Briefly, my experience:
I am Italian and I have been working at the
I have a 18 months visa and I
have been lucky and persevering in trying to find a job in the
Three years ago I was an intern at the NASM and NMAA
in
Being foreigner should not be a problem if you are the
right person (certainly if an American citizen is an even competitor, he should
get the job, but this is also fair …), but if you are “the right
person at the right moment” your being a foreigner should not be a
problem.
You have to be ready, though, to fill out many forms …I
can say it is absolutely worthwhile and I thank Institutions like the Saint
Louis Art Museum and, yes, the USA Government for giving me this wonderful opportunity.
My best wishes.
Angelica
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> I
read you e-mail and I have the same problem, because
> my
boyfriend lives in the
>
Museum Studies and Archeology. I tried to send my
>
curriculum, but they answer, when they do, "No
>
thanks".
> My
advice is to speak with American embassy to ask
>
document to work there.
I think being in the country and having obtained your
own green card or other
kind of work visa would help alot. The immigration
laws in this country are
as confusing to citizens as it is to people outside
(maybe more) and is
probably not waters h.r. people want to wade if they
can find equally
qualified candidates locally (actually that might be a
law?). So I think
seeing the foreign address and lack of visa can almost
immediately put you in
the no file, even if you are the perfect candidate.
When there are several
100 people applying for each position, employers can
afford to be picky.
I once hired a summer intern from
with a staff member. And the kid was a great intern.
But getting him here and
all the paperwork done was such a headache and
expensive - we had to consult
a lawyer to see if we were doing it right- that a candidate would have to be
able to make trash turn into money for me to seriously
consider delving into
those waters again.
But on the same account, I think it's the same thing
for people here looking
to move to other cities.
Pamela
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