{"id":467660,"date":"2025-01-24T02:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T02:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//?p=467660"},"modified":"2025-02-17T07:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T07:20:15","slug":"must-know-applying-for-jobs-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//must-know-applying-for-jobs-in-the-us/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//","title":{"rendered":"Applying for jobs in the US? This Ivy League graduate working in San Francisco has tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Applying for jobs in the US as an international student is a path littered with hurdles and frustration.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p>It&#8217;s expensive. Cultural clashes are bound to happen. Some have even suffered discrimination. But the biggest hurdle is often finding a company open to sponsoring a work visa.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//www.linkedin.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//in/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//jahnshah/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Jahnavi Shah</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//a> was ready to face them all. She dedicated years of her life to doing just that &#8212; ultimately landing a/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/u00a0full-time job as a Product Strategist at Persona, a software development company in San Francisco.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<div id=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"attachment_467662/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"width: 4042px/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"wp-caption aligncenter/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" aria-describedby=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"caption-attachment-467662/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"wp-image-467662 size-full lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_3150.jpeg/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"applying for jobs in the US/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"4032/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"3024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_3150.jpeg 4032w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_3150-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_3150-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_3150-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_3150-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_3150-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"--smush-placeholder-width: 4032px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 4032/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//3024;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//><p id=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"caption-attachment-467662/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"wp-caption-text/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Shah has received several Women in Tech scholarships throughout her education, including Anita B. Org GHC 21 &amp; 23, and D.E. Shaw India Ascend Fellowship. Source: Jahnavi Shah</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<h2><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">A must-have when applying for jobs in the US/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/u00a0</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//h2>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p>Shah&#8217;s tried and tested method to successfully applying for jobs in the US is to intern.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">&#8220;Having several internships on my resume was how I did it,&#8221; Shah shares. &#8220;Getting a few work experience up your sleeves before your move to the US is extremely important, especially when you&#8217;re planning on applying for jobs in the US.&#8221;</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><strong>Having an internship, or several, benefits international students in many ways. It builds resumes. It helps you network with professionals who have been there, done that.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">However, the most crucial part of an internship is that you&#8217;ll be able to experience what it&#8217;s like to work in a professional setting. You&#8217;ll see how a business operates firsthand, how teams collaborate, how decisions are made, and learn how to carry yourself in this environment./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/u00a0</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">A clearer picture of your future career will be painted out. Your future employers know this and are likelier to hire someone with one.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">&#8220;If you&#8217;re going to move abroad and try to apply for jobs, it&#8217;s best to have a couple of work experiences up your sleeve,&#8221; says Shah.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Today, Shah has completed four internships, one of which was as a product manager with The Washington Post, a role she landed despite having little product </wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">experience.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">&#8220;When applying to The Washington Post, I did not have much experience as a product manager, but all the different experiences I had as a content creator, growth marketer, and programme manager helped me secure the internship with the newspaper company,&#8221; she shares. </wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">&#8220;Having a couple of internships with a diverse background in the job scope is essential.&#8221;</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p>But is there such a thing as too many internships?</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">In Shah&#8217;s case, she knew that having several internships would only help her when applying for jobs in the US.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<div id=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"attachment_467664/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"width: 3034px/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"wp-caption aligncenter/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" aria-describedby=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"caption-attachment-467664/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"wp-image-467664 size-full lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_5616.jpeg/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"applying for jobs in the US/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"3024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"2268/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_5616.jpeg 3024w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_5616-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_5616-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_5616-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_5616-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//studyinternational.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//11/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//IMG_5616-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"(max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"--smush-placeholder-width: 3024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 3024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//2268;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//><p id=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"caption-attachment-467664/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"wp-caption-text/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Shah has over 60,000 followers on LinkedIn and is the top voice on the platform. Source: Jahnavi Shah</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<h2><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Hardships and failures made her resilient and led her to success</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//h2>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Before living in the US, Shah was a tech geek growing up in India.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"> In high school, keeping up with new gadgets and learning how to code was part of her daily routine.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">When choosing her degree programme, there was no question about what she wanted to do: computers. But getting into the universities she wanted was not easy.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">&#8220;The IIT JEE exams were challenging to the point where I couldn&#8217;t take the pressure, and I gave up,&#8221; Shah says. &#8220;To say the least, unlike my group of friends, I did not get into any of the top universities in India. I felt inferior.&#8221;</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Shah attended the </wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span><a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//www.pdpu.ac.in/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Pandit Deendayal Energy ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø (PDEU)</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//a><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"> and earned a </wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span><a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//sot.pdpu.ac.in/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//ce-dept.html/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Computer Engineering</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//a><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">. As soon as she started her first year at PDEU, she decided that her goal for her master&#8217;s degree was to get into a good university.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">&#8220;I maintained my grades. I joined several extracurriculars, and I started working too. On top of that, I also scored high marks for my GRE,&#8221; Shah says.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Five years later, all that hard work paid off. Today, she holds a Master&#8217;s in Engineering Management degree from </wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span><a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//www.cornell.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Cornell ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//a><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">Cornell was not the only university that accepted her; the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø of Southern California, Arizona State ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø, 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src=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" data-load-mode=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"1/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//iframe></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">But even with an Ivy League degree in hand, landing internships was hard for Shah.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">In 2023, there were more than one million international students in the US, but only</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span><a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//www.globalinternships.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//post/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//internship-usa-for-international-students#:~:text=With%20more%20than%201%20million,international%20student%20is%20incredibly%20popular./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"> <span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">23,000, approximately 2.3%, secured internships</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//a><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">. </wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">And only</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span><a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//e.vnexpress.net/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//life/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//trend/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//international-students-in-us-have-mountain-to-climb-to-get-jobs-4739436.html/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"> <span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">23% master&#8217;s degree graduates managed to stay and work there</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//a><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">These odds and the fact that she couldn&#8217;t find a place to stay took a toll on Shah&#8217;s mental health. </wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">For eight months, Shah lived out of a suitcase in three houses, with everything she owned scattered.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">But the day she got her apartment, she knew she had made it and all her hardships were worth it.</wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//span></wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/n<p><span style=/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/"font-weight: 400;/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/467660/">&#8220;My stuff was scattered all over the US and at different houses, and when I got my place, I 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