Career Resources- Michigan State University and other websites.

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As graduation comes creeping around the corner for the 2023 Spring semester graduates, many are still looking for a job. I found looking for a job with OPT to be quite stressing, especially as I am not a STEM major. At first, looking for jobs with the, seemingly, limited resources by myself using websites such as Handshake, LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, etc. seemed really vexing, but I found some websites, and got help from the career services that helped me a lot.

First off, the career services website has numerous tools to help international students.

https://careernetwork.msu.edu/resources/

I would like to point out to two different resources from this website.

  1. GoinGlobal
  2. What can I do with this major?

As an international student, I found GoinGlobal really helpful, because it showed different options for international students. One could choose which specific countries, search for internships, and see a whole database of different companies supporting OPT and H1B.

What can I do with this major also was very helpful as I am not a business or a STEM major, and could not really ask around to enquire about which jobs I could take. I wasted a few interviews because of this, as neither I nor the interviewer knew whether the specific job would be eligible for OPT. When I asked around, only answers I could get was that the job I get had to be directly related to my major. Just what is directly related to my major was left to my imagination. What can I do with this major function on the MSU career website shows what fields I could go into with my major.

 

For those wanting to study more at graduate schools,

https://www.gradschools.com/

is a great website to see which schools have the best programs for specific field of studies.

 

To finish off, I would like to post some Korean American websites. I found jobs on these websites to be more responsive to applications than other websites.

  1. https://www.radiokorea.com/
  2. https://heykorean.com/
  3. https://jobkoreausa.com/

RadioKorea is a website for the West coast (LA, etc.) and has a lot of job openings for different majors.

HeyKorean and Jobkoreausa are both similar and have job openings for different majors across the United States.

 

Hi. My name is Ilhan Ryu and I am a senior at Michigan State University. I lived in South Africa for 11 years, South Korea for 14 years, and the United States for about 4 years. I am majoring in Political science with a minor in international development.