1. American foreign student work policy
Most international students studying in the United States hold F 1 visas. According to the relevant legal requirements, F 1 visas generally only allow students to work on campus, and the working hours are limited to 20 hours per week and 40 hours on holidays. In other words, under normal circumstances, international students can only work on campus, and often they can't work beyond the legal working hours, otherwise students may be punished or even sent back to China.
However, students who hold a legal student status, have been enrolled for more than 9 months and meet certain standards can apply for a work permit outside the school in the international office of the school in order to get employment from the immigration bureau or a company with labor certification. However, it should be noted that they can only work part-time during the semester and full-time during the holidays to increase their income. The employment period is one year, and can be renewed after the expiration.
2. Working methods
(1) Tutor/Teaching Assistant/Laboratory Assistant
Tutoring junior students, whether at school, at home or online, can promote your personal professional level. If your job is to help students improve their learning skills and learning efficiency, then you will also face high-level students.
Any major in any university needs teaching assistants (teaching assistants), and some majors also need laboratory assistants. If your academic performance is outstanding, you can help the teacher to correct your homework, or participate in experimental teaching and research in the school. This work will fully show your expertise.
When applying for a job in the future, the professor's recommendation letter can not only prove that you are excellent in your studies, but also show that you are diligent enough and have the ability to cooperate with your work. Of course, this job is heavily subsidized and the competition is fierce.
(2) Residential supervision
Basically, undergraduate students in the United States have to stay in school. RA has to get along with students day and night, preside over meetings in the jurisdiction (floor), rectify discipline, and mediate disputes from time to time, so it has the most opportunities to practice oral English and accumulated a lot of contacts and popularity.
However, being a good RA requires a lot of responsibilities, including helping to prepare the dormitory and being a prospective counselor for students? When they have learning problems, they can ask you for help as soon as possible and supervise the implementation of dormitory regulations. Therefore, RA should also undergo strict training, learn to balance their time, and give priority to meeting the needs of students. Most importantly, RA must set an example and effectively maintain school discipline through accountability.
(3) Gym Assistant on campus
Like the resident supervisor, becoming an excellent gym assistant also requires good interpersonal skills, language communication skills, multicultural understanding and organizational decision-making skills, as well as the ability to complete many tasks as scheduled, especially involving venue reservation, roster registration, activity promotion, satisfaction survey, assisting school team training and sports events. Except that everything is done according to the school rules, immoral sports behavior cannot be tolerated.
The technical content of the basic work of the gym is not high, mainly the storage and maintenance of equipment, the cleaning of the venue and locker room, etc. However, it takes some skill to set up and disassemble the equipment and use the demonstration equipment. Because the gym is usually open from early morning to midnight, it takes personal time to be relatively flexible to work here. Fortunately, students' training time is concentrated, and their study will not be greatly affected. On the other hand, I often keep company with my peers who are in good shape, and I can motivate myself even if I am busy with my studies? Take local materials? Exercise, in addition to gaining a strong body, can also be refreshed and face your own schedule. Moreover, relevant work experience can also reflect your perseverance, physical fitness and comprehensive ability, which will add points when you apply for a job in the future.
(4) Working as a waiter in a campus restaurant
If you have a good impression on campus restaurants and cafes, you can also consider working there. In addition to salary, many of these jobs are accompanied by employee meal discounts. Nowadays, many formal jobs require candidates to have good communication skills, customer service skills, organization and coordination skills, time management skills and teamwork skills, and catering service is a good opportunity to comprehensively improve these abilities. The school will arrange according to your check-in time and place, and also provide relevant on-the-job training (such as bartending), as well as various reward mechanisms. When you graduate, the relevant experience will not only add a bright color to your resume, but also introduce you to the catering industry or other service industries.
Restaurant jobs suitable for international students are usually assistants and waiters who are responsible for preparing materials. The latter should be good at remembering the meals ordered by the guests and help arrange and clean up the venue of the restaurant. Working in a restaurant, you should learn how to deal with guests with food allergies, regularly check the temperature of food, and know all kinds of foods (drinks) and ingredients like the back of your hand. Although trivial, it is also very interesting, and it is also a good opportunity to establish friendship with classmates.
(5) In-service campus tour guides
Campus tour guide is not only as simple as being a tour guide, but also a window of students' elegance and even the image of the school, which plays a great role in whether students and parents apply for this school. Therefore, if you have a glib tongue, have a full understanding of all aspects of the school and have the enthusiasm to share your college life experience, you really should apply for this job. Of course, this job is time-consuming from the beginning of the training stage, and it is usually delivered to non-senior students who have been enrolled for more than one semester and have no academic pressure.
This job requires you to provide optimistic answers to all kinds of questions, so that visitors can get a positive experience; At the same time, you may also be required to participate in reception at the front desk, data entry, undergraduate enrollment and student training. If you want to enrich your after-school life, exercise your communication skills and get extra points for finding a job in the future, you can consider this happy and well-paid job.
(6) Student activity planning assistant
The student activity offices in American universities specialize in planning various activities, and it is essential to hire students as planning assistants. The nature of his work is not much different from that of a gym assistant who organizes sports activities and competitions. To do this job well, you need to work with the team to complete activities related to big and small problems in a limited time, meet students' rich after-school needs, enrich the types and venues of activities, and give you more opportunities to play around the campus.