I’m deciding whether to go to school in Canada (UWaterloo, UToronto) or to stay in the States. If I do go to Canada and i decide to come back to the states after I get my degree, will it be hard to get a job here because I don’t have a degree from an american university?
I don’t think it would be hard to get a job here. Taking a degree on a foreign country has its weight on resumes I believe.
@ready100 wat do u mean, there is an advantage to getting a foreign degree?
Exactly. It’s just me though, I’m merely a HS senior I’m not any expert on anything (yet :D)
American companies will be visiting American colleges to recruit undergraduates, not at foreign colleges where most of the undergraduates, being non-American, don’t have the legal right to work in tbe US.
why not take a degree in Canada, after graduating then have an internship, then go straight to work. after having an experience in Canada, for me you’ll have a higher chance of getting a job if you really want to continue in US, since you’ll really have a hard time finding a job as stated above. but at least if you tried to work in Canada, companies from US might consider you since you already have working experience.
ooooh seems like you have a problem at hand @hammad22, @GMTplus7 says non-americans doesn’t have a legal right to work in the US
A majority of US engineering companies require security clearances.
Noncitizens can’t get through these clearances.
If you are not clearance-eligible, a job in a US corporate engineering company is not going to happen.
If you are a citizen, but attend a foreign university, the employers are unfamiliar with the foreign programs and will steer away from those applicants.
As @GMTplus7 has stated, the employers recruit from US universities: they hold interview appointments on campus. The companies are not going to hire from outside of the country when there are so many eligible engineering students in the US.