background and ideas, learned about the opportunities in his city and the other company, and asked the alumni to inform him as soon as they found the right opportunities. By the way, I asked for more detailed contact information of the other party and gave a copy of the school.

Shirt as a thank you.

Since then, he has paid more attention to the recruitment situation in the city. Anyone who sees a company recruitment that can be related to his background should first look at whether there are alumni in the company. If there are, upload it online first.

Afterwards, he informed the alumnus of his job application and resume by email. After three or four times, he recruited people in the acquaintance department of an alumnus. After the recommendation of alumni, he got an interview and soon got an offer.

Afterwards, I learned from my colleagues that there were no fewer than 200 resumes at that time, and the department manager simply didn't have time to read them one by one. He only selected five recommended by insiders and interviewed two, but he was lucky to get the first job because of his close background.

Although the case may be blessed by the goddess of luck, it is undeniable that the protagonist plans in advance and grasps the determination and efforts of all available resources.

Resumes and interviews are also important.

In addition, it is also important to start submitting resumes and interviews as soon as possible.

Starting your resume and interview early can help you better understand the employment opportunities around you, and most importantly, you can practice your interview skills.

Sometimes in order to get an interview, no matter how high or low the position, you need to interview different positions. It is very important to improve your interview ability.

There is a book called "Job Search Solutions", which well expounds the "American-style job search" method and gives a lot of guidance on job hunting mentality.

It says that we can only control the process of finding a job, but we can't control the result.

Getting an offer is like buying a lottery ticket. The more lottery tickets you buy (the more interview opportunities you get), the greater the chance of winning (the greater the chance of getting an offer).

Therefore, it is inevitable for international students to fail in finding a job, but please don't care too much.