How long did it take?

[LaGreenEyes 0]

Husband got EAD in June of last year, but his english was still so limited, he did one job interview and did not understand most of what the person was saying, decided instead to get into an intensive english course, and then really began looking in Jan of this year, he must have sent online applications to 100 jobs on careerbuilder, craigslist, jobing, dice, etc.....most of which were below what he was doing in Panama, because he wanted a job where he would speak english to co-workers etc, but not with customers/clients yet. I think he must have appeared way overqualified for most of the jobs he put in for, and got one or two calls out of all of those. He finally landed an interview with a subcontracting company here and the guy was willing to give him a chance...starts next Wednesday at a good paying job with a fortune 500 company.

[no one 0]

Husband got EAD in June of last year, but his english was still so limited, he did one job interview and did not understand most of what the person was saying, decided instead to get into an intensive english course, and then really began looking in Jan of this year, he must have sent online applications to 100 jobs on careerbuilder, craigslist, jobing, dice, etc.....most of which were below what he was doing in Panama, because he wanted a job where he would speak english to co-workers etc, but not with customers/clients yet. I think he must have appeared way overqualified for most of the jobs he put in for, and got one or two calls out of all of those. He finally landed an interview with a subcontracting company here and the guy was willing to give him a chance...starts next Wednesday at a good paying job with a fortune 500 company.

Perserverance does pay off!

[me_4_musa 1]

Glad to see this post. I've been wondering what its going to be like for my fiance and his job search. He has already been warned and prepared it's not going to be easy.

[akdiver 3]

just curious, for those who already got their jobs, how long did it take from the time you arrived in the US until the time you were able to find a job? (assuming all processes of aos and ead went through at a normal pace).

My wife had offers very soon after looking - the hold up was the EAD. She got a job at the university about the same week as she got the EAD, which was almost 5 months to the day after arrival, and a little more than 3 months after applying for the EAD (all figures, more or less).