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Resources For International Students

For any information regarding immigration services, please visit the International Programs and Services Website at www.siu.edu/~ips or call 453-5774.

What You Can expect from us

Here in Career Services we offer a variety of services including resume and coverletter critiques, assistance with job/internship searches, mock interviews by appointment, career counseling etc... Career Services professional staff are available to assist students and alumni in these career development areas by appointment or on a walk-in basis. We have also created Saluki Mentor Network (SMN), a mentoring program connecting current SIUC students and alumni with practicing or retired professionals.

Useful Information for International Students

Association for International Practical Training

AIPT creates the ultimate global training and cultural exchange experience. As a J-1 visa sponsor designated by the U.S. Department of State, AIPT is authorized to arrange on-the-job training programs. AIPT works with the company and trainee to arrange visa sponsorship, required insurance and provide program support for individuals to complete on-the-job-training assignments in the United States. AIPT can also arrange work permits for students and professionals to go from the United States to one of 80 countries, and provide program support before and during the international assignment.

CampusCareerCenter

CampusCareerCenter links international companies and graduating students

Companies that hire International Students

This site offers a list of companies that have interviewed and/or hired international students in the past.
Note: This is not an all inclusive list, because companies change their hiring policies or make exceptions.

CareerFrames

The CareerFrames International Job Searching site is a source of information to help individuals find work abroad, wherever their home country is. Enjoy exploring this site, and bon voyage!

Careers.org

Find jobs and other career resources by occupational field, topic or country. Find jobs with government or listed on government websites. Investigate job opportunities posted in internet newsgroups or newspaper classified ads. Check out part-time, temporary, seasonal, freelance, consulting or contract employment.

istudentcity.com

istudentcity.com offers information about defining educational and career goals, finding schools and ways to finance your education, what to do while in school, and career planning after graduation.

Immigration Updates

Offers information about the laws affecting your ability to live and work in the U.S. - or to settle here permanently.

International Education Financial Aid

The premier website for International Financial Aid! Their scholarship search is the premier resource for financial aid, college scholarship and grant information for international students wishing to study abroad. At this site, you will find the most comprehensive college scholarship search and grant listings plus international student loan programs and other information to promote study abroad.

International Students Job Search (Very Helpful!)

offers great help in international student job search. The website contains a number of great websites that you can use to post your resume or search for a job.

International Jobs Center

The only comprehensive source of international jobs for professionals, including international development jobs

International Job Oportunities

Job search engines for different countries.

International Student Loan

International Student Loan Center provides loans and financial aid to college students around the world. If you are a US citizen, Canadian Citizen or International Student, we have a plan for you! Our partnership with InternationalStudent.com (a leading international portal) and InternationalScholarships.com (an online scholarship site) allows us to offer these great international student loan products for study abroad.

Job Search Tips for International Students

This PDF document offers tips for dealing with the challenges in international student job search.

Job Search Tips for International Students graduating in Engineering and Computer Science

Looking for employment in the States after graduation? These tips will take the work out of finding a job

job-hunt.org

These Web sites specialize in jobs located outside of the United States, most of the time because they are Web sites owned, managed, and maintained in the country or geographic area where the jobs are located.

Legal Information for International Students

On this page, you will find up to date information about the new immigration regulations.

Study in the USA

Study in the USA is the education guide for international students.   Here you can request information from English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, universities, colleges, and boarding schools in the USA and Canada.

Resume and Interview Tips for International Students

This site makes comparisons between U.S. and international resumes and interviews, and offers tips on building a resume and going to the interview. It also offers the opportunity to chat with a career counselor live.

Video: Employment Interview

Interviewing for a job in the U.S. may present some cross-cultural problems for international students. Please feel free to stop by Career Services and watch an employment interview video to have an idea on how to behave.
Note: You cannot take the video out, you have to watch it here!

Career Fairs

Disco International

For over a decade, DISCO International's job fairs aptly called Career Forums have been bringing world-class companies and Japanese-English speaking job-seekers together. Click here to find out more about our signature Career Forums.

Non Profit Career Fairs

To complement the online job-matching, Idealist.org launches a series of nonprofit career fairs where organizations, job-seekers, and Career Service professionals at local colleges and universities can meet face-to-face. Since the spring of 2001, 60 fairs in 25 cities across the United States have attracted over 3,000 organizations and 30,000 job seekers.

TECHEXPO - Top Secret Job Fairs

TechExpoUSA.com is a leading career center and home of TECHEXPO Top Secret Career Fairs; servicing the security, intelligence, military & government community, encryption and communications specialists, engineers, analysts, linguists, intelligence specialists as well as I/T industry professionals with Security Clearance.