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Zulkaida - Career Oversees
Zulkaida - Career Oversees
Zulkaida Akbar
BimBimCar July
Outline
• Academic career: Researcher
• Other Career: Industry, lecturer, teaching, etc.
Academic career (Researcher): My “Visa” journey
• Mid 2012 – Early 2013: PhD preparation -> TOEFL, GRE, Research essay & Recommendation
letter
• Accepted at Florida State University (FSU) with full scholarship and stipend from FSU
• Universities at USA offer around 150K seats annually for PhD scholarship + salary, mostly in
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
• The easiest entry point to USA is via student visa (F1)
Academic career (Researcher): My “Visa” journey
• 2013 – 2018: Got my Master and PhD
• As F1-visa holder the salary comes from my job as teaching and research assistant
• The first suggestion is still the same: enter USA with a student Visa (F1)
• The second one is very important: “Develop one specific and deep skill”
• Again, be an expert in one thing. There is a big opportunity in USA for people who has a
deep expertise
• For examples, I searched in indeed.com randomly using 2 keywords (LabView & C++). See
the results on the next page
Keyword: LabView
Keyword: C++
Thank You
Yuk ke USA….