Ask YC: Best way to get an internship in SV, for internationals

Re:Ask YC: Best way to get an internship in SV, for internat... by woodsier on Wednesday December 03, 2008 @06:57AM (#384266)

Aussie here, looking to move to Cali at the end of 2009. Is there any particular events or avenues/agencies which assist internationals in finding jobs, especially in our sectors?

Any advice or tips?

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Re:Ask YC: Best way to get an internship in SV, for internat... by timcederman on Wednesday December 03, 2008 @05:12PM (#384922)

You could try contacting Advance (www.advance.org).

I did it the hard way and just came on over. It's not bad as it allows you to network directly with people.

Contacting companies directly helps. Are you at uni, or at work? If at uni, usually there will be career fairs and the like which attract international companies. Google, Sun and IBM definitely came by looking for people specifically for their SV offices.

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Re:Ask YC: Best way to get an internship in SV, for internat... by woodsier on Thursday December 04, 2008 @08:01AM (#385614)

I'm a full-time Uni student but work as a Digital Media Coordinator for certain digital television channels. Are these fairs in Aus, or Cali?

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Re:Ask YC: Best way to get an internship in SV, for internat... by timcederman on Thursday December 04, 2008 @01:51PM (#385974)

In Australia, at most major universities. I went to University of Queensland and had plenty of opportunities.

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