Careers for New Americans: Global Professionals, American Dreams
From Doctor to Dishwasher... and Back Again
An Upwardly Global Study of Immigrant Professional Licensing
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With 1.3 million college-educated immigrants among the working poor*, Upwardly Global understands that rebuilding a career in the U.S. can be a challenge even for highly-skilled immigrant professionals.
For regulated professions requiring a license -- like medicine, nursing, teaching, engineering and others -- the road back to practice takes significant resources and is marked with milestones that can vary from state to state: degree evaluation, testing, coursework, and internships.
Please take a few minutes to help Upwardly Global in its new study of professional licensing.
Our Immigrant and Stakeholder surveys will...
- Map the biggest barriers and best resources for foreign-educated immigrants in regulated professions
- Generate data and ideas for action by state and national decision makers
- Give a voice to your experience
Choose the survey that's best for you, and please forward this page to others in your professional and personal networks:
The surveys are anonymous and end with a thank you gift, The 10 Best Interview Tips for Immigrants.
The Foreign-Educated Immigrant Survey is for immigrant professionals trained in careers requiring a U.S. license to practice. You can be at any stage: not started, stopped, in process, or licensed.
The Stakeholder Survey is for people with some indirect knowledge of the licensing process for foreign-educated immigrant professionals. You can be a friend or employer of an immigrant professional; a government employee; a licensed professional or association member; an educator, etc. You do not have to be an expert!
Our ultimate goal:
To help qualified immigrant professionals license at higher rates and also to develop meaningful career alternatives to licensing - drawing on this talent pool's proven education, skills and experience for the benefit of all.
Thank you very much for your support.
Jennifer Perez-Brennan
Manager, Policy and Systemic Change Initiatives at Upwardly Global
policy@upwardlyglobal.org