Job and Internship, Search Advice and Tips for International Students
Webinar was held on Sunday, December 3, 2017
Webinar Overview
Are you an international student in the U.S.? Are you thinking about coming to study then work in the U.S.?
If you answered yes to either of those questions, this webinar is for you. Come hear a panel of international students who recently got jobs/internships talk about their searches and experiences. This webinar will also feature a presentation from an immigration attorney, a compilation of job search best practices, and live Q&A with the panelists.
Notable Points in Webinar to Jump to
Webinar Purpose: 2:27
Presentation by immigration Fauzia Amlani US Employment Options for F-1 Students After Graduation: 5:10
Speaker Panel Discussion: 28:00
Overview of Job Search Tips and IPN Resources: 52:15
Speaker Profiles
Zeba Medhi (View IPN Profile)
I came to USA from India in 2011 to pursue my MBA from Ohio (Kent State University). After I graduated in 2013 , I found it really difficult to find a job as none of the companies were willing to sponsor me since I was not from an IT background. Finding jobs in my field (Business or Finance) became extremely challenging. Then I decided to take some IT courses and got myself certified in Salesforce (CRM application). Today I work as a Business Lead/Product Owner with AT&T handling IT projects aimed at streamlining business models and sales flow processes to increase efficiency and revenue. My responsibilities include understanding client requirements, analyzing and suggesting pathway for success,drafting technical documents for my development team, performing testing to check viability of solution and finally training client agents to get accustomed to the new process.
Riyaz Gilani
Riyaz is currently a 2nd year MBA student at Michigan State University’s Broad college of Business. He has chosen a career in strategy consulting and will be joining Mckinsey & Company after his MBA. Prior to his MBA, Riyaz has 5 years’ experience working for one of India’s largest Oil&Gas company. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and is passionate about technology and business.
Fauzia Amlani
Fauzia Amlani is an associate attorney in the Atlanta office of Ogletree Deakins. Fauzia has practiced immigration law exclusively for four years, and currently focuses her practice on employment-based immigration, assisting corporate clients in the process of hiring and employing foreign nationals.
Ashish Merani (View IPN Profile)
Ashish Merani is a Software Development Engineer in Test at Research now, the world’s leading digital data collection company. He graduated with Master of Science degree in Computer Science from California State University Fullerton.
Alisha Sonawalla (View IPN Profile)
Alisha is originally from India, and came to the US for herundergraduate studies. She is currently in her junior year at NYU (New York University) and is pursuing a dual degree program in Computer Science & Data Science. She had the opportunity last summer to work on Natural Language Processing at IBM and hopes to pursue a software engineering role in the future with a focus on AI and NLP.
Ali Maredia (View IPN Profile)
Ali Maredia is a software engineer at Red Hat working on open source cloud storage software. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2014, and works in Ann Arbor Michigan. He has been on the IPN Connect team since April 2017, and is the current IPN National Jobs and Careers Lead.
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