| In the US today with Unemployment above 9% it is | | | | fewer foreigners are looking for jobs means that there |
| has meant many immigrants have been laid off along | | | | is less competition for you in your US Job search. Most |
| with their US counterparts. Combine all this with the | | | | people on an H1B visa tend to be from Asian |
| recent anti-foreign worker legislation introduced in the | | | | backgrounds and/or highly educated and work in the |
| US Congress, it has been very gloomy both for | | | | newer sectors of the economy is also beneficial given |
| immigrants outside the US wanting to work or study | | | | the unemployment rate for these groups are far lower |
| here as well as those already on work visas like the | | | | than the National average. |
| H1B visa, L1 visa or E3 visain 2007 for US students | | | | It is also worth noting that many US recent |
| around the country, 50% of new US College | | | | undergraduates are postponing enter the workforce |
| graduates had jobs already and now this figure is only | | | | and doing Masters programs meaning less competition |
| 20% of new US College graduates so foreigners of | | | | from them as well. |
| course will find it even tougher | | | | The set of circumstance that foreign immigrants are |
| What Can You Do To Keep Positive & Get A | | | | facing today taken with an optimistic outlook are |
| Job In the US? | | | | favorable in many ways that you will never again see |
| Consider that as amid crisis there is always opportunity | | | | in your lifetime. |
| and companies like Apple, Intel, Microsoft, etc. (the | | | | You can certainly find the silver lining in this story |
| modern global powerhouses) all started in the midst of | | | | economic cloud to live and work in the US for many |
| deep economic recessions and bleak times. | | | | years to come. |
| The fact that the H1B visa total is unfilled now and | | | | |