The employment situation in the United States is sluggish, and international students lament that it is difficult to compete with local students for jobs

The employment situation in the United States is sluggish, and international students lament that it is difficult to compete with local students for jobs. Editor's note: The employment situation in the United States is not good, and it is difficult to gain points even if you graduate from a prestigious school. For those from...

The employment situation in the United States is sluggish. International students lament that it is difficult to compete with local students for jobs. Editor's note: The employment situation in the United States is not good. Even if you graduate from a prestigious school, it is difficult to gain points. For international students from overseas, it is even more difficult. International students from mainland China say that they are not competing at the same level as graduates from the United States because they are still subject to H1-B visas, which makes it even harder for them to find suitable job opportunities. Data show that there are 1.5 million college graduates in the United States every year, and the unemployment rate for recent college graduates (22 to 26 years old) is 8.9%, while the unemployment rate for recent high school graduates is as high as 22.9%. Jenny Chen (pseudonym), who has graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, three years ago, still cannot find a suitable job. She graduated from a prestigious high school in the Los Angeles area and studied biochemistry at the prestigious University of California, Berkeley, with a full scholarship. Almost no one would have thought that she would not be able to find a job. She told reporters that during the job search phase in the first two years, she almost collapsed, and her parents were also anxious with her. Finally, with the encouragement of her parents, relatives, friends and church volunteers, she spent a year reviewing her homework and applied for medical school. She will finally return to school this fall. Zhao Jun (pseudonym), who is about to leave campus, is an international student from mainland China. He has always believed that because he attended an English school in China since he was a child, his English foundation is better than that of Americans. At the same time, being proficient in Chinese has the advantage of being bilingual, so finding a job should not be a problem. Unexpectedly, during an interview, he met his senior who graduated a year earlier than him - a student who was hailed as a "model student" by everyone at school. He was actually among the same batch of interviewees. Zhao Jun told reporters that there are many international students who want to "intern" in the United States, accumulate some experience and then return to China to "serve the motherland." However, even in the face of large companies that chant slogans such as "equal employment", many people can only go as far as the interview level. Once they arrive at the company's "human resources department", they will be subject to the constraints of the H1-B visa, because many companies secretly hang up the "no-negotiation flag" as soon as they see students who need to apply for H1-B visas, making it even harder for international students to find suitable job opportunities. According to predictions, starting in June 2012, there will be another 1.5 million college graduates in the United States. They are facing a continued recession in the job market and have to "grab for jobs" with their brothers and sisters from previous generations.