Your first job as a (new) Green Card Holder?

[America15 0]

Hey All

I hope I am right here.

My AOS is processing and I am very curious what your first job was as a new Green Card Holder?

Did you start working in your old job from your home country? Or did you start in a totally different branch?

How long did it take you to find a job? And moreover how was your experience with your job?

Thank you

[Cheezees 1,514]

I came to the US for school and was here for 10 years attending school and working before I received my green card. So I kept the same job I had. (I'm a Math professor btw and would not want to do anything else)

[HK12 273]

My first job in the U.S. was (and still is) Office Manager for a local CPA firm. It is a fine and well-paying job to start with, but I am ready to move on and get something closer to what I had studied in college in Germany (Accounting and HR). Compared to Germany, I found it very easy to find a job here. I had two job offers within 3 weeks of sending my applications. Of course it depends on where you live and what your qualifications are. Like everywhere, it helps to have connections. Don't expect super-employee-friendly labor laws like in Germany concerning paid vacations, sick time, maximum work hours, etc. - it is different here, but I am sure you already know that.

Good luck with everything!

[TBoneTX 45,229]

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[meowmix66 3]

They hire immigrants in the U.S.? I've been having a helluva time securing work here. I'm getting plenty of interviews relative to the job availability in my field in this town, but no one wants to actually hire me. I get lots of questions about my "citizenship" during the interviews. I live in a border town which has a well-known distaste for Canadians.

[jbanya 19]

I found that easy to get job in US. I secured first job in my first interview at Chicago, but soon I resigned and followed my hubby relocated back to WA, to stay closer to family. My arrival to Seattle on the 6th Aug, start looking for job on the 20th Aug, went to 3 interviews and on the 2nd Sept I received employment offer, 6th Sept my first job at WA started.

Is an international sales position to cover South East Asia, need bilingual skills with exports experience, quite similar to the job in my home country.

Not hourly paid, follow Chinese company a monthly basic salary. Time flexible, don't know the bonus yet but company subsidized lunch to all employees.

Edited September 22, 2015 by jbanya

[EmigratingSwede 16]

I found a job doing pretty much what I had been doing in Sweden but at a more senior level (Senior Programmer Analyst). I was very happy I found that job as I could make use of my IP-Telephony, Contact Center and Voice XML experience.