Companies don't hire an international student because they want to be nice... Companies hire an international student for one reason only: They are [...]
Are your contacts not responding? What to do if you don't hear back... Let's say that you've been reaching out to people for informational [...]
Don't try to network into a job posting. It doesn't work. Students often mistakenly try to network into a job posting they see online. For [...]
What if I offer to pay for my H-1B? Well, you can offer to pay for your H-1B... but it's not going to help unless you've first demonstrated the value[...]
Based on conversations with international students over many years, here are the most common questions I get, and my responses. I will be adding to [...]
The hardest part of networking for a job is figuring out how to follow up. It's not easy to meet new people and initiate relationships; and once [...]
Yes, resumes matter. But not nearly as much as you think About a year into my first job out of college, when I started realizing that I didn't want to[...]
For international students who have been in the U.S. for a while already, this question may seem a little basic. But it's important for anyone [...]
At most of my presentations, students ask me how they can find professional contacts in order to put the Power Ties system into practice and find a [...]
I'm going to begin this post by saying (as I probably too often do), that I'm not a lawyer. Everyone in the U.S. is afraid of being sued, and I'm no[...]