Episodes
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2024 marks the 10th year of Lan, a two-time international student (first in Belarus, then in the U.S.) and cultural psychologist, being in the United States. Lan shares with me her love-hate relationship with the roadblocks—the H1B visa and immigration status—that stand in her dream of becoming a professor. There were many times she felt like giving up on academia because the ride it's too rugged. The lack of freedom of choice makes her feel vulnerable. Nonetheless, she managed to turn her vision from 10 years ago into reality.
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🎙️You Are Not Alone | The H1b Talk Podcast is a place dedicated for us international students, where we share our struggles and celebrate our wins in the job search, h1b process, career and daily life in the United States. We invite you to the world of this small and often overlooked community.
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Professor in HR and organizational behavior, mama of two boys, coffee shop owner and a new-coming Q-grade, Ning joins me today to talk about a path that she never planned. There are sparkles in Ning’s eyes whenever she talks about teaching or her students, she did not imagined to be a professor at first. Unlike many who are so stressed over H1b and the status in general, Ning did not know much about H1b yet got it as part of a teaching position. Life seems full of potential and U.S. could just be a testing field for Professor Hou.
Check out Ning’s Our Immi-great Life postcast, hosted jointly with Kelly.
https://open.spotify.com/show/4DcduYjn7vo8UmmpBEHlrs?si=jYHMAywMRKSTQhFFGsf-AA
🎙️You Are Not Alone | The H1b Talk Podcast is a place for us international students and general public alike, where we share our struggles and celebrate our wins in the job search, h1b process, career and daily life.
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Product is not the only thing Ming designs. A marketer turned product designer, our guest of this episode also designs her own life and career path. Although she can plan and steer the ways, she has been through some challenging times to remove the roadblocks such as H1b, mindsets, and moving to LA under the 90 day unemployment clock. The international student label remains a key identity to us, yet it can sometimes be a chain limiting the possibilities one’s able to create. Let’s hear about Ming’s story and her suggestions for fellow international students and job seekers on being proactive.
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Studied pharmacy in college to meet the parents’ expectation, music is what Zhuoer really wants to pursue. He then came to the states to study music business and entertainment industry management. Every star aligned for him on his dream career path—internship at a well known music agency, return offer, and getting the h1b lottery the first try.
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Yet, the luck is not always there. Moving from New York to sunshine California, Zhuoer took on a new opportunity and shifted to tech. Music, tech, and web 3 are all key words to his career. How could you balance your dream and the reality? Working in the U.S. in a particular competitive landscape, complexed by the work visa situation, Zhuoer shares some advice with fellow young professionals.
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🎙️You Are Not Alone | The H1b Talk Podcast is a place for us international students and general public alike, where we share our struggles and celebrate our wins in the job search, h1b process, career and daily life.
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How would you feel when your life, career, and even your cat’s life is up to a lottery? How many chances would you try before giving up?Kitty received 16 years of the exam based Chinese education before coming to the U.S. for grad school. The reasons being one she wanted to experience a more holistic education, and second is to fulfill her mom’ s dream of studying abroad. Despite a smooth job search as a new international student, the h1b process was brutal for her. This is a quite emotional episode where Kitty shares with us her four years of being in the h1b pool along with her mental health roller coster ride. Although it was a long and rough ride, Kitty finally got selected this year. I’m truly happy for you, Kitty! .🎙️You Are Not Alone | The H1b Talk Podcast is a place for us international students and general public alike, where we share our struggles and celebrate our wins in the job search, h1b process, career and daily life.
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Just do it and never limit yourself are Iris’ mottos. Coming to the states just two years ago from Shenzhen, Iris graduated her master’s from USC Annenberg. A job opportunity found her at a poker table. She started working the next day post-graduation and got selected for h1b the first try…She is employee No.1 at a solar energy startup in LA. Everything feels like a gift of life by embracing uncertainty.However, Iris shares with host Rosemary that the biggest struggle for her to stay in the U.S. is about the relationship with her parents. In fact, her parents, who are not opponents of having their daughter working so far away from home, do not know about her h1b selection…How is she handling working in a different country while taking in the stress from the parent-daughter situation? Let’s find out.
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In the second half of this episode, Paul shares with host Rosemary on his journey ahead of H1b—green card and the changes happened to his mindset. From first-generation/international student to first generation immigrant. If he could go back in time, there’s one thing he'd do differently. Do you want to take a guess? Paul also brings in three messages he’d like to the fellow international students to know about job search.
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🎙️You Are Not Alone | The H1b Talk Podcast is a place for us international students and general public alike, where we share our struggles and celebrate our wins in the job search, h1b process, career and daily life.
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Growing up, Paul was being impressed on the idea of getting a Phd in the U.S. and have a career in academia as a way to fulfill his family’s dreams and expectations. His whole 20 some years was planned around coming to the U.S. and getting that Phd. Job searching was just a plan B for him, yet he is now working as a civil engineer. Started out his journey in California, Paul then moved to Michigan for his masters, and then to Cleveland, Ohio for the first job. A year later, he eventually relocate back to California. In the first half of this episode, Paul shares about his family influence, PhD application journey, job searching, sponsorship, and first year working experience.
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You Are Not Alone | The H1b Talk is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Follow @theh1btalk on Instagram to stay updated with the newest content and more behind the scene clips! Let’s talk! Connect with me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemaryxu/ If you want to learn more about this podcast or want to share you story, send me a message on LinkedIn or DM @theh1btalk.
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Panamanian Born Chinese student Karen is living a one of a kind life. Can you imagine spending half of your life as an international student in the U.S.? The idea of staying here comes natural to Karen as she has been in the states for 14 years. When she went to UC Davis for college, she started to explore her career and wanted to become a pediatric nurse, yet life is about making plans for yourself, changing plans, and make plans again. Karen is not a fan of uncertainty. Join Karen and her best friend Host Rosemary and listen to how visa and h1b lottery have taken Karen onto a self-discovery journey. You Are Not Alone | The H1b Talk is also available on Apple Podcasts!Follow @theh1btalk on Instagram to stay updated with the newest content and more behind the scene clips!Let’s talk! Connect with me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemaryxu/ If you want to learn more about this podcast or want to share you story, send me a message on LinkedIn or DM @theh1btalk.
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NEW EPISODE! Guess who the guest is? It’s me, your host Rosemary. In the previous episode, I shared why I created this episode. In this one, you will be hearing me talking about my story from an international student coming to the U.S. when she was 17 years old to today a 25-year-old navigating her job seeking journey and her dilemma with the sponsorship and professional development. My career path changed from being a therapist to pr/marketing professional, and then it was compounded by the pandemic. Identity crisis? Reverse culture shock? China vs US? Which one should I choose? There are some valuable lessons I’ve had along the way, and I hope those can be of value to you as well. Unexpected things happened in 2022……Car accident? H1b? Quitting? Going back to school? Where do I go from now?
You Are Not Alone | The H1b Talk is available on Apple Podcasts!
Follow @theh1btalk on Instagram to stay updated with the newest contentLet’s talk! Connect with me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemaryxu/
If you want to learn more about me or this podcast or want to share you story, send me a message on LinkedIn or DM @theh1btalk.
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Hi everyone, welcome to the opening episode where your host Rosemary talks about why she created this podcast and who the guests will be. If you are not familiar with H1B, here is more information from USCIS. https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/h-1b-specialty-occupations
