Getting a Job in America: How to Find the Right Employment Opportunities and Contacts

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by  Jones Roger.

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Getting a Job in America

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other titles in the How To series include:
Getting into America
The immigration guide to finding a new life in the USA
Living & Working in America
How to gain entry and how to settle when you are there
Getting a Job Abroad
The handbook for the international jobseeker: where the jobs are, how to get them
How to Find Temporary Work Abroad
A world of opportunities for everyone
How to Retire Abroad
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Getting a Job in America
How to Find the Right Employment Opportunities and Contacts
Roger Jones
5th edition
How To Books

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By the same author
Getting a Job Abroad
How to Emigrate
How to Manage Your Career
How to Master Languages
How to Retire Abroad
Obtaining Visas and Work Permits
Teaching Abroad
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Fifth edition 1998
Reprinted with amendments 1999
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© Copyright 1998 Roger Alan Jones
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Contents
Preface to the Fifth Edition 9
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Land of Opportunity
11
The USA Past and Present
12
Why Work in the USA?
13
Where Can I Go?
17
Am I Eligible to Work in the United States?
21
Will America Suit Me?
29
The Financial and Other Rewards
2 30
Getting into the United States: The Red Tape
31
The Need for a Visa
32
The 1990 Immigration Law (IMMACT 90)
32
Non-immigrant (Temporary) Visas
39
Immigrant Visas
45
People Not Eligible for Visas
3 46
Vacation Jobs and Exchanges
47
The Opportunities Available
51
The Principal Agencies
60
Further Reading
4 61
Arranging a Job Before You Leave
61
Replying to Advertisements
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Speculative Applications
68
What are the Potential Problems?
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Your Contract

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Preparations Before Departure
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What Specific Arrangements Do I Need to Make?
6 89
Looking for a Job on Arrival
90
Should I Approach an Employer Direct?
92
Private Recruitment Agencies
93
Job Advertisements
94
Public Sector and Other Employment Services
95
Networking
95
What are the Pros and Cons of Job Hunting from a US Base?
7 97
Working Conditions and Financial Obligations
97
Your Contract
99
Medical Matters
100
Working Practices
101
Taxation
8 124
Working for Yourself
125
What's My First Step?
127
Matters for Consideration
128
What Business?
9 130
Looking Ahead
130
What are the Future Job Prospects?
131
The Most Promising Areas
134
Returning Home to an Established Position
135
Moving On
136
Getting Advice
137
The Key to Success
Appendix A: Job Sectors 138
Appendix B: UK Recruitment Organisations 162
Appendix C: US Recruitment Organisations 173
Appendix D: Newspapers and Specialist Journals 176
Appendix E: Job Applications 181
Appendix F: Useful Addresses: United Kingdom 190

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