International worker recruitment

In plain terms: international worker recruitment is the stage where the employer selects the foreign applicants it wants to sponsor for the EB-3 visa to come work for it.

It follows local recruitment. Local recruitment shows how many of the employer’s openings were filled by qualified U.S. workers, and international worker recruitment fills the remaining openings with foreign workers. With EB3.work, applicants first apply for the posted job, then complete a pre-screen and an interview with the EB3.work Talent Team. Pre-screened applicants, usually 10 to 20 at a time, then join a Zoom call with the employer, who receives their resumes in advance. Each applicant introduces themselves, the employer can ask any questions it wants, and after the call the employer tells EB3.work which applicants it selects.

What it means for you: because applicants are screened before they meet the employer, employers typically select every applicant on the call. The process takes years, and some selected workers drop out along the way because of life events, usually around 20% in EB3.work’s experience, so employers often select a few more workers than the number of openings. Each selected applicant then receives a job offer letter.