Sebastian Olaya is one of the single most impressive and successful candidates. Not only did he successfully move from MarCom and into Product Management, he also overcame one of the greatest challenges a professional can have in their career.
Sebastian immigrated to the United States from Latin America without a job. He did find a role in the U.S. but, like many new market entrants, residents, and professional-level immigrants experience, their true professional background from their birth nation is not rewarded in the U.S. market.
This can be frustrating when so many people feel they can achieve the American Dream. We call this the immigration discount. The hiring body only trusts U.S. based experience. Many immigrants end up in personal banker roles because it is the only job that is semi-professional. But retail banking is rarely their original or desired career.
This is where Hire-a-Headhunter’s specification process really shines with hundreds of successful new U.S. resident careers.
We know the words, verbiage, and title structures that are used in the U.S. that correlate with the international career history. We call this Americanization or normalization of the resume, your marketing piece.
Like Sebastian, he took his previous experience an doubled his income in one move and then doubled again a few years later with these strategies. We love helping new professional that have achieved residency in the U.S. to achieve parity with
their American peers.