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IT Internship In the US For a Foreigner?

Posted by kdawson on from the foot-in-the-door dept.

grk writes "I am from Europe, studying Business Informatics. I have plenty of IT-related work experience (from my part-time job and summer jobs) ranging from Project Management and Software Planning to Programming. In the 5th semester my curriculum has scheduled an internship for February 2009 preceding bachelor examinations and bachelor thesis. It will last for about three months. I would like to do my internship in the US, but I do not know how to start. Is it common to send unsolicited applications to companies in the US? Try the big corporations? Should I go for an employment agency? Which ones to choose from? What about the pay? Where I come from it is common to pay only a fraction of what your work is actually worth if it's called an 'internship.' Does this apply to the US as well? Any other recommendations?"

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  1. Different career? by Gothmolly · · Score: 0, Troll

    Project Management, Software Planning, all useless psuedo-IT skills that make real engineers cringe. Nothing hurts more than being on a project and a nontechy pseudo-geek trying to "manage" you.

    Pick something else. plenty of real techie jobs.

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  2. woo by nomadic · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're in luck, because after a steady 20-year smear campaign by lobbyists, business book writers, and various alarmists, managers in the US have now been convinced that foreign workers are naturally better educated and more intelligent than oafish domestics. You have an advantage, my friend.

  3. Start here... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am ... studying Business Informatics ... I would like to do my internship in the US, but I do not know how to start.

    Practice saying, "Would you like fries with that?" :-)

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  4. Re:Hate to say it but unlikely to get very far by Bender_ · · Score: 0, Troll

    Somhow I read:

    'Hate to say it but likely you get very fat'

    And sorry, but that is often true for Europeans visiting the US.

  5. Re:You are from Europe? Stay in Europe! by Dravik · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just want to point out, every country to include all of Europe can and will examine and/or confiscate your laptop and/or anything else you are carrying with you when you enter their country. The US is the only country where these types of customs inspections are controversial at all.

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