Coronavirus: Latest Numbers
The latest official numbers on the Wuhan coronavirus at this link: http://bit.ly/2O8zm7Z
My in-laws are in Wuhan and they are doing their best!
Spring Job Fairs of 2020
Spring job fairs of 2020: Are you in the mood to ace your upcoming job fair? If not, no problem. If yes, check out this live training recorded with my #datascience and #SWE mentors. Recorded live and free for you here for a limited time.
We cover:
- The right philosophy with which to approach the job fair.
- The Before, during and after of the job fair.
- How international students handle the “we do not sponsor” question.
My goal for you: crush it!
Job Board Algorithms: Are You Trapped by Them?
Job Board Algorithms: Are You Trapped by Them?
Have you given up control and let them trap you?
Here’s how to know.
If you answer yes to:
- working really hard on the job search, applying to everything online, and that’s all you do
- not consistently getting interviews
- hearing “not hire international students” all the time.
- feel frustrated
- don’t have coffee chats on a regular basis
- dream company lists not guiding your actions
Then you know you are trapped.
At any time, you can shift to:
- get speaking to your dream companies
- get consistent engagement from dream firms
- experience growth in confidence, even enjoy the process
- come out from this process with a great offer
Glad to chat about your situation, your goals, and share some advice via this link: https://lnkd.in/eqP_7R4
There is no need to keep doing something that isn’t working.
Job Search: Strategy to Consider and Force of Effort
If you are looking for a job and you spend 30 min per day looking for a job...you will continue to be looking for a job. There’s job search strategy to consider, and then there is also the issue of the basic force of effort.
I held this friend to a higher standard of himself and he did eventually put in the work and get a great job.
Watch yourself and if you see yourself falling into a rut, pull out or have friends who can help you.
As my teacher says: self-discipline is doing something even when you don’t want to do it.
Calling All International Students
I used to be an international student and it was complicated.
Online applications were tough. It used to be the case that "not hearing back" was the biggest issue but now it seems like from every angle and direction all this negative news about how hard it is for international students to get hired... it's like employers are playing games with us.
But, dear international student... stay engaged keep going, find a mentor to help you get hired. Stay engaged, keep going because I want you to be happy.
I'm Stuart. I've been there and I'm a career guide.
Book a free coaching call on my website.
www.jstuartbradley.com
How to plan my OPT work here in the US? Do I NEED to specialize?
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[Stuart] Hey, everybody! Stuart Bradley here. I have a privilege visiting with Nalini Mahadevan. She is the principal and owner of MLO Law LLC. Nalini, I am so happy to be here with you.
[Nalini] Thank you! I was entering the United States as a non-STEM person. Once I finished my studies, then I would have one year opportunity of one year to work for an employer.
[Stuart] That's the OPT.
[Nalini] That's the OPT -- that's the optional practical training.
[Stuart] Does the choice of work for OPT...does that need to account for a specialization if you're to any, to any degree you said, if we're STEM or not STEM...? If I want to stay here and maybe work for the H-1B, does my choice of where I work on OPT matter?
[Nalini] Where you will go?Nope it doesn't matter but, but your OPT, the OPT needs to...
[Stuart] We're trying to do our proper marketing here. Where's our MLO logo.. here we go, all right.
[Nalini] So OPT, in general, means that you only work in the are...
Hopeful for 2019: Poetry from Tru Vu
“Because eyes see the blue sky,
Eyes glisten sky blue.
Because eyes see the vast ocean,
Eyes extend as far as the sea.”
When you contemplate 2019 and your own professional development, or the talent you want for your team, what do your eyes see?
Do your eyes glisten sky blue?
If you look out onto 2019, you will see yourself.
Hiring managers calling you about the offer they just gave you...a great team coming together to tackle enterprise goals...see that in yourself. Because you see that, offers come, teams are built.
Let's Grab a Coffee in Jan?
Fortune 50 campus recruiter (personally hires 200 people / yr): “If there was one thing I could tell folks, it would be to not just network with me when you want something. Network with me when I am really bored.”
That’s how I’m approaching things with the reindeer.
