AbroadTalk: Recent Episodes
Nancy and Leah
Welcome to AbroadTalk. A podcast hosted by Nancy and Leah, two generations of international students focusing on sharing experiences and stories of Chinese immigrants in the U.S.. 欢迎来到“留学僧和留学狗”！这是一档跨20年的两代留学人的对话节目。一个通过经历分享为大家带来有效和及时的资讯的平台。
Curious about what coaching truly is and whether it is for you? Or interested in learning more about leadership in the AAPI community? On the last day of AAPI Month, we are honored to have Suzanne Taylor, author of “Leadership Journey Workbook: Self-Reflections and Actions for Growth” and a renowned executive coach for leaders around the world to join us for a discussion.
Suzanne has a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford Business School. Prior to becoming an Executive Coach, Suzanne worked as an executive at Intuit and co-authored a book called “Inside Intuit: How the Makers of Quicken Beat Microsoft and Revolutionized an Entire Industry.” Suzanne is also the founding member of Asian Women Coaching Collective, a community of diverse Asian women coaches convening to empower and transform the experiences of Asian women leaders.
Suzanne is also a proud mother of three daughters in their twenties.
Tune in to hear Suzanne discuss growing up as a second-generation Asian American woman, being a mother of mixed children and her journey with executive coaching.
Happy Asian and Pacific Island Heritage Month! On today’s special episode, we have Megan Ruan, General Partner at Gold House Ventures, a $30 million fund investing in Asian and Pacific Islander founders. She is also currently an MBA student at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Megan was born and raised in a suburb of the Twin Cities, Minnesota to parents who left China during the Cultural Revolution. Now a proud leader of the Asian community, Megan shared that her journey to realize her Asian American pride was not without its challenges and her parents played an important role in that.
For the past three years, Megan has served as a founding member of the nonprofit Gold House, the nation’s largest collective of Asians & Pacific Islanders (API) fighting on behalf of societal equity and representation. Her greatest passion is finding ways to advocate for API entrepreneurs and creative voices, which she currently does through a fund dedicated to backing early-stage founders of API descent.
Come join us and learn more about how Megan found belonging and purpose in her community, the role her relationships with her parents played in that, and the advice she would give to peers and parents hoping to find the same meaning and peace in themselves.
For more information about Gold House:
website - https://goldhouse.org/
Social media - @goldhouseco
Call to Action to investors or founders please email investments@goldhouse.org
Happy Women's History Month!
In this episode, Leah and I want to celebrate and discuss the empowering women in the Asian American community and explore the stress they are facing. We are joined by Andrea Shen, Nancy's high school friend and now Stanford Graduate School of Business classmate who won the title of Miss Nor Cal USA and will be competing in Miss California USA soon. As we discuss different sources of stress, Andrea takes us through her experience growing up with parents with high expectations (3:04), dealing with racism as an Asian American woman in pageantry (12:17), her parents' struggle with her competing (17:30) and why she is determined to empower more Asian women in America through representation in media and entertainment (19:04).
We also discussed how parents and children can better discuss the topic of mental health through role modeling and checking in with each other (24:44). Stay tuned till the end for important lessons on balancing your priorities to alleviate your stress (30:35), making your voice heard (33:41) and how to negotiate your pay (35:26) that every woman should learn!
What are your sources of stress as an Asian woman living in America? How have you coped with it? How can this community of powerful women better support each other?
Please email us at abroadtalkpodcast@gmail.com if you have questions or want to share your stories or follow us on Instagram @AbroadTalk.
Have you ever felt guilty for complaining about how hard anything is, especially to your immigrant parents and wondered why? Have you ever been obsessed with achievement and cannot stop comparing yourself to others?
In this episode, we continued our discussion on mental health and explored our sources of stress in the context of our families' immigrant experiences. We are joined by Angela Wang, whose mom went to Peking University with Leah and immigrated to the U.S. after 1989. As we discuss how our parents handled stress and anxiety, we realized it's important to keep in mind the cultural and political experiences that shaped their values and beliefs today (13:36). While we all agree that the "pressure to succeed" and academic achievement is still the number one stress for the Asian community (28:00), we explored how the western idea of "grit" is ingrained in our culture as "吃苦(chi ku)“ and whether that belief is changing over time.
Why do you think we as a community care so much about achievement? Have you discussed this with your family?
Please email us at abroadtalkpodcast@gmail.com if you have questions or want to share your stories or follow us on Instagram @AbroadTalk.
Welcome to AbroadTalk, a podcast hosted by Nancy and Leah, two generations of international students focusing on sharing experiences and stories of Chinese immigrants. For the third season of our podcast, we decided to shift gears and explore the topic of mental health and how it impacts our daily lives.
In this episode, we were joined by Angel Yu, who grew up in China, educated in the U.S. and currently works in London. Some key points we discussed:
Academics as a key root of stress for some Chinese immigrants growing up
How to distinguish "daily stress" vs. anxiety attack and serious mental health issue
When and how to get help
Some tips for improving your own mental health
Please email us at abroadtalkpodcast@gmail.com if you have questions or want to share your stories or follow us on Instagram @AbroadTalk.
Launching a career in America Part 2
For EP06-08, we will share a recorded panelist discussion on "Launching a career in America" that was hosted by Leah and featured Nancy as one of the panelists. The main goal of the discussion was to identify the challenges and opportunities of Chinese / Chinese American when launching their career in American. It aims at exchanging the thoughts and offer a better solution for future generation of minorities or young professionals coming from a different culture background. In this second episode, the panelists shared key “DONTS” in interviews (1:21), how to utilize your school’s network and deal with pressure from parents and peers (6:02), whether you should go into a fast growing sector like blockchain (14:54) and why “being quiet” is not a bad trait (23:07).
You can read the full panelist bio and session recap here. Stay tuned for Part 3!
Launching a career in America Part 3
For EP06-08, we are sharing a recorded panelist discussion on "Launching a career in America" that was hosted by Leah and featured Nancy as one of the panelists. The main goal of the discussion was to identify the challenges and opportunities of Chinese / Chinese American when launching their career in American. It aims at exchanging the thoughts and offer a better solution for future generation of minorities or young professionals coming from a different culture background. In this final episode, the panelists discussed how to be a rockstar new hire (1:23) and what it takes to be an entrepreneur (19:18). The panelists also shared their key takeaways from the entire session (35:15) .
You can read the full panelist bio and session recap here.
For the next three episodes, we will share a recorded panelist discussion on "Launching a career in America" that was hosted by Leah and featured Nancy as one of the panelists. The main goal of the discussion was to identify the challenges and opportunities of Chinese / Chinese American when launching their career in American. It aims at exchanging the thoughts and offer a better solution for future generation of minorities or young professionals coming from a different culture background. In this first episode, the panelists shared the most relevant ways to find jobs (1:25) and tips for "acing" the interview (15:43).
You can read the full panelist bio and session recap here. Stay tuned for Part 2 and 3!
High future earnings, stability, and potential for innovation make the tech companies attractive to Gen Z students, especially international students.
In this episode, we interviewed Norah and Saya, who both joined large U.S. based tech companies after a short career in consulting. They shared their experience and outlook into the industry.
Here is what we covered:
- (1:00) What a typical day at Uber and Facebook is like
- (6:26) How remote working has impacted their work
- (12:13) How to deal with the current COVID / geopolitical uncertainty and find your path
- (18:00) Tips and tricks on job hunting and beating out your competition
- (25:12) Tech is not the only career out there!
- (26:40) Staying or leaving the U.S. is a personal decision, take the time to understand the pros and cons; you know yourself best!
High future earnings, stability, and potential for innovation make the tech companies attractive to Gen Z students, especially international students.
In this episode, we interviewed Nora and Saya, who both joined large U.S. based tech companies after a short career in consulting. They shared their experience and outlook into the industry.
Here are some key insights shared by our guests:
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Landing your first job is incredibly difficult (especially now) regardless of your nationality and interests, so don't be too hard on yourself if you don't get your "dream job".
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We know it's hard but try not to let getting a visa sponsorship, staying in the U.S. and getting a "well-paying" job be your only selection criteria when starting your career. It limits your path while searching for a first job.
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Compared to traditional industries and even consulting, tech industry tends to offer more opportunity for ownership, a steeper learning curve and exposure to end-to-end business operations.
What are some qualities managers and senior leadership look for in people they want to promote? Robert shared his thoughts:
1. Who I am? What is my strategic plan and am I multi-dimensional?
2. Just be myself is not good enough, building your career is about your personal brand which cannot be: inflexible, does not know how to interact with people outside of comfortable circle, and likes to do certain things.
3. Look for the sustainable mentor: happen naturally, based on your performance or observation on your gaps.
4. You can have multiple mentors, your personal board of mentors.
高层领导要提升人才时注重的素质是什么？罗伯特分享了他的想法：
1.首先要明白我是谁？我事业上升的战略计划是什么？我是多方面的能手吗？
2.仅仅做我自己还不够好，建立自己的职业生涯是关于我的个人品牌：灵活，知道如何与自己熟悉的圈子之外的人互动，不仅仅喜欢做某些事情。
3.寻找可持续的导师时要依靠自己的表现来吸引到注意力，让导师注意到我。
4.我可以有多个导师，成为一个人导师委员会。
Currently there are lots of uncertainties about the future of China-U.S relationship, which impacts young student’s choice after graduating from the college.
In this episode, we interviewed Yue Ao, who is currently working in Singapore. She earned her undergraduate from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and graduate from finance engineer in Carnegie Mellon University
Here are some summaries:
1.Analyze your own passion, prepare early and focus. For example, if you decide to go to graduate school you should try your best to do research, ideally with a professor who does leading edge work
2.Having a back-up plan is as important as preparing the ideal path. You never know what works out at the end
3.Communication and articulation are the trainings that most Chinese students lack of
4.Moving around gives you excitement and opportunity, but also is sad to leave old friends
5.Working hard and treating yourself nicely are very important to deal with this crazy world
There are a lot of published research on retention and promotion gap for minorities. In this episode, we interviewed Robert Jones, Senior HR Executive of GE Aviation. He shared how he overcame the challenges as "the only" and showed us a path to closing the gap. This episode focuses on context and overall strategy, in a future episode we will touch upon how.
Here are some summaries:
1.You have to know yourself, business system and the cultural, drive the change with a strategy despite the obstacles
2.Never play victim
有很多关于少数族裔留职和晋升的差距的研究，而且我们的许多听众刚踏入工作岗位，他们正在考虑或准备进行第一次晋升。
在本集中，我们采访了GE航空的高级人力资源主管Mr. Robert Jones。他分享了他如何克服挑战并向我们展示了缩小差距的途径。在未来的一集，我们会跟进 Mr. Robert Jones来谈一谈如何做。
以下是一些摘要：
1.您必须了解自己，业务系统和文化背景，尽管困难重重，也要通过战略来推动改变
2.永远不要扮演受害者
After graduating from college, if you decide to work in US, you need to apply for H-1B visa to perform services in a pre-arranged professional job. The basic flow of your visa is: F-1; CPT (CURRICULAR PRACTICAL TRAINING); OPT (OPTIONAL PRACTICAL TRAINING ) ; H1B; and L1A or L1B。
In this episode, we have three consultants: Yi Li, Blair, and Julia. Including Nancy they each travelled a different path in visa process. Here are some key points:
1.When you are not selected in H1B lottery you might be surprised that other doors open for you
2.To stay in US or not to, it is a question that only you can answer
3.After being in US for at least 4 years can I adjust to a life back home?
After our interview, Trump government announced new ban on foreign workers. Here is a summary related to you, more details are on White House website:
1.If you are in the U.S. and your visa stamp has expired, you must remain in the U.S
2.If you hold a valid, unexpired visa stamp in certain categories，it does not apply to you
3.Students on OPT should not have a problem with a change of status to H-1B, stay in the US
在美国大学毕业以后如果你决定留在美国工作，则需要申请H-1B签证以从事预先安排的专业工作。签证的基本走向为：F-1； CPT（实用培训）；OPT（选修实用训练）; H1B; 和L1A或L1B。
在这一集中，我们非常幸运地邀请了三位咨询顾问/曾经的顾问：李易，Blair和Julia，分享她们在美国申请H1B的签证之旅。包括南希在内，她们每个人走的路都不同。这是我们讨论过的一些关键事项：
- H1B彩票没有中选，给了你尝试自己更喜欢的工作的机会
2.要留在美国还是不留在美国，这是一个只有你才能回答的问题
3.在美国居住至少4年后，我还可以适应国内的生活吗？
在采访之后，川普政府公布了关于外国人暂停进入美国劳工市场的新规定。我们总结了几点与你相关的，细节请去白宫网站：
1.如果您在美国并且签证印章已过期，则必须留在美国
2.如果您持有某些类别的有效且未过期的签证印章，则该签证不适用于您
3.参加OPT的学生应该不会将身份更改为H-1B，请留在美国
We are honored to have Linda Lei, Immigration Lawyer at Getech Law firm to help us understand ICE.GOV's latest announcement and action plan for international students.
What should I do as international student?
- Locate your I-94 and I-20 forms, find out the exact date that you have your legal status.
- Find a community, your classmates, friends or professor to act together.
- Very likely you are not impacted but you should call your school’s international student’s office to find out under the new regulation if you are allowed in US. Sample email should be courteous and include the following component:
- Your student ID and how you can remain in US legally
- ICE’s link just in case school does not know: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/sevp-modifies-temporary-exemptions-nonimmigrant-students-taking-online-courses-during
- Ask their recommendation and what they are doing to help if you are impacted
- If you are in US and you are impacted:
- Convince school to go hybrid
- Legally to understand when is your last day to be in this country: you have 60 days grace period after the date on your I-20. After your grace period you have 180 days until you inquire unlawful presence. Please make sure that you leave before that date.
- Your choices:
- Change F-1 to tourist visa, you can stay legally during pending period, you have 6 months to stay
- Transfer to another school who can issue you an I-20
- Contract is obligated to be fulfilled by both parties; you will negotiate with your landlord to terminate it earlier.
- If you are in China: you can decide if you should take a gap year or if your school will allow you to study in another country
ICE Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) response center:
- Telephone: 703-603-3400 or 1-800-892-4829 for general and case-specific questions
- Email: sevp@ice.dhs.gov or for SEVIS technical questions, email SEVISHelpDesk@ice.dhs.gov
- Website: https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/footer/contact-us
ICE regulation in details:
- For F-1/ M-1 students enrolled in schools operating entirely online State Department will not issue them visas, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection will not allow them to enter the country. For those already in US, once their current visa expires, they need to leave otherwise they may face immigration consequences including, but not limited to, the initiation of removal proceedings.
- Students attending schools operating as usual will remain bound by existing federal regulations that permit them to take a maximum of one class or three credit hours online.
- Students attending schools implementing a hybrid model can take more online classes or credits, though their school must certify "that the program is not entirely online, that the student is not taking an entirely online course load this semester, and that the student is taking the minimum number of online classes required to make normal progress in their degree program."
Background and reaction:
- Hundreds thousands people signed multiple petitions in change.org and white house’s “we the people” to ask for them to stay, and to cancel their rent payments. Please see links on the bottom.
- Schools (NYU, Brown and Columbia) are creating hybrid classes.
- Legal challenges to this new guidance: As of July 8th in the morning Harvard and MIT sued Feds over rules barring international students. Judge hearing is set for 7/10 at 10am.
- Regular people call congress and use white house petition to express their anger.
- Schools lobby congress to force a change in the policy.
- There are 1MM international students studying in US，they contribute $41 billion and supported 458,290 jobs during the 2018
What to do when you don't get your H1B? In this episode, we have three former students: Yi Li, Blair, and Julia. Including Nancy they each traveled a different path in visa process. Here are some key points:
1.When you are not selected in H1B lottery you might be surprised that other doors open for you
2.To stay in U.S. or not is a very personal decision. Don't try to compare yourself to others
3.While visa process can be can be extremely painful, think of it as any other lessons in life and try to look at the positive sides as well
After our interview, Trump government announced new ban on foreign workers. Here is a summary related to you, more details are on White House website:
1.If you are in the U.S. and your visa stamp has expired, you must remain in the U.S
2.If you hold a valid, unexpired visa stamp in certain categories, the travel ban does not apply to you
3.Students on OPT should not have a problem with a change of status to H-1B as of today
在美国大学毕业以后如果你决定留在美国工作，则需要申请H-1B签证以从事预先安排的专业工作。签证的基本走向为：F-1； CPT（实用培训）；OPT（选修实用训练）; H1B; 和L1A或L1B。
在这一集中，我们非常幸运地邀请了三位同学：李易，一门和Julia，分享她们在美国申请H1B的签证之旅。包括co-host Nancy在内，她们每个人走的路都不同。这是我们讨论过的一些关键事项：
- H1B彩票没有中选不一定是坏事，也许会给你尝试自己更喜欢的工作的机会
2.毕业之后是否留在美国，这是一个只有你才能回答的问题；不要盲目去与他人比较
3.虽然签证问题又复杂又心累，尽可能的把它看做是人生中众多经历的一部分，试图从中找到可以学习并且日后可以帮到自己的一些经验
在采访之后，川普政府公布了关于外国务工人员暂停进入美国劳工市场的新规定。我们总结了几点与你相关的，细节请去白宫网站：
1.如果您在美国并且签证印章已过期，则必须留在美国
2.如果您持有某些类别的有效且未过期的签证印章，则该签证不适用于您
3.参加OPT的学生应该不会将身份更改为H-1B，请留在美国
The spread of COVID-19 brought unprecedented challenges to new and soon-to-be graduates. Plans have been continuously changing as uncertainty continues to rise up from all directions.
In this continued episode, on top of finishing up the content from past week from our interview with Dr. Yunlai Zhang, Managing Director of Citigroup. We have included something brand new: a website with job openings and way to connect with a group of Chinese who work in high tech companies in Silicon Valley, As companies let people go other companies are hiring, these volunteers are here to help Chinese students and peers. Please check out this website: http://techjobgo.app
这期我们继续对张博士的采访，但同时我们转发一个华人高科技公司自助的信息，希望对你的求职有所帮助：
我们是科技职场互助社区，涵盖求职、面试和职业发展等。希望大家踊跃给社区同胞提供招聘信息和内推(http://techjobgo.app)、面试辅导、职业建议和帮助等，共同构建一个和谐互助的集体。
微信公众号：灵致轩宇（data_wisdom)，关注后输入”帮助“可获得社区最新资源信息。社区免费赠送找工作的人LinkedIn 半年premium，每个价值200-400美元。还有少量名额，需要的人赶紧进入waitlist。具体信息见：https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Vml9adTZhRf-uhh8yqEPFg
The spread of COVID-19 brought unprecedented challenges to new and soon-to-be graduates. Plans have been continuously changing as uncertainty continues to rise up from all directions.
In this episode, we are very fortunate to host Dr. Yunlai Zhang, Managing Director of Citigroup. He taught applied math in State University of New York at Stony Brook, and moved on to Wall Street in 1999. We have summarized some key points for you:
1.Like most of the corporate America, Wall Street look for smart, motivated, leadership and easy going. Depending on the position, traders, fund managers and bankers all have their unique requirements on skills and personalities. For example to be a trader you need to be able to get into the market while able to get out of market， meaning that you can take a break from the market to be successful.
2.Wall Street requires team work, don’t focus only on yourself during the project, but to figure out how to focus on helping your team and your boss to be more successful.
3.One day city was on fire, everyone was rushing to get their properties out of their home, one store owner made sure his families are settled and left town with some cash. One month later he came back with lumber and was one step ahead of everybody else.
4.When you are looking for jobs, you should constantly look for openings on websites, career center etc, understand the job description relating to yourself to a deep level. The first few interviews are your practices.
1.与大多数美国公司一样，华尔街也追求聪明，积极，领导力和比较随和的雇员。根据职位的不同，交易员，基金经理和银行家对技能和个性都有其独特的要求。例如，要成为一名交易员，你需要既能进入市场又能退出市场，这意味着你知道如何不让自己24小时被市场控制。
2.华尔街需要团队合作，而不仅仅是在项目过程中专注于自己，而是要弄清楚如何专注于帮助您的团队和老板取得更大的成功。
3.有一天，城市着火了，每个人都在赶紧把财物运离家，一位商店老板确保他的家人安定下来，并带着一些现金离开了城镇。一个月后，他带着木材回来，在市场上他比其他人领先一步。
4.在寻找工作时，应经常在网站，职业中心等处寻找职位空缺，深入了解与自己相关的工作描述。前几次面试是你练兵的时候。
The Chinese community is going through a soul searching time as the tragic event of George Floyd continues to bring people out to fight against racism.
In this episode, we are very fortunate to host Lusanda Mayikana from Lake Forest Academy, Nancy's alma mater. Ms. Mayikana has been working in America for 17 years as an educator after migrating from South Africa. We have summarized some key points for you:
1.It is easy to think stereotype if you do not know people on a personal level. Making friends with people from different background is a big part of your education.
2.Be informed and educated before you form your opinion.
3.Understand the context and listen to people's stories, rather than believing in everything you see in media because each outlet has its own opinion as well
4.COVID-19 brought people together, we share the same pain. This contributes to the sympathy overwhelmingly felt across the world
5.This week we recommend this book per Ms Mayikana’s recommendation: "The other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
随着乔治·弗洛伊德（George Floyd）的悲剧事件持续把人们引上街头抗议种族主义，华人社区正经历着心灵的搜寻。
在本集中，我们非常幸运地请到了Nancy母校Lake Forest Academy的卢珊达·玛伊卡卡娜（Lusanda Mayikana）。从南非移民后，Mayikana女士在美国从事教育工作已有17年之久。我们为您总结了一些关键点：
1.如果你不走出舒适圈与跟自己不同的人打交道，很容易带着偏见看非裔，要知道，与来自不同背景的人交朋友是教育的一个重要组成部分。
2.在形成你的观点之前，请先学习。
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每个人都有自己的背景和信仰，听是一门艺术，不是简单的短期的行为，
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新冠将人们召集在一起，我们共享着同样的痛苦。这加剧了全世界的同情心。
5.本周，我们推荐Mayikana女士建议的这本书："The other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
最近发生的许多特别事件为每位同学带来了许多痛苦和挑战。希望以下链接可以帮助大家在照顾好自己之后学习、理解并且做一些力所能及的事情来帮助身边的人。如果想要联系我跟Leah请发邮件到AbroadTalkInfo@gmail.com.
CDC缓解压力建议：https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/managing-stress-anxiety.html ; BLM学 https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#educate; 亚裔相关BLM学习https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CKuK0eolaZcmKLi_-UVtdhgS-JgqaWQ8IuTo-zNzbc8/mobilebasic;电影影视学习 https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/racial-injustice-documentaries-and-movies 捐助等其他资源: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
与父母沟通微信文章资源：“美国乱局：如何理解黑人示威的暴力？”(https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/mEHsreDuz5KLob1cCxCgsg)；“你躲在家里惊心胆战的几个晚上是黑人的一生” https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/YQgrgFQvzltn8H5dF9zsLg
Carefree by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
COVID-19的不可控给即将毕业和新毕业生带来了前所未有的挑战。随着不确定性在各个方位不断地上升，有些同学的计划也不得不跟着变化。
在本集中，我们非常荣幸地请到了来自南希母校西北大学的学生职业咨询顾问总监Melissa Goethals。梅利莎（Melissa）从学生一进入西北就开始合作，直至他们毕业。下面我们总结了一些关键点：
1.许多公司都在努力工作，以通过远程调动实习和工作来吸引和维持人才。以下是一些链接可以作为你搜寻的开始点：
- Intern opportunities: https://www.internfromhome.com/postings
- LinkedIn on who is hiring: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/heres-whos-hiring-right-now-andrew-seaman/
- The muse: https://www.themuse.com/advice/companies-hiring-during-coronavirus-covid-19
2. 在职场上建立关系网不是事务性的，暂时的体验，而是建立长期关系和学习行业经验的过程
Additional international student career resources:
- GoinGlobal - (jobs globally) http://www.goinglobal.com/
- InitialView - (apply jobs in China) https://initialview.com/home
- Uniworld - (jobs at multinational companies) https://uniworldonline.com/
- International student planning guide https://www.northwestern.edu/careers/job-intern-prep/resources/assets/international-student-career-planning-guide.pdf
3.应该充分利用学校的职业服务中心（Melissa的机构）
4.利用这段时间来改善你的沟通和语言技能：交英语是母语的朋友，阅读新闻，观看电影，让英语环绕自己
5.申请时，应根据不同的工作要求来准备材料，并注意诸如OPT之类的重要时间表
**梅利莎（Melissa）向我们提供了这样的建议：对于国际学生来说，你最大的财富就是其他候选人所没有的，比如你远涉重洋所显示出来的适应性。
The spread of COVID-19 brought unprecedented challenges to new and soon-to-be graduates. Plans have been continuously changing as uncertainty continues to rise up from all directions.**
In this episode, we are very fortunate to host Melissa Goethals, who is assistant Director of Student Career Advising from Northwestern University, Nancy's alma mater. Melissa works with students from the start of their time at Northwestern all the way through to graduation. We have summarized some key points for you:
1. Many companies are working diligently to attract and maintain talent by moving internships and jobs remotely. Here are some sample links:
- Intern opportunities: https://www.internfromhome.com/postings
- LinkedIn on who is hiring: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/heres-whos-hiring-right-now-andrew-seaman/
- The muse: https://www.themuse.com/advice/companies-hiring-during-coronavirus-covid-19
2. Networking is not a transactional experience, but rather one that is about building relationships and learning about industry
3. Utilize career services
4. Use this time to improve your communication and language skills: join English-speaking friends, read news, and watch movies to surround yourself with the language
5. When applying, cater materials to different job requirements, and pay attention to important timelines like OPT
Melissa left us with this advice: For international students, your greatest asset is what you have that other candidates do not have; for example, adaptability.
Carefree by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
COVID-19的不可控给即将毕业和新毕业生带来了前所未有的挑战。随着不确定性在各个方位不断地上升，有些同学的计划也不得不跟着变化。
在本集中，我们非常荣幸地请到了来自Nancy母校西北大学的学生职业咨询顾问总监Melissa Goethals。梅利莎（Melissa）从学生一进入西北就开始合作，直至他们毕业。下面我们为您总结了一些关键点：
1.许多公司都在努力工作，以通过远程调动实习和工作来吸引和维持人才。以下是一些链接可以作为你搜寻的开始点：
- Intern opportunities: https://www.internfromhome.com/postings
- LinkedIn on who is hiring: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/heres-whos-hiring-right-now-andrew-seaman/
- The muse: https://www.themuse.com/advice/companies-hiring-during-coronavirus-covid-19
2. 在职场上建立关系网不是事务性的，暂时的体验，而是建立长期关系和学习行业经验的过程
Additional international student career resources:
- GoinGlobal - (jobs globally) http://www.goinglobal.com/
- InitialView - (apply jobs in China) https://initialview.com/home
- Uniworld - (jobs at multinational companies) https://uniworldonline.com/
- International student planning guide https://www.northwestern.edu/careers/job-intern-prep/resources/assets/international-student-career-planning-guide.pdf
The spread of COVID-19 brought unprecedented challenges to new and soon-to-be graduates. Plans have been continuously changing as uncertainty continues to rise up from all directions.
In this episode, we are very fortunate to host Melissa Goethals, who is assistant Director of Student Career Advising from Northwestern University, Nancy's alma mater. Melissa works with students from the start of their time at Northwestern all the way through to graduation. We have summarized some key points for you:
1. Many companies are working diligently to attract and maintain talent by moving internships and jobs remotely. Here are some sample links:
- Intern opportunities: https://www.internfromhome.com/postings
- LinkedIn on who is hiring: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/heres-whos-hiring-right-now-andrew-seaman/
- The muse: https://www.themuse.com/advice/companies-hiring-during-coronavirus-covid-19
2. Networking is not a transactional experience, but rather one that is about building relationships and learning about industry
Additional international student career resources:
- GoinGlobal - (jobs globally) http://www.goinglobal.com/
- InitialView - (apply jobs in China) https://initialview.com/home
- Uniworld - (jobs at multinational companies) https://uniworldonline.com/
International student planning guide https://www.northwestern.edu/careers/job-intern-prep/resources/assets/international-student-career-planning-guide.pdf
**欢迎来到“留学僧和留学狗”！这是一档两代留学人的对话节目。在这里我们希望通过我们和嘉宾的经历分享为大家带来有效和及时的资讯。
因为疫情的原因，很多留学生都对找工作和职业规划产生了很多问题。接下来的几期节目我们会通过跟不同专家和嘉宾的对话来分享多方面的建议和资讯。
本期节目我们有幸请到了Leah 的好朋友，从业30年的HR专家Susan。Susan 有多年在corporate America做HR的经验并目前就职于俄亥俄州政府。Susan将从HR的角度为大家分享一些经验。**
With internship opportunities being canceled and news of companies laying off employees due to Corvid-19, one of the concerns international students have had is how to secure a job.
In this episode (and the one after), we are very fortunate to host Leah’s dear friend/mentor, Susan, who works for the state of Ohio. Susan is a collaborator and strategist; she has been working in HR since 1989. We have summarized her top career advice:
- Kindness attracts
- Fear is toxic, and listening to others (without a filter) will open up your world
- Learn about people first before you “understand” the culture
- Plan with multiple options (redundancy)
- People are hired for competency and fired due to character
- Academic work is important but networking and story-telling are more crucial during college
Susan wrote to us later: overthinking the "problem" doesn't make the waiting game any better. Filling the mind with positive energy and forward thinking is pivotal. Again, times of adversity are typically temporary, especially for people focused on improving their lives, such as your students. Believe.
欢迎来到“留学僧和留学狗”！这是一档两代留学人的对话节目。在这里我们希望通过我们和嘉宾的经历分享为大家带来有效和及时的资讯。
本期节目讲述的是这个project 诞生的“传奇”故事。因为种种缘分和疫情的原因，1991年来美国读博士的留学僧Leah和2008年来美国上高中的留学生Nancy相聚在locked down的芝加哥。相见恨晚的两代人希望通过自己的小小的力量给在美国的留学生们带来一个可以聆听、交流和分享的平台。不论你是虔心求学目标明确的留学僧，还是低头苦干却十分迷茫的留学狗，希望你都可以在这里有一些收获。
Welcome to “Abroad Talk”! A podcast hosted by two generations of Chinese International Students (CIS) focusing on sharing experiences, stories, information and advice around the journey of studying in the U.S. from China.
EP0 tells the story of how the project came together. The first generation CIS Leah Ma, who came to U.S. for grad school in 1991, and n generation CIS Nancy Wang, who came to U.S. for high school in 2008, got together randomly in Chicago during the mist of pandemic. To say the seemingly random friendship was “meant to be” was an understatement. The two shared a passion for education and mentoring others who share the same experiences. They hope this small project can help create a platform and eventually a community for generations of CIS to share their stories, learn from each other and support one another.
Carefree by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/