Betsy H Cohen - Welcome to the U.S.A.-Youre Hired!: A Guide for Foreign-Born People Seeking Jobs

Welcome to the U.S.A.

Youre

Hired!

A GUIDE FOR FOREIGN-BORN

PEOPLE SEEKING JOBS

BET SY H. COHEN

Welcome to the U.S.A. Yo ure Hired!

C opyright 2021 by Be tsy H. Cohen

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Cover and Interior Design by: Becky Bayne at Beckys Gr aphic Design

Manufactured in the United State s of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publ ication Data

Name: Elizabe th H. Cohen

Title: Welcome to the U.S.A. Y oure Hired!

Description: A Guide For Foreign-Born People S eeking Jobs

Library of Congress Control Number : 2021913996

ISBN: 978-1-7375453-0-9 (Trad e Paperback)

ISBN: 978-1-7375453 -1-6 (eBook)

Clas sification:

Business: Job Search, C areer Advice

To the success of forei gn-born job
seekers as they make the U.S.A.
a better place fo r all of us.

The struggle to find a job the right job is very real in the U.S. especially for foreign-born job applicants. For success, applicants must frequently set-aside their previous job-hunting knowledge and experience to learn anew. Counselors and supporters can be challenged by navigating the labyrinth of market resources and advice not necessarily developed with the linguistic and cultural challenges of the foreign-born worker in mind. During my 42-year career working with immigrant newcomers, I was keenly aware of the lack of reliable authoritative materials that tackled such issue s and needs.

Now, along comes Welcome to the U.S.A Youre Hired! The author, Betsy Cohen, Founding Executive Director of the St. Louis Mosaic Project, along with a number of contributing experts, has expertly laid out the search, hiring and post-hiring process to ease the process and improve opportunities. Dont wait. Buy this book today.

A nna Crosslin

President & CEO emeritus, International Institute of St. Louis

Moving to a new country and re-starting your career can feel like an enormous mountain to climb. This book gives you a map, a compass, and a backpack full of supplies. Previous generations of newcomers have struggled to put together this kind of information bit by bit. Today, books like this one provide a vital overview, making it possible for you to instead focus your energy on choosing the most rewarding opportunities. May you and your talents flourish in the Uni ted States!

Amanda Berg son-Shilcock

Immigrat ion advocate

International students who want to work in the United States should consider this book. It includes advice on important issues that will help you understand the key issues you need to know to search for a job in the United States and share your talent. Our students have benefited from the knowledge in this book over the past years as we have worked with the team at the St. Louis Mosa ic Project.

Kurt Dirks

Washington University in St. Louis, Vice Chancellor for International Affairs and Director of the McDonnell International Scho lars Academy

As the fastest growing, most profitable cohort in the country, Hispanics need to be able to access the best information to succeed when searching for a job or seeking advancement. The advice in this book helps demystify the application and interview processes. One of the pillars of the Hispanic Promise, the first-of-its-kind corporate pledge supporting the community, is preparation. It is crucial to have strategies and partnerships to support the future pipeline of Hispanic talent and this book represents an important resource to ac hieve this.

Claudia Romo Edelman

Founder of We A re All Human

For businesses to thrive and grow in America today they need a rapidly expanding, hardworking, enterprising workforce. Attracting and retaining foreign-born talent will be critical to the success of their strategy and competitiveness in the 21st Century. Welcome to the U.S.A. Youre Hired! provides new immigrants access to nationally-known experts to help them along the way, greatly accelerating their entry into the workforce of today an d tomorrow.

Bob Fox

Co-Founder of the St. Louis Mo saic Project

As communities across the U.S. grapple with demographic shifts and economic challenges, this book offers a collection of current best practices in promoting economic growth through immigrant integration. This enables the foreign-born job seeker to improve job success. If you are a policy-maker, an employer, or a community developer working to understand and chan ge barriers
this book is a must read.

Pe ter Gonzales

President and CEO of The Welc oming Center

Relocation to the U.S. is an important career opportunity for many families. This book is a needed guide for the accompanying partners who will be seeking jobs during their time here. The book addresses the stress of the job search, a topic I have also written about and believe is critical to master.

La uren Herring

CEO of IMPACT Group and author of Take Control of Your Job Search!

I have been committed to helping foreign-born people come to our community and be successful in their lives. This book offers the advice of many experts and will help these important contributors navigate the U.S. job market. The growing American economy needs talent that our foreign-born community brings to our workplace. This book is a unique contribution of advice for an increasingly important part of our population.

David Kemper

Chairman of Co mmerce Bank

This book will serve as a great guide to both foreign-born as well as to native-born job seekers as they navigate through the job seeking process here in the United States. To understand employer expectations, in addition to what works and what doesnt work, I highly recommend that every job seeker read this book.

Bob Kolf

Founder & CEO, Job Seekers Garden Club of St. Louis

Across the United States, the Asian immigrant population is very diverse in terms of ethnicity, language, and culture, but these communities share a common aspiration to succeed in the U.S.A. This book provides important case studies and tips that offer our varied communities great guidance on how to successfully navigate the job search process and positively advance in on es career.

Alex Lee

Co-Founder/President of the Asi an-American
Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis

Betsy Cohen and other experts have written the definitive guide to entering the American workforce for foreign-born professionals at all stages of their careers. Especially for readers interested in joining the startup or innovation economies across America, this book will serve as a guide for both you and your employers to more confidently manage the legal, social, and professional hurdles that make it difficult for immigrants to fully contribute to their new hometowns and the American economy generally. Economic development leaders might find this book helpful to better understand the problems faced by and craft solutions for support of foreign-born communities seeking to contribute to your regions growth in building a more vibr ant future.

Cr aig Montuori

Executive Director a t Global EIR

The United States wants you. Communities like St. Louis need you. With labor in short supply and slow domestic population growth, attracting and retaining talent from around the globe is more important than ever in an increasingly interconnected global economy. For the first time ever, Betsy Cohen and a collection of experts provide the valuable tips and insights to help launch your new career in the United States. You will bring your knowledge of the wider world to your U.S. community, making it better for all of us.