this feels hopeful and reassuring, thank you! I'm not in the finance sector but I'm an international student in the U.S. if i may ask, what was your routine application process like? were you applying for different jobs everyday? i know a lot of people say you get better chances when you tailor your resume to each job, and for me that means re-writing the whole thing. did you do that too?

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I would say so. I was rejected many times when I applied for jobs online after graduation. Afterward, I started approaching companies directly, and was fortunate to land two offers

Try your best

All the best

Talk to Careers Griffith or Sciences Partnership Office or just go join a Internship / Work Experience course.

You will probably have to do PY for 9 months after you finish your studies (if Australia still requires it for PR pathway and thats what you want to do). There's a internship program there at the end. In the meantime you can search the big 4 for there graduate programs. They take in newly graduates and the application for next year will start this year.

https://www.deloitte.com/au/en/careers/students/graduate-program-careers.html

I don’t mean to be rude, but did you not do any research on the current market conditions of the Australian accounting industry prior to coming here to study? This isn’t anything new, international students will always struggle to get internships and graduate roles because:

1. There’s too many accounting graduates every year
2. You don’t have full working rights in Australia
3. Companies are not willing to sponsor international students when they have hundreds to thousands of local graduates to choose from.

I welcome anyone coming to Australia to study, but given it’s such a significant financial and time investment you must have done some research beforehand prior to spending thousands of dollars on relocating here. Good luck.

There are some good blog posts on interview/networking prep and what employers might look for on RippleMatch under "career advice" blog

I did internships between 2nd and 3rd year and between 3rd year and honours. Essentially i saw some advertised around June, applied to them with CV, cover letter, referees, and academic results. Then got some declined ones (ie. Waitangi Tribunal wanted someone with more Māori Studies or Law experience etc), and some interview offers, did the interview, got offered the internship, filled out the fixed term full time employment paperwork.

Will depend on the type of internship, the program of study, and what the requirements/process outlined in the advertisement are though. Some programs integrate internships into their program and then the internship counts as credits towards achieving the degree. Getting those internships will occur differently.

First round to apply for internships was between March and May.

The electronic screens around campus usually advertise them with course codes. Maybe earlier in the year?

Depends entirely on the industry, consulting / commerce was way back in March.

For IT and Technology internships, they usually starts around May/June. Check out Summer of Tech programme. Best to keep an eye on popular Job sites like Seek, Indeed, Summer of Tech or even Linked-In and start early (say April).

I’m an int’l student! I applied to ~200 places as a freshman and didn’t get a single interview. I worked on a personal project and had a part-time coding instructor job during that summer instead.

This year, as a sophomore, I applied to ~150 places. I ended up interviewing at about 8, and got 5 offers, including 2 FAANG. I’m really grateful for how lucky I got, and the grind I put in this year.

Most companies won’t give you a chance as a freshman, unless it’s a freshman program. Especially if you’re international. Some advice I can give is to aim high: smaller companies don’t deal with int’l students at all, but larger tech companies will treat you just the same as americans. Virtually all of my interviews this year have been from pretty decent companies.

Don’t worry too much if you don’t get an internship freshman summer! I was kicking myself for not finding one, but it all turned out okay in the end. As long as you use your time to work on your resume and interview skills, you’ll do well your second year.

summer after sophomore. applied online.

Freshman year applied to around 300, got an NYC offer Sophmore year, around 250, got an SF bay area offer Now Junior year, going back to my Sophmore year internship as a full time engineer

It's hard to get a good internship as a freshman but it's totally doable as a sophomore/junior. For your freshmen year, I would suggest you focus on building your resume and practicing algorithms/data structures. Try to take the data structures class in your spring semester if you can.

For the summer, check if there are any opportunities in your college itself: research, computer science-related openings in other departments, etc. Anything and everything is good for your freshman summer as long as you are learning and it's good enough to put in your resume.

As an international student, I understand the fear of limited companies sponsoring. But let me tell you that there are tons of companies (even most startups) that sponsor H1B, especially in tech. I use this to usually verify if a company sponsors H1B: h1bdata . info

I am an intl student. Some of my intl friends got internships, and one got a return offer. Most didn’t get internships. I started looking junior year, applied to around 150 spots. Got 1 interview but didn’t make it. I’m graduating in a week withiut internships and I got an offer fir a job that pays around 70k in LCOL. No sponsorship. I applied to around 200 places, got two interviews. Am pretty miserable. If u fail to get an internship in America, please get one in your home country at least!! I think even that helps.

Apply to 500 positions

Get a referral for a big N, which will get your resume at least looked at, and then give it your best. As previously mentioned, the bigger tech companies tend not to discriminate, so as long as you're impressive compared to fellow applicants, you'll stand a fair chance.

Its not that all companies avoid hiring Intl students. Many big names or moderate name companies hire interns. They dont need to sponsor your CPT, instead its the university that approves your CPT request. To be honest, just practice DS and Algos, build projects and apply to whatever positions you see. If a position specifically mentions that they wont sponsor intl students, then expect a reject from there. If nothing like this is mentioned and if your profile is impressive, then theres a good chance you'll receive an interview

Assuming that your visa allows you to work and stuff (I don't know anything about that) - You start like most students to, you create your resume showcasing your projects and skills, and then start applying.

Tips and ideas:
Narrow down a field (assuming you are CS or Engineering) - web dev? embedded software design?
It is a requirement for your graduation yeah? Are you planning on staying here after you complete your course? If so try and chain your internship to a grad program, identify where what grad program you want to get into and work backwards from there.
Have a capstone project that is in-depth and showcases valuable skills.
List out and other employment within your resume
Start researching how to apply, when are the key dates, whirlpool threads of previous years, know the process or if it is just a requirement, and you wont be staying here, get your cv ready, go to seek, indeed, linkedin and search. Email companies directly that you think are interesting and go I am looking for internships and work experience. If CS or Eng, maybe email your university IT department?
Get your resume/cv reviewed by your university employment or careers hub.

Good luck.

Optiver allows international students on student/grad visas to apply for internship. Pretty sure they will sponsor visa afterwards if u make grad/full time

try to get some experience at uni societies, those help a lot

projects

connections (LinkedIn helps a lot)

There’s not rly anything different for international students, other than the fact that some companies will immediately reject. For the companies that don’t, the process and the way you prepare for it should be identical to domestic students.

Same boat

I tried everything applying on websites, career fairs and cold messaging on Linkedin. No leads till now. Cold messaging on Linkedin is the most efficient way though.

dude i am struggling too🥲 i wanted to get for this summer but still no luck.

PRO TIP: find people who can give you referrals. Turns out more than your skills, referrals are needed.

Intl students are just playing on hardmode rn because nobody wants to sponsor a potential fte