Competitive Companies Should Hire F1-OPT Machine Learning Engineers
With turnover rates in technological fields remaining around 10%, there is a clear need for tech companies to hire and retain talented machine learning engineers. While it is advantageous to find eager workers from home, there is an alternative that offers many benefits: hiring F1-OPT machine learning engineers. You may be asking why you should do this, and more importantly, what it means to be a F1-OPT machine learning engineer. Fortunately, we have the answers to these questions.
What It Means To Be a F1-OPT Engineer
In order to qualify as a F1-OPT engineer, an individual must be an international student who recently received their advanced engineering degree(s) in the United States. In addition to this valuable educational experience, many F1-OPT candidates have experience in automation-related fields and hands-on experience with automation projects, so they are highly qualified for the work that a competent machine learning engineer must complete. However, before your company decides to hire one of these highly competent people, there are some details about the F1-OPT program that should be made clear to everyone involved in the hiring process.
The Rules and Possibilities of the F1-OPT Designation
First, it is important to know that OPT stands for “Optional Practical Training,” and this is why recruitment efforts must be rigorous and detail-oriented to find the best candidates for F1-OPT status. The F1-OPT is, in a nutshell, the aforementioned optional practical training period, and it allows international students with advanced degrees from American schools to remain in the United States for 12 months so they may work and gain valuable, practical experience in the field. That’s not all the F1-OPT allows; if the international student in question graduated in the U.S. with a degree in one of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields, they may remain and work in the U.S. for an additional 24 months. That’s three years in total of potential work and learning for a competent individual. The possibilities for your company don’t stop there, however.
Sponsorship Can Extend a F1-OPT Engineer’s Time in the U.S.
The three years of non-sponsored work experience provide opportunities for companies to sponsor valued international workers for non-immigrant visas and, going further, a green card. If the F1-OPT machine learning engineers are eager to work and willing to stay in the United States, it would be highly beneficial to your company to sponsor them and retain their talent for as long as possible. There are plenty of reasons to sponsor a hard-working international engineer.
The Many Benefits of Retaining International Employees
On top of fantastic engineering prowess, international machine learning experts are adaptable, dedicated, and clever workers. They bring unique and valuable perspectives to problem-solving, and if they desire to return to their countries of origin, they will be the perfect international connections your company needs to expand its global reach. Clearly, finding and retaining workers through the F1-OPT program will enable your company to accomplish many great feats, all around the globe.
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