Best route to get employed in the USA

Craigbrown

Hey guys this may be a little obscure but I can’t find anything useful anywhere to point me in the right direction so thought i’d reach out and see what advice people may have.
I’ve always wanted to live in NYC but with the USA it’s not just as simple as applying for jobs and then off you go.. I can’t figure out how I can do it or what the best course of action may be, do I need a degree? Does it need to be in a particular field? It seems very unclear to know what I am required to do! Any advice would be great, thanks in advance :beer:

gettingtheresometime

I think getting employment in the US is going to be very tricky unless you've got a talent that they want & there's no home grown person with that talent

Savvy_Sue

There is a whole heap of information here, but I suppose what you want to know is how to get a job in the USA. Google found me this which may or may not be helpful. If you don't have a degree, you could try to do one over there, but you'll need deep pockets, or some amazing skill - I know one lad who got a scholarship to study because he was amazing at basketball, for example.

Socajam

Marry an American

eamon

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/employment-based-immigrant-visas.html


In short they will only accept exceptional people. So perhaps the best way is to get a job with a US multinational, climb the ladder and then try for a transfer to the US.

noobinvestor

The US is one of the most hardest countries to immigrant to unless you have close family living there who can sponsor you or as mentioned above, marry a citizen.


Another way would be to work for a UK company that has a US presence there and apply for an L visa but your employer has to pay over $5000 for the visa and prove why it has to be you and not an American citizen.

noobinvestor

Also NYC is one of the most expensive places to live, you will be paying city taxes, state taxes and federal taxes, and health insurance in NYC is not cheap haha.

Neil_Jones

noobinvestor wrote: »

Also NYC is one of the most expensive places to live, you will be paying city taxes, state taxes and federal taxes, and health insurance in NYC is not cheap haha.

I dare say health insurance will look considerably cheaper if you are unfortunate enough to have to go into hospital in the US. No "NHS" style care for a start. A very quick Google suggests $4k a day if you have to go into hospital, about £3k at the current exchange rate.

Also if you are fortunate enough to win an amount of money (lottery/Powerball or a gameshow or something like that), consider yourself lucky if you get to keep anywhere near half of it as the taxes will eat into it.

Oh and no annual leave entitlement either for work. Over here? 28 days. Over there? Sweet diddly squat, its at your employers discretion to pay you for it or you take it unpaid.

Probably argue its not particularly MSE to go anywhere near America if you feel lucky, ill or run down.

techwatcher

Neil_Jones wrote: »

Oh and no annual leave entitlement either for work. Over here? 28 days. Over there? Sweet diddly squat, its at your employers discretion to pay you for it or you take it unpaid.
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Whilst it's true that there's no legal entitlement for annual leave in the US, in reality most employers will offer around 10 days paid annual leave which will grow, slowly, with tenure.

Something else to watch out for; many employment contracts in the US are so-called 'at will' contracts. This means you are employed 'at will' and can be sacked at any time, without reason and without notice (there are one or two exceptions). This works both ways - employees on these contracts can leave immediately without giving notice.

CanadianDream

Craigbrown wrote: »

Hey guys this may be a little obscure but I can’t find anything useful anywhere to point me in the right direction so thought i’d reach out and see what advice people may have.
I’ve always wanted to live in NYC but with the USA it’s not just as simple as applying for jobs and then off you go.. I can’t figure out how I can do it or what the best course of action may be, do I need a degree? Does it need to be in a particular field? It seems very unclear to know what I am required to do! Any advice would be great, thanks in advance :beer:

What field of work are you in now?

JayRitchie

Neil_Jones wrote: »

I dare say health insurance will look considerably cheaper if you are unfortunate enough to have to go into hospital in the US. No "NHS" style care for a start. A very quick Google suggests $4k a day if you have to go into hospital, about £3k at the current exchange rate.

Also if you are fortunate enough to win an amount of money (lottery/Powerball or a gameshow or something like that), consider yourself lucky if you get to keep anywhere near half of it as the taxes will eat into it.

Oh and no annual leave entitlement either for work. Over here? 28 days. Over there? Sweet diddly squat, its at your employers discretion to pay you for it or you take it unpaid.

Probably argue its not particularly MSE to go anywhere near America if you feel lucky, ill or run down.

GIven that the OP's best chance of going to the US is on a company transfer (or a highly skilled recruit) they would expect very good health coverage, and some ability to negotiate on annual leave. They simply won't get work on any kind of low income.