Moderators neil Posted July 4, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 4, 2022 Yeah basically you need a company to really want you, because it will cost money and more importantly time to get you to be able to work in the country. For the temporary work visa there is also a notion of "priority" where being "highly qualified" is super useful, having a masters or phd bumps you up in priority in addition to them having to justify need to hire you - this normally means proving an inability to hire someone with those qualifications and that they cannot be trained to have them by the company. Most people achieve work/permanent status in the US via coming over on a student visa, most often to do a 2 years masters degree because it's the shortest program having already got a bachelors in their home country. Once you graduate from that you are eligible for an "OPT" visa which allows you to work for a year (longer if you are in STEM I believe), then once you're working for someone and they obviously love you and want to keep you around they'll sponsor you for H1-B. Now the H1-B is only "temporary" and actually ties your immigration status to the company - lose the job and you gotta leave. Now the real gamble is hoping that before your H1-B is done (you can only extend it once) that the company will sponsor you for a green card so you can a) stay permanently and b) leave that fucking company. There are other options but they tend to be things like a H-2 seasonal worker (washing the bogs at Disney), marriage (you enjoy shagging older ladies) or being so rich that you invest over a mil in a US company and they "gift" you a visa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westlondonmist Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Just had an interview for a 13k promotion (probably closer to 14k once they come to an agreement with unions on pay rise) , 3 jobs available and only 4 interviewees (all internal). I don't expect to get it, I've only been there just under 9 months of a 2 year contract. I do think I could do it, and I would like to but I do enjoy my job too. Maybe it was silly because they may think I'm too big an ego, but I wanted to show I can take the step up if required and I'm worth keeping around for more than 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Had my eye on a role for a while now, applied for it with the longest supporting statement I have ever had, prepared for a week with all relevant research. I genuinely fell in love with the role I'll be honest. Had the interview today, it went really well and was called just as I was walking out of the office and was offered it!!! Absolutely buzzing. Happy friday you lovely motherfuckers!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted July 15, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted July 15, 2022 Amazing! Brilliant dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jesse Posted July 15, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted July 15, 2022 Congrats Bacon, that's amazing news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathrey Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Congratulations @SuperBacon. Really happy for you mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevendaughters Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) to bring the thread down a peg, I had a rough double knock back on Monday gone. Rejected for both plum job I interviewed for and passed over for interview as internal candidate for full time role at one of the two places I am PT at. Same essential job that I do, same pay band. And there's five people they'd rather were doing it. Even worse, in the second one, I found out by getting invited to watch the presentations of the successfully shortlisted candidates rather than my boss giving me a heads up. Been a bit of an ego blow. I changed careers in my early 30s to give this one a good old go but this week feels like a shit or get off the pot moment that I was constipated for. Edited July 16, 2022 by sevendaughters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 18 minutes ago, sevendaughters said: to bring the thread down a peg, I had a rough double knock back on Monday gone. Rejected for both plum job I interviewed for and passed over for interview as internal candidate for full time role at one of the two places I am PT at. Same essential job that I do, same pay band. And there's five people they'd rather were doing it. Even worse, in the second one, I found out by getting invited to watch the presentations of the successfully shortlisted candidates rather than my boss giving me a heads up. Been a bit of an ego blow. I changed careers in my early 30s to give this one a good old go but this week feels like a shit or get off the pot moment that I was constipated for. Sorry to hear that. If it helps at all, before I was successful this week, I had 3x interviews for roles that I'm either doing now or that I am well qualified for and had the skillset for at a slightly higher level than my current role. I interviewed really well and was passed over all 3x times for internal candidates. I really beat myself up about it, and thought I wasn't good enough for any of them, until my manager kindly told me that I absolutely was good enough, but someone else was too, and they just decided that at the time that was the direction they wanted to take. Absolutely get feedback on what you could improve on. Even though I coach people through interviews and have done for a number of years, even I bloody hate them and one went horrendously wrong recently and I really learned from it. At one point in one recently I used the phrase "effective communication should be communicated effectively" ffs. Keep going, and if you need any advice (I work in employability) I'm more than happy to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevendaughters Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 I might just do that after I finish this session of headbutting a wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevendaughters Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 had a meeting with my boss at one of my jobs today. Was on a 0.4 at one place (this one) and 0.3 at another. Anyway, they said the candidate field for the job was ridiculously strong, but there's a job coming up in a bit that is more obviously my thing, and also they bumped me up to 0.6. so not a bad outcome after a week of stressing out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 18, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) On 7/15/2022 at 6:20 PM, SuperBacon said: Had my eye on a role for a while now, applied for it with the longest supporting statement I have ever had, prepared for a week with all relevant research. I genuinely fell in love with the role I'll be honest. Had the interview today, it went really well and was called just as I was walking out of the office and was offered it!!! Absolutely buzzing. Happy friday you lovely motherfuckers!!!! Sorry, missed this. Congrats, man. Edited July 18, 2022 by Carbomb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegeta Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 I have sort of been reading this thread without posting but have recently done a slight change in my career too. Inspired by a lot of tales within this thread. I have been working with Citizens Advice as a specialist adviser for over 6 years, however the downfalls of working for a charity is redundancies and restructures happen almost over night, when I joined I was on my own, but now have a fiancé and a young un, so thought it best to get something more solid. I finished at Citizens Advice today and tomorrow am starting with the local council in thier care and brokerage team, a nice little pay rise, more leave days, better and stronger pension and no more multiple redundancy threats a year. So it's fair to say when I start tomorrow I'm quite excited to get started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 18, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 4 hours ago, Vegeta said: I have sort of been reading this thread without posting but have recently done a slight change in my career too. Inspired by a lot of tales within this thread. I have been working with Citizens Advice as a specialist adviser for over 6 years, however the downfalls of working for a charity is redundancies and restructures happen almost over night, when I joined I was on my own, but now have a fiancé and a young un, so thought it best to get something more solid. I finished at Citizens Advice today and tomorrow am starting with the local council in thier care and brokerage team, a nice little pay rise, more leave days, better and stronger pension and no more multiple redundancy threats a year. So it's fair to say when I start tomorrow I'm quite excited to get started. Congratulations, man. I'm hoping you got enough of a pay rise that you got to go home to your wife to tell her: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegeta Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 9 hours ago, Carbomb said: Congratulations, man. I'm hoping you got enough of a pay rise that you got to go home to your wife to tell her: Hahaha I love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegeta Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 7 hours ago, RalphyV2 said: Good luck today @Vegeta Thanks Ralphy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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