0 Types of Jobs Available in US Market

There are mainly three types of jobs available and are popular in US Job Market. They are mentioned below


1. Contract

2. Contract to Hire

3. Permanent Or Direct Hire


1. Contract:
 This is purely a contract. The consultant has to work at the client premises only for the agreed number of months. It might be one month, three months, six months or more. It all depends on the client. Contractor is  not entitled for benefits, Insurance, National Holidays, festivals, Salary hikes, Bonus etc at the client place. Only permanent employees can avail the said perks. The contract will get paid only for the number of hours he worked.

2. Contract to Hire:
 This is also called as contract to perm or Temp to Hire. At the time of releasing the job description client will mention clearly that this job is a Contract to Hire for 6 months. The meaning of this is that the consultant who accepts the role after the client interview has to convert into full time employee with the client after the 6 months of contract period. In this case the candidate will not get any perks while in contract. However, after going perm with the client, he is entitled to get all the said perks.

3. Permanent or Direct Hire:
This is a position where client will hire you permanently. There wont be any contract or any other rules. If the client likes the candidate after the interview, he will be offered a job and all perks will be given from day one. In permanent role, the candidate will be paid the salary every month.

0 US Recruitment Terminology Part 2

Hi Folks,

This is the continuation for the last post where we discussed about recruitment terminology.

Job Boards - Dice, CareerBuilder, Monster, Nettemps, Techfetch etc

Mail Client - MS outlook, Mozilla thunderbird, Em Client

Search string: a small script written by us to search the resumes from Job boards

VOIP: voice over Internet Protocol

Account Manager: The person who acts as liaison between the recruitment company and Client

BDM- Business Development Manager

Recruiter - A person who source, screen and submits the resume

Job Title: Which describes the role

Job Responsibilities: Which describes the day wise work done by the candidate

VMS: Vendor Management System

MSP: Managed Service Provider



 

0 US Recruitment Terminology - Part 1

Hi all,

In this post we will be discussing about the different terms we use in the US recruitment job on daily basis.

Client / Customer : Who has the job opening

primary vendor: The vendor who has direct contract with client to get the job openings

Consultant: Is the one who do the contract

Job Boards: Where we can post the Open jobs and search for resumes as well

Job Requirement: The Description of job with Location and Duration of tenure

Resume/CV: Candidates qualifications and prior experiences

Bill Rate: The hourly rate that client offers us

Pay Rate: The hourly rate we offer to the consultant

Perm role: This is short for Permanent role of Direct Hire

Submission: Submitting the resume of candidate for the job opening

In-person: Where the candidate has to attend a face to face interview

Phone Interview: Where the candidate will be screened over the phone

Skype: Video Interview


 

0 What are the types of Visa's available in USA ??

Below is the table which shows the important Visa types and their explanation.

Types of VISA

Visa	Work Authorization in USA	Authorization to work for new employer	Brief Explanation of types of visa
US citizen	yes	yes	BY birth or residence for 8 years
Green Card	yes	yes	employer sponsor the GC and a blood related family member
H1B	yes(for employer sponsored originally)	Depends on Employer and the provided details	6 years (4+1+1)
H4	NO	Requires fresh sponsorship	dependable on Husband/Wife
L1/L2	NO	Requires fresh sponsorship	Intra company transfer
L2 EAD	YES	YES
B1/B2	NO	Requires fresh sponsorship	Business visa holder cannot stay in usa for more than 3 month at a time, they earn in respective country's currency
EAD	YES	YES	stage between H1 and GC
F1	NO	NO	student Visa
OPT EAD	YES	YES	Visa given for a person who is a usa graduate

0 US Geography - States and Map

This post is continuation to the US Geography - Time zones.

The below is the list of States, capital and Biggest city in USA and below is the map.

STATE	Capital	Largest city
Alabama	Montgomery	Birmingham
Alaska	Juneau	Anchorage
Arizona	Phoenix	Phoenix
Arkansas	Little Rock	Little Rock
California	Sacramento	Los Angeles
Colorado	Denver	Denver
Connecticut	Hartford	Bridgeport
Delaware	Dover	Wilmington
Florida	Tallahassee	Jacksonville
Georgia	Atlanta	Atlanta
Hawaii	Honolulu	Honolulu
Idaho	Boise	Boise
Illinois	Springfield	Chicago
Indiana	Indianapolis	Indianapolis
Iowa	Des Moines	Des Moines
Kansas	Topeka	Wichita
Kentucky	Frankfort	Louisville
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	New Orleans
Maine	Augusta	Portland
Maryland	Annapolis	Baltimore
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston
Michigan	Lansing	Detroit
Minnesota	St. Paul	Minneapolis
Mississippi	Jackson	Jackson
Missouri	Jefferson City	Kansas City
Montana	Helena	Billings
Nebraska	Lincoln	Omaha
Nevada	Carson City	Las Vegas
New Hampshire e	Concord	Manchester
New Jersey	Trenton	Newark
New Mexico	Santa Fe	Albuquerque
New York	Albany	New York City
North Carolina	Raleigh	Charlotte
North Dakota	Bismarck	Fargo
Ohio	Columbus	Columbus
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City
Oregon	Salem	Portland
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	Philadelphia
Rhode Island	Providence	Providence
South Carolina	Columbia	Columbia
South Dakota	Pierre	Sioux Falls
Tennessee	Nashville	Memphis
Texas	Austin	Houston
Utah	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City
Vermont	Montpelier	Burlington
Virginia	Richmond	Virginia Beach
Washington	Olympia	Seattle
West Virginia	Charleston	Charleston
Wisconsin	Madison	Milwaukee
Wyoming	Cheyenne	Cheyenne

 

0 Geography of USA - Time Zones

Its is very important to understand and have a fair knowledge on US Geography.

The above states and time zones will be helpful in scheduling the interview of the candidate.

As we are in the Offshore we need to be knowing what are the different time zones in the United States. We need to be knowing about the places of U.S because some f the candidates will be asking for Relocation so we have to say about the place so it is mandatory to know about the states of U.S.

EST or EDT: Eastern Standard time or Eastern Daylight time
MST : Mountain Standard time
CST: Central Standard time
PST: Pacific Standard time

The list of U.S States which are differentiated with the time zones
P.S.T	M.S.T	C.S.T	E.S.T
Washington(WA) Oregon(OR) Nevada(NV) California(CA)	Montana(MT) Wyoming(WY) Colorado(CO) New Mexico(NM) Arizona(AR) Idoha(ID) Utah(UT)	North Dakota(ND) South Dakota(SD) Minnesota(MN) Wisconsin(WN) Nebraska(NE) Kansas(KA) Oklahoma(OK) Texas(TX) Alabama(AL) Arkansas(AR) Louisana(LA) Iowa(IA) Illinoius(IL) Tennessee(TN) Mississippi(MS) Missouri(MO)	Maine(ME) Massachusetts(MA) Rhode Island(RI) Connecticut(CT) New Jersey(NJ) Delaware(DE) Maryland(MD) Vermont(VT) New Hampshire(NH) New York(NY) Pennsylvania(PA) Michigan(MI) Indian(IN) Ohio(OH) West Virginia(WV) North Carolina(NC) South Carolina(SC) Kentucky(KY) Georgia(GA) Florida(FL) Virginia(VA)