If you were an international Student seeking H1B in 2021, your overall chance of getting selected for H1B cap employment was only 31% Because of this, many students have started considering Canada’s easier system as a backup plan. But, is it easier for international students to get a job in Canada? In this episode, I sit down with Pat Chaisang,  co-founder of Empower - a community of career-driven international students across Canada. Pat and I discuss the key challenges of searching for jobs as an international student in Canada and a few tips to overcome them. You will receive fresh ideas, inspiring and empowering stories to help you overcome your unique challenges as an international job seeker. Learn more about Empower, visit https://www.isempower.com/ Wanting to land jobs in the US? visit https://www.icaway.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

International Student Career Search Tips by ICAway

Landing Jobs in Canada ?

You have big dreams that you will land a good job. But when you move to a different country, you may run into a lot of naysayers -someone who thinks that you are joking and says “It’s impossible!” Our guest mentor in the Meet the Mentor Podcast for International Students is a Career Strategist and the Founder of SuperCharge - Sonal Bahl In this episode, Sonal and I sat down and talked about how she searched for jobs in a new country and ended up receiving 5 job offers in the middle of a recession. You will receive fresh ideas, inspiring and empowering stories to help you overcome your unique challenges as an international job seeker. Learn more about ICAway, please visit https://www.icaway.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

Never Settle For Less

Ponsi Trivisvavet, a former international student from Asia, is highly recognized as the leader in AgriBusiness in the US. She is currently the CEO of Inari, the SEEDesign™ company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Within 3 years of her leadership at Inari, the organization has grown fivefold and has raised >USD 300 million in funding. At Inari, within 180 employees, there are >20 nationalities. Inari truly values the diversity of thoughts in order to elevate the organization to new heights of innovation. To learn more about Inari, please visit https://inari.com/ To learn more about ICAway, please visit https://www.icaway.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

Diversity of Thought for Better Business

Ponsi Trivisvavet, a former international student from Thailand has become highly recognized as the leader in AgriBusiness in the US. She is currently the CEO of Inari, the SEEDesign™ company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Within 3 years of her leadership at Inari, the organization has grown six times. Currently raising USD 300 billion funding for the company. To learn more about Inari, please visit https://inari.com/ To learn more about ICAway, please visit https://www.icaway.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

Most professionals who make it to the executive level cite mentoring as an important contributor to their career success. We all know having a mentor would make a difference to your career. However, do you know how to make someone want to mentor you and how to create a successful mentor-mentee relationship? Listen to our guest mentor, Steve Pae and to receive a view from the other side: A Mentor's Perspective Learn more about what we do, please visit https://www.icaway.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

What Mentors Wish Their Mentees Knew

It is an overwhelming process from moving to another country, enrolling in an academic program, maintaining good grades, finding internships, and eventually securing a full-time job in Corporate America.  Harpuneet Kaur came to the US from India in 2012 as a Rotary International Foreign Exchange student and graduated with High Honors from High School. She then went to Albert Dorman Honors College, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and graduated with a Business and Finance degree in May 2018. Upon graduation, she worked full-time at JPMorgan Chase and volunteered in a leadership position at Posana, an NGO geared towards the mental and holistic well-being of caregivers in the South Asian community. She currently works at Burgiss as a Client Service Analyst and serves as a Board Member at ALPFA’s New Jersey chapter.  This path may sound like a smooth road but it is certainly not. As an international student or an immigrant who moved to a new country and wanted to accomplish something that’s bigger than ourselves, we need to thrive during our life transitions. Let's hear from Harpuneet - how she thrived during her life transitions as an international student in the US. Learn more about ICAway, visit https://www.icaway.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

Thriving during Life Transitions

Everything that has happened, happens for a reason This doesn’t mean that we don’t have control of our destiny but it means we have control over our mindset and life that we want to have after any traumatic event or disappointments in life. (we will add a story of a boy and crocodile here) Namit Khurana is a former international student from India. He graduated at the time that 9/11 happened in 2001 and also survived through the fall of the American economy in 2008. Currently, Namit is a senior manager of business operations at Amazon, AWS. In this episode, Namit and I will share insights and experience starting from building resilience to building soft skills that will help you secure a great job and become professionally successful in Corporate America. If you like what you heard, we would appreciate it if you could Rave and Review the show. It helps people find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. And If you would like to share your own story or you know anyone we should bring to the show, please contact us at www.ICAway.com! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

Adopting Your Resilience Skills

Everything that has happened, it happens for a reason This doesn’t mean that we don’t have control of our destiny but it means we have control over our mindset and life that we want to have after any traumatic event or disappointments in life. (we will add a story of a boy and crocodile here) Namit Khurana is a former international student from India. He graduated at the time that 9/11 happened in 2001 and also survived through the fall of the American economy in 2008. Currently, Namit is a senior manager of business operations at Amazon, AWS. In this episode, Namit and I will share insights and experience starting from building resilience to building soft skills that will help you secure a great job and become professionally successful in Corporate America. If you like what you heard, we would appreciate it if you could Rave and Review the show. It helps people find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. And If you would like to share your own story or you know anyone we should bring to the show, please contact us at www.ICAway.com! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

Every year, thousands of students from India leave their home country to fulfill their dreams of studying abroad. Studying in the US allows students to seek employment during and after Graduation with their CPT and OPT. However, going through that immigration pathway is not easy. In this episode, Vinod and Coach Kwan discussed the challenges that International Students normally experience and how to create a backup plan if working and staying in the US after OPT is your goal. If you like what you heard, we would appreciate it if you could Rave and Review the show. It helps people find us. And If you would like to share your own story or you know anyone we should bring to the show, please contact us at www.ICAway.com! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

Career and Immigration Pathway

If you dream to join big tech companies, you may find yourself running into obstacles to achieving that goal. Did you know that, in 2019, one of the FAANG companies received around 3.3 million job applications and a candidate has only a 0.2% chance of getting hired? In this episode, Amit and I will talk about strategies that have helped him overcome his challenges and secure his dream job in the US as an international student. Check out strategic resources to help international job seekers, please visit: ICAway.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

A Playbook for Landing Your Dream Job

Millennial and Gen Z entrepreneurship is growing at a faster rate. It is possibly because of the reason that Entrepreneurship is granting people more freedom along with generating more income if you do it right. However, choosing entrepreneurship is not easy and is full of difficulties. Being an entrepreneur means you are never off duty, at least until you get some success. If having your own business is one of your career goals, this episode will help you realize your potential as an international student and set the right expectations to increase your chances of success as an entrepreneur. To learn more about how we've helped international students land jobs, please visit www.icaway.com  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

Going Global as an Entrepreneur

You can listen to the latest episodes of the Meet the Mentor on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or on ICAway.com/podcast We understand how challenging it is for so many people when they need to step outside of their comfort zone; for example; as an international student, the idea of starting networking with American professionals that you’ve never met before must make you feel very nervous.  In this podcast episode, Coach Kwan, CEO & Founder of ICAway (https://www.icaway.com/) has invited Yoshi Umehara, a former US tax accountant at one of the Big 4 public accounting firms. Today, Yoshi is an entrepreneur starting his business that focuses on personal development and soft skills enhancement -  YEAYUBOX( https://www.yeayubox.com/).  Yoshi and Coach Kwan have recently sat down and discussed their personal experience in overcoming their fears and stepping outside of their comfort zone. We hope that our conversation will help you feel brave and bold to stay outside your comfort zone. Make sure you check out these key points: @18:00 Yoshi's "stepping outside of his comfort zone" memorable moments  @31:00 Coach Kwan's "stepping outside of her comfort zone" journey @42:00 Yoshi's latest stepping outside his comfort zone event @56:00 Our Call to Action for You! (especially a story of an international candidate that Yoshi met at a career fair) On a personal note, as a course creator, if anyone wants to start creating a course, you can check this out http://try.thinkific.com/kwansegal2157 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

Overcoming Your Fears

Having an accent has always been the main barrier to Career development for many of us who were not born and raised in an English speaking country. From a psychological research from Wharton, it revealed that non-native speakers of English are perceived as having weak political skills — which is considered essential for career success. In this podcast, Coach Kwan and our guest mentor, Melanie Fox, an acclaimed dialect coach and accent reduction specialist, have recently sat down and discussed how we can empower international students and help them overcome their fears during job interviews in English. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

International Student Tips: What to Do With Our Accents in Job Interviews

Robina Singh, a National Director at Ascend, is sitting with Coach Kwan Segal, Founder & CEO of ICAway, to discuss why mentors are needed for professional success, especially for International Students who are here in the US and want to find jobs in the future. Studies show that good mentoring can lead to greater career success, including promotions, raises, and increased opportunities. Mentoring has proved so beneficial that 71% of Fortune 500 companies offer mentoring programs to their employees. What are your key takeaways from our conversation in this episode? We’d love to hear from you.  Learn more about how we help International Students and Educators, visit https://www.icaway.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

International Student Tips: Finding Mentors - Elements Of Career Success

At ICAway, we are experts in building networking and career branding strategies for International Students. We empower our International Students and help prioritize their job search activities. ICAway (I-SEE-A-WAY) was founded in January 2017 by  Kwan Segal, an experienced human-capital consultant with over 15 years of professional experience at global organizations like BMW, Accenture, and Deloitte. ​ To find out more about what we do, please visit ? ICAway.com Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/icaway/support

hubhopper

International Student Career Search Tips by ICAway

hubhopper