So hello everyone. In this video
I will be sharing all the high-paid jobs.
You can do as an international student in the US, Canada, etc.
This video is valid for undergraduate students, master's students,
or Ph.D. students. I'll share my own journey step by step.
Where did I start doing jobs?
What jobs are highly available at the university?
So that you can decide where can you get a job easily.
where you don't have to do much hard work. You'll just apply and get it.
And where you'll have to do more smart work and hard work.
So that you can make the maximum amount of money as an international student.
And be self-reliant and self-independent or financially independent in your college.
So let's get started.
So starting with my story. Personally, I never felt that
that work is small or big.
Since childhood, I has the habit of doing some of my work on my own.
Because I was fostered by my grandmother
I never felt like I should push my grandmother to make me breakfast every day in the morning.
So sometimes I used to make breakfast on my own when my bus used to come at 6 AM.
So since childhood, I had the habit of doing my own work.
So when I came here it wasn't as difficult for me as it might have been for others.
In the first semester, I thought wherever I'll get a job I'll take it.
So highly available job on any college campus is in dining hall.
So sometimes in the dining hall you'll get higher salary as compared to
white-collar jobs like computer science tutor, math tutor
you get paid more and that is ironic for cleaning tables and the kitchen
in the dining hall. The reason is that dining hall working hours are very weird.
For example, they might ask you to work from 3 AM to 6 AM.
My hours were somewhat similar.
I did it for one week and I thought that it is very hectic.
If I can't sleep then how will I be able to study.
I just gave up that same week luckily... if I hadn't got it I wouldn't had quit
I got a replacement job as a math tutor & computer science tutor.
Let me share how I got it and how available this job is.
In every university, if you're doing
undergrad and you have completed the 1st year's course
when you enter your second year.
if you have gotten A, A+, or B in your first year's classes
you're eligible to teach those classes to those students. Helping in homework,
helping in labs, these kinds of roles.
I got this in the first semester because I had taken AP credits for Calculus 1 & 2.
Because our education and the syllabus of JEE Maths
it's so intense that the college's class
which is called Advance Placement through an AP Exam
I gave it before the college started and so I
was eligible to teach students starting from my
first semester.
Because I had AP credits. I had taken on paper college classes before entering college.
That actually made a huge difference in my profile.
So I got this job and the salary was the same. Around $8-10/hour.
It's still the same.
It's shocking because despite of the high inflation
in the US the salaries are still the same.
What was 4-5 years ago or 5-6 years ago.
Now if you want to be a computer science tutor or a math tutor
you have to take the first year classes and you can be a tutor.
it's availability is a bit low because
the department looks for candidates one semester prior.
So if you're applying for this semester only then the chances are a little bit low that you'll get it.
Now let's move on to the next option which is also very highly available
just like the dining hall jobs. And these jobs include working in a library.
Doing check-ins, check-out for books and working as a cashier at a desk.
You can give people stuff to rent in dining, hall, library, restaurant or a gym.
In the gym, it can be badminton rackets or in the library, you can give chalk, duster
or as a cashier, you're handling credit card & cash payments for a restaurant etc.
These types of jobs demand an active involvement from the students.
It can be a bit hectic just like Dining Hall and
The availability of these jobs is at a decent level.
If you do these jobs then it is well and good and
they have a high availability so you can definitely do them.
But the con of these jobs is that you can't do your homework simultaneously.
If you're working as a lifeguard in the gym then you always have to keep an eye on the kids
who are swimming in the pool and to see if someone is drowning and you should know swimming.
If you're working as a cashier then there is a high rush. So it's kind of a hectic job
but you get good salaries.
And before talking about the other high-paying jobs.
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Now let's talk about my favorite job and one of the
highest paid job.
You can do as an international student during undergrad.
So this is none other than resident assistant which means that
you'll be living in a hostel on campus
in many schools like Georgia Tech, you have to live on campus in the first year.
so when you'll live on campus in your second year then
you'll be eligible for a resident assistant if you have passed a test
Basically, your communication skills and then you become a resident assistant
you'll get an apartment and a private room free of cost and on top of that
you'll get a stipend of 200 to 300 Dollars per month
So your housing rent is covered and your food expenses are also covered.
And on top of that the responsibilities you'll have are
The number 1 responsibility will be to keep the bulletin board ready for every week.
Every apartment floor has one resident assistant.
which will be you and you'll make a bulletin board for that floor.
about what will be the updates today
the news and the events that'll be happening in the university and
number 2 is that if someone forgets their keys
then it'll be your responsibility. You will be getting call from the student,
Please
let me in my dorm or let me in the building
So you have to pick them up from downstairs and drop them at their apartment.
Irrespective of whether the student is drunk or not, you just have to do it.
And you have to check in every month if in every apartment
if someone is under 21,
if they have alcoholic drinks in their apartments.
These are the responsibilities that you can do with other resident assistants as well.
So it is not that bad. The number 1 and the biggest advantage is that
your rent, food is covered and you can do another job because this is given
to you by stipend.
The amount you're getting is through stipend so for the rest of the 10 hours
you can do other on-campus jobs like a computer science tutor
or a math tutor. Whatever you like you can do it for 10 hours more.
You can earn a good amount like $500-600/month and your housing is covered.
Thus you can earn a very good amount.
Now an even bigger step than this is
being research or a teaching assistant
these are my personal favorite jobs because that is related to your major
They have a big impact on your resume
that you have learned and taught Computer Science or math
for this, you have to talk to the department like the math department or computer science department.
I need a job in my own department.
Is there any availability? How to get it?
And always apply one semester before.
Its availability is low and you have to apply in advance.
Now for the research assistant, it is your responsibility to talk to every
Professor in the university. I had talked to around 20-30 professors.
And one of the cybersecurity professors gave me the opportunity.
I made my resume from a cyber security point of view showing I have strong Python skills.
and gave it to them and they selected my resume
for cyber security engineer or a research assistant
and they paid me a very good amount per semester.
I did the same assistantship in my masters
the difference in masters was that they paid my tuition fee as well
and I used to get a stipend per month. In undergrad, it was 10 dollars
an hour and I used to be paid by the hour. In my master's my tuition fees were covered as well.
So I did a free master's with a research or teaching assistantship.
Wonderful opportunity. Now a step even bigger than this.
The highest paid jobs.
You can do it in Tech. You can go in any tech company.
Regardless if it is FAANG or not.
No matter how big a company it is. In every company
you can get a 25 to 30 dollars an hour internship opportunity.
What you have to do is stay in the US for all plus the spring semesters.
If you spend 2 semesters or 9 months in the US
then you are eligible to do off-campus internships.
Whenever you work off-campus it has to be related to your major.
If you're from CS then you'll do only CS-related jobs and the same goes for other fields like maths.
When you're working these jobs you get so many good opportunities
like the relocation bonus. I told my employer that I'm an international student and they gave me a relocation bonus
They give many good perks. They pay around $10K-20K for those three months of internship.
If you tell them later that you want to do part-time as well
if your university approves it
whenever you're doing any job you should ask your university first
because they are like an attorney for you
they'll tell you for free whether that job is legal or not.
The biggest step is that before giving anyone your SSN
the SSN which is required for your job
think 10 times before you give that. I'll tell you an example.
Many students watch videos on YouTube about
people working in UberEats in Australia, Canada and think of doing the same
it is not legal in the US
because in the US you give your SSN and it's written clearly in your F1-visa
that it isn't legal. I haven't done it myself.
I enjoy UberEats myself. If it was legal I would have done it myself.
For this job, you have to give your SSN and it's kind of a self-employed job
you can enroll by mistake and later your future immigration opportunity
can be difficult and that can make you out of status.
Later you'll be asked during your H1-B visa or
when you apply for a work permit, there'll be a question there
Have you ever work legally in the US
If you answer no they verify it through the IRS
they'll see where has this income come from and they'll categorize you
as you have done work illegally and you have lied.
Because of lying your next step can be denied.
So don't do any job personally where
first, you have to give an SSN and for which you won't get permission from the university.
You can try but most likely you won't get it for self-employed jobs.
Now the tech jobs that we were talking about
they are so amazing and when you talk with them as an international student.
It's your right to ask for a relocation bonus. From that
your salary can increase and number two
you can do a part-time job with them
you work for a summer and do part-time later.
you are paid $25-30/hour as compared to the $10-12/hour on-campus jobs
through that, you can earn good money
in the next semester and you can be self-sufficient.
If you want to negotiate if your performance is good
they give you the maximum amount of money.
In some cases, they're convinced to pay your tuition
if you're performing extraordinarily.
So always think that if you want to do something on your own
go into tech and a lot of problems will get solved.
But if your major isn't tech then I won't force you
Even if you're in maths or economics there are a lot of opportunities in tech for you.
And never ever try to work for an illegal job.
The consequences for that can be severe.
So that's it for today's video. Thank you so much for watching.
I hope it was helpful and I'll see you guys
in the next one.
Goodbye.