Q&A: How To Land A Job From Abroad

Here’s a tough one. How do you land a job here when you a) have gumption but little experience, b) are living in a foreign country and c) will need to convince an employer to sponsor you to work in the US?

That is the dilemma facing one young recent grad in Lebanon. He wrote to Laurel Touby for advice, and with his permission, we are posting the text of their conversation here. Any other suggestions for this guy, please leave them in the comments or Tweet us and we’ll try to get them to the grad.

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