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Typical Career Paths of Int’l Students Internship CPT in the US In another country Employment after graduation OPT (US: 12 or 36 months for STEM) or other markets Work Permit H1B (85,000 quota/year) or other markets Permanent Resident (Green Card) Citizenship

First Destinations of Our Int’l Students Illini Success 2014/2015 Report (https://illinisuccess.illinois.edu/annual-reports/)

First Destinations of Our Int’l UG Students ACES Business Engineering

First Destinations of Our Int’l UG Students FAA LAS

Alumni who found an OPT job As of December 2016, 480 alumni with a Bachelor and 1478 with an advanced degree are working with an OPT status (UIUC ISSS). STEM OPT extension cases are included to these numbers! In the 2015/2016, 1341 undergraduate and 1790 graduate international students graduated (UIUC DMI). No guarantee for H1B!

H1B Market H-1b visas approved in 2010 76,627 H-1bs transferring from F-1 Status 26,502 With a Graduate Degree 19,922 With a Bachelor’s Degree 6,580 Adapted from Brookings Institute (2013)

Int’l Student Hiring Plans (Source: NACE Job Outlook 2017)

Int’l Student Hiring Plans by Industry (Source: NACE Job Outlook 2017)

Int’l Student Hiring Plans by Region (Source: NACE Job Outlook 2017)

Employer’s View of Candidates - GPA (Source: NACE Job Outlook 2017)

Skills Employers Want to See on Resumes (Source: NACE Job Outlook 2017)

Influence of Attributes for 2 Equally Qualified Candidates Major: 4.0 Leadership position: 3.9 Extracurricular activities(clubs, sports, student government, etc.): 3.6 High GPA (3.0 or above): 3.6 Reputation of school attended: 2.9 Volunteer work: 2.6 Foreign language: 2.1 Study abroad: 2.0 1=No influence at all, 2=Not much influence, 3=Somewhat of an influence, 4=Very much influence, and 5=Extreme influence (Job Outlook 2017, National Association of Colleges and Employers)

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