I'm just posting a reply I sent to an email I got. Hope it helps.

> Hey Guy,
>
> I stumbled across your blog on the internet as I was looking for H1-B
> sponsors in New York City.
>
> I found this website www.h1base.com where you can pay  $25.00 or more to
> view job listings posted by H1-B sponsors.  I just wondered if you have had
> any experience with this website or if you know of any better ones that I
> could look at?

Mate,

The best way to do come over and work is to have a Brit company bring you over. Otherwise, I would normally recommend that you come over for 3 months and bang on doors.  But there aren't any visas for another 15 months (I think).

Best bet is to come over in February / March next year - find someone who will put in a sponsorship application in April for you to start October.

Sorry the news isn't positive.... it took me 15 months to get my visa and I lived* here!

G

* Obviously, this is an exaggeration if anyone from the Immigration Bureau is reading. I was on holiday in the US enjoying this fine country - as this blog testifies.

Posted by Guy Brighton on June 2, 2005 at 03:11 PM | Tags/Topics: Job Hunt Advice | Link | Comments (2) | | Add GB To Your News Feed

Sometimes I wish I could have read this article in the UK's Independent before I came here ;)

British admen learn fast in America. They learn that advertising's an altogether different game, not just a vastly bigger one - actually not a game at all, nor a branch of arts and entertainment, but a business, almost as mainstream as, say, accountancy.

and

Viewed from commercial America, British advertising looks like something bent out of shape by a culture so consumed with embarrassment it can't look a salesman in the eye when he's making a pitch, particularly if that pitch is laden shoulder high with emotion - love of country, family or God. From a mainstream US perspective our quirky elliptical leave-them-guessing advertising approach is kind of charming, but kind of unworkable too in America, with its fragmented audiences and ethnicities, its raging sensitivities and, above all, its huge risks. American advertising is risk averse because there's so much at stake with those huge clients and their mega-spends. It means everything is researched to death so all backs are covered.

and

The style and culture of advertising agencies themselves - and particularly the giant Madison Avenue houses - are very different too. There's size for a start. A major like Ogilvy and Mather will have 3,000-plus people working in its New York office. At that scale the whole thing has to be run in a very grown-up way, and the "suits" (client handlers) dress very sensibly indeed. It's more ... businesslike. Everything seems older too. The big agencies have senior statesmen who are practically Blake Carrington, whereas we know that in London agencies the over-50s are quietly defenestrated in favour of children with spiked hair and drop-crotch jeans.

In Britain, advertising and its people are socially smart in the wider world in direct ratio to their distance from hard selling and their resemblance to the arts and entertainment. And advertising people definitely take their place in our great world.

and

In America, advertising isn't that socially glamorous - they've got Hollywood after all - and its practitioners aren't so famous, but they make millions and it's an acceptable career choice for a decent MBA graduate who thinks creativity is something best left to window-dressers.

Posted by Guy Brighton on December 7, 2004 at 04:52 PM | Tags/Topics: Diary, Job Hunt Advice | Link | Comments (0) | | Add GB To Your News Feed

Some people use this site for the job tips, recruiter email addresses and so forth.

The news for all would be Guy Brightons is that the 65,000 H1B foreign worker visas for 2004/2005 have now run out. No new H1Bs will be available until October 1, 2005 - although you should apply for them from 1st October

Murphy.com says:

AILA is working diligently to encourage the USCIS make the number of H1Bs that have been or will be revoked during this fiscal year available to H1B employers and prospective H1B beneficiaries. A confirmation as to the availability of such additional H1Bs is expected sometime later this month or by November 2004.

Additionally, AILA is working towards H1B cap relief by pushing Congress to increase the number of H1Bs. At minimum, AILA is requesting that individuals who have earned at least a Master's degree, MD, or Ph.D. be exempt from the H1B numerical limitation.

Murphy.com

Posted by Guy Brighton on October 25, 2004 at 09:26 AM | Tags/Topics: Job Hunt Advice | Link | Comments (0) | | Add GB To Your News Feed

This post is an update of a previous posting of NYC Head Hunter details.. Check all my Job Hunt Advice if you're looking for work in NYC particularly in Advertising / Marketing.

More>>>

Continue reading "New York City Headhunters" »

Posted by Guy Brighton on June 10, 2004 at 12:03 PM | Tags/Topics: Job Hunt Advice | Link | Comments (0) | | Add GB To Your News Feed

Further to my previous posted list of New York Headhunters, here's some more details.

1. List of best advertising headhunter sites
http://career.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=2444

2. List of best job seeker sites for marketers
http://career.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=1789

3. New job postings (free to post, free to access)
http://career.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=2522

Click on Job Hunt Advice under categories on the left hand bar for more advice.

Below are some books on the subject available on Amazon:

Posted by Guy Brighton on February 17, 2004 at 03:06 PM | Tags/Topics: Job Hunt Advice | Link | Comments (0) | | Add GB To Your News Feed

Yahoo! Hot Jobs: Browse the jobs without having to sign in by looking at all the companies under the categories section. ie.

go to www.hotjobs.com
click career tools button
click communities link
select your required sector link
click category home button
click the browse companies who advertise in this category

you should see something like this.

Click on Job Hunt Advice under categories on the left hand bar for more advice.

Below are some books on the subject available on Amazon:

Posted by Guy Brighton on February 6, 2004 at 05:27 PM | Tags/Topics: Job Hunt Advice | Link | Comments (0) | | Add GB To Your News Feed

Following my previous list of recruiter contacts in New York City - here is a personally investigated list of HR contacts and email addresses for a number of leading advertsing, direct marketing and interactive agencies in NYC.

Remember time changes everything and please use wisely.

Name / Dept / Email / Company / Info
kcaliolo@drumassociates.com / / kcaliolo@drumassociates.com / Drum Accoc / Ad Boutique
Elizabeth Talerman / MD / elizabeth.talerman@sohosq.com / Soho Sq / Ad Agency
Robert Fletcher / CEO / rfletcher@mcsaatchi-ny.com / MC Saatchi / Ad Agency
Susan Rusnack/ HR / srusnak@mnh.com / Merkley Newman Harty Partners / Ad Agency
Linda Pryor/ HR /lpryor@fcb.com / FCB / Ad Agency
Kate Stamford / HR / kate.stamford@interbrand.com / Interbrand / Branding Agency
heidi@rga.com / HR / heidi@rga.com / RGA / Interactive
resumes@organic.com / resumes@organic.com / Organic / Interactive
? ? ? Korey Kay Ad Boutique
Pat / paccardi@kprny.com / KPR / Ad Agency
jobs@kb.com / Kirshenbaum + Bond / Ad Agency
jobs@iconnicholson.com / jobs@iconnicholson.com / Icon Media Lab /Interactive
Adele / HR / adele.nicosia@hillandknowlton.com / Hill & Knowlton / Branding Agency
careers@grey.com / careers@grey.com / Grey Advertising / Ad Agency
jobs@ddb.com / jobs@ddb.com / DDB / Ad Agency
Liisa / HR / lchider@clifffreeman.com / Cliff Freeman / Ad Agency
Jennifer Johnson / MD / jjohnson@141xm.com / 141 XM / Interactive
Gloria / HR / gloriaw@clinedavis.com / Cline Davis Hall / Ad Agency
Carlos / GM / ctribino@brandarch.com / BrandArch / Branding Agency
Bill Fox / Director of Client Services / bill.fox@brouillard.com / Brouillard Ad Agency
info@lairdandpartners.com / info@lairdandpartners.com / Laird & Partners / Ad Agency
accountteam@aka-advertising.com / accountteam@aka-advertising.com / AKA / Ad Agency
info@maddogadv.com / info@maddogadv.com / Mad Dogs / Ad Agency
HR@batesww.com / HR@batesww.com / Bates / Ad Agency
careers@imc2.com / careers@imc2.com / IMC2 / Interactive
hr@datranmedia.com / hr@datranmedia.com / Datran Interactiver
hr@afg1.com / AFG1 / Interactive
hrdvc@dvc.com / hrdvc@dvc.com / DVC / Interactive
jobs@alloy.com / jobs@alloy.com / Alloy / Interactive
usjobs@messagelabs.com / Messagelabs / Interactive
info@nailadvertisinginc.com / Nail Advertising / Ad Boutique
opportunities@globalworks.com / GlobalWorks / DM
jobs@cheetahmail.com / Cheetah Mail / Interactive
PhilMcintyre / Head of Sales / Click 3x / Interactive
opportunities@icrossing.com / iCrossing / Search Engine
Ingrid / HR / ingrid@avenueanyc.com / Avenue A NYC / Interactive
Barbara Clinton / HR / barbara.clinton@loweworldwide.com / Lowe Worldwide / Ad Agency
ogilvyone.recruitment@ogilvy.COM / Ogilvy One / DM

New additions:

directjobs@grey.com / Grey Direct / DM (11/26/03)

Click on Job Hunt Advice under categories on the left hand bar for more advice.

Below are some books on the subject available on Amazon:

If your name appears on the above list and there is a more approporate person to contact at your agency please let me know via the comments box.

Posted by Guy Brighton on October 25, 2003 at 05:18 PM | Tags/Topics: Job Hunt Advice | Link | Comments (2) | | Add GB To Your News Feed

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Posted by Guy Brighton on October 19, 2003 at 11:45 PM | Tags/Topics: Job Hunt Advice | Link | Comments (0) | | Add GB To Your News Feed