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Stevereno
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Hi, i'm a UK student wishing to spend the summer working in the united states. Since i'm still a Student and will be going back to uni in September as well to do my final year, I'm told several organisations such as bunac and ccusa can arrange for a working visa over there.
Has anyone done this before? bunac seems very expensive, is ccusa any cheaper? And does anyone have any other experience with other organisations? How easy is it to find work? I've worked in offices in London before doing admin on around £10 an hour, is this kind of temp work easily available in cities in the states? And is it easy enough to get more shop based / resort work if you don't have much experience?
I'd prefer to not have to give to much cash to an organisation, since all i really want is the work visa, i'd prefer to buy my own flights etc. see, is ccusa my only option for this? Thanks.
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Heena Hirji
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Were it up to me, you could not get a job in this country until all of our citizens seeking work had found it, i.e., an official unemployment rate of no greater than 3%.
But it's not up to me. It's up to you to not take the job of a citizen of a country you'd like to visit. The citizen NEEDS the job, you only want it.
When I worked in Germany, the country was desperate for workers. I was a simple arbeiter paid what was probably the lowest wage in the country.
Probably millions.
Probably many tens of thousands.
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Tranbrokizit
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Fortunately, work exchange programs are just that: they exchange jobseekers, ensuring that the number of short-term workers coming here is offset by some of our kids going over there. So it all evens out.
A friend of mine did the Bunac program going from here to there some years ago (it was run by CIEE on this end). It seems to work just fine, and if there's an easier way to do it, I haven't heard of it. I'd urge the original poster to go for it. The jobs you can get quickly tend not to be glamorous, and if you're under 21, you won't be working where there's liquor involved, so no pub/bar jobs.
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kc61803
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Good to know. Thank you.
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