Hiring managers, how often do you hire first-generation immigrants?

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Anonymous wrote:I would hire but only for an entry-level job. While there may be rare exceptions, in most cases, I would imagine they have entry-level qualifications with regards to prior experience relevant to a job in this culture, with these licensing requirements, etc. I would gladly give a refugee an entry-level job and would love to help support him/her climb the ladder higher, but a lateral move from where they were in a different country, with different standards, just doesn't make sense.

This in general is what DH has experienced in moving to the US. He took an entry level job and has moved up. I don't think it's realistic to expect a lateral job transition in most careers.

This is the challenging part. This contract is aimed at those kinds of job transitions; placing professionals in positions they held back home. So far it's been next to impossible.

What type of experience and degree verification sevice do you offer your clients? Do you provide a fee reduced after X months if the candidate doesn't work out? Can you provide these folks in temp to perm roles?

We don't establish a client-provider relationship. We don't operate in the same way as a staffing or temp agency. Basically we are expected to develop informal relationships (networking, etc) for placement. That may be part of the problem.

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At NIH, many, if not the majority, of scientists are foreigners, with PhDs or MSs from India or China or other such countries. In STEM fields in general, hiring foreigners is generally well accepted, as long as they are qualified and the language barrier is not too bad, because there is a lack of similarly qualified Americans.

So not sure what's going on exactly with your situation. What feedback are you receiving from the interviewers?

I work mostly with civil and structural engineers, also project managers. Upfront they seem concerned with citizenship for security clearance and language proficiency. Several engineers are not eligible for licensure because there's no way for them to have their university send transcripts to the governing body. Some hiring managers have made off hand remarks that building codes in Afghanistan are 30 years behind the U.S, and there's no way for a foreigner to have relationships with local contractors or know of safety codes without any US-based experience.

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1/3 of our staff are immigrants. They work hard just like the good ole' U.S. Citizens. Not sure why anyone would hesitate...In our case they all went to college in the U.S.

I work in Finance, BTW.

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Anonymous wrote:1/3 of our staff are immigrants. They work hard just like the good ole' U.S. Citizens. Not sure why anyone would hesitate...In our case they all went to college in the U.S.

I work in Finance, BTW.

This is not my case. My clients experience and education is foreign. But glad to know!

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At NIH, many, if not the majority, of scientists are foreigners, with PhDs or MSs from India or China or other such countries. In STEM fields in general, hiring foreigners is generally well accepted, as long as they are qualified and the language barrier is not too bad, because there is a lack of similarly qualified Americans.

So not sure what's going on exactly with your situation. What feedback are you receiving from the interviewers?

I work mostly with civil and structural engineers, also project managers. Upfront they seem concerned with citizenship for security clearance and language proficiency. Several engineers are not eligible for licensure because there's no way for them to have their university send transcripts to the governing body. Some hiring managers have made off hand remarks that building codes in Afghanistan are 30 years behind the U.S, and there's no way for a foreigner to have relationships with local contractors or know of safety codes without any US-based experience.

I am not an engineer, but their concerns seem justified.

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Anonymous wrote:1/3 of our staff are immigrants. They work hard just like the good ole' U.S. Citizens. Not sure why anyone would hesitate...In our case they all went to college in the U.S.

I work in Finance, BTW.

This is not my case. My clients experience and education is foreign. But glad to know!

I am the first-gen PP who went to college abroad and my first job stateside was entry-level.
I actually never verified my diploma with a verification service - too busy and I kind of didn't need it because my career took off quickly. But I know many people who verified their foreign credentials and it helped them gain professional employment.

Honestly, I am amazed that someone whose JOB is to help immigrants find work seems not to know about diploma verification.

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big difference between first generation immigrants and refugees...

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Anonymous wrote:big difference between first generation immigrants and refugees...

Can you explain?

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Anonymous wrote:1/3 of our staff are immigrants. They work hard just like the good ole' U.S. Citizens. Not sure why anyone would hesitate...In our case they all went to college in the U.S.

I work in Finance, BTW.

This is not my case. My clients experience and education is foreign. But glad to know!

I am the first-gen PP who went to college abroad and my first job stateside was entry-level.
I actually never verified my diploma with a verification service - too busy and I kind of didn't need it because my career took off quickly. But I know many people who verified their foreign credentials and it helped them gain professional employment.

Honestly, I am amazed that someone whose JOB is to help immigrants find work seems not to know about diploma verification.

We provide credential evaluation, but not verification services.

That being said, this contract is the first of it's kind and I am new to the field. So I appreciate the point to verification services, I will look into it.