Ukrainian university students seek summer employment (04/23/06)

Ukrainian university students seek summer employment

WASHINGTON - Employers in the United States have an outstanding opportunity to meet their summer 2006 staffing needs by hiring highly motivated university students from Ukraine.

Through a new program being implemented by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to building peace and prosperity through shared democratic values, employers and sponsoring organizations are being matched in their summer hiring needs with available, qualified students by the foundation. There is no cost to employers in allowing the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation help in this recruitment.

The foundation currently has an application with the U.S. Department of State in order to receive the designation of an official sponsor of summer work/travel exchange programs. The foundation hopes to become a sponsor and to work directly with employers and students. However, if the designation is not received on time for this summer, the foundation will continue in its present course of matching the hiring needs of employers with designated sponsors.

Ukrainian university students, who are eager to work and experience life in the U.S., are seeking short-term (up to four months), entry-level, seasonal positions with employers under the U.S. Department of State's Summer Work and Travel USA Program 2006. The students qualify to work and travel in the U.S. under a J-1 visa through a sponsoring organization.

Employers benefit in these ways:

They meet seasonal hiring requirements.
As students are allowed to work for four months during the period of May 1 through mid-October;

employers will still have Ukrainian student workers when American students head back to school.
Students will be interviewed and tested for English proficiency.
Students will be pre-screened and interviewed to meet employer expectations.
Students will have pre-paid health insurance; employers will not have this cost.
Students are not required to contribute to Social Security or Medicare; employers are therefore not required to contribute the employer portion.
Students will be working at the same wage level as other summer students.
Employers will find the students highly dedicated to their summer program.

An employer's summer hiring needs may include a whole host of entry-level positions, whether they be retail shop workers, cashiers, amusement ride attendants or short-order cooks.

To learn more about hiring university students from Ukraine for this summer, readers may contact the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation through Bogdan Kovalchuk at 202-223-2228 or [email protected].

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