Wednesday - April 02, 2008

Meanwhile, In India

Hey college kids, need a summer job? The Times of India has a great idea - go to America and earn up to Rs 3L! Sure, it’s doubtful that you’ll be doing anything really career oriented, but you can come over here and earn $8-$12 an hour bussing tables or driving a cash register. And you’ll go home with nearly Rs 2L, because The Times breaks down the expenses for you. Rs 3L means 3 Lakh Rupees. Lakh is a term that means 100,000. Right now 300,000 rupees is a bit over $7500, and that’s a decent amount of money in India.

The Times also points out that this isn’t a crazy scheme, but a program run by the US Government. I guess we don’t have enough kids of our own who want summer jobs, so we have to troll for them offshore. Hey, as long as you can speak English, Uncle Sugar will help you get a job. Amazingly, the program is dragging so badly that our government had to hire promoters to put the word out in India.

NEW DELHI: If you are a college student, here is something that could make your summer vacation memorable. There is a US government programme under which you can travel to USA and fund your trip by working there.

The work & travel’ programme is a US government initiative under which regular college students across the world can visit the country on temporary jobs during summer vacations—that is, from May to August. The scheme aims to enable students to “understand and experience American culture and life”.

Now, the US department of state’s Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) has hired two agencies in India—Kareer Krafters and Taurus International—as partners to administer the J1 visa programme meant for this purpose.

Any graduate or PG student can apply under the scheme. The applicant will be screened by the designated companies for suitability to visit the US alone. Vipul Mehta, MD of Kareer Krafter, said one of the prerequisites is a working knowledge of English.

Mehta said there is huge demand for students for doing summer jobs under the programme. “There are enough opportunities to absorb 40,000-50,000 students,” he said. However, as the scheme is virtually unknown in the country, only around 500 students were sent from India in 2007. So far, almost everyone who has applied got the visa, he added.

Students are normally offered unskilled jobs in retail outlets, tourist camps, entertainment park and restaurants, said Col Kulvinder Singh, MD of Taurus International. Students are paid $8 to 12 per hour. Wages for semi-skilled students from vocational courses like hotel management are higher.

So I guess your kid should have no problem finding employment this summer.

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