To make the world a better place, I am going to open up my own business named "Equal-Opportunity Ltd,." My business's mission is to promote equality among international hires so that everyone, no matter which country he or she is from, will get the same chance to be hired. My passion lies at my personal experience and struggle of trying to get a job at the United States. I was lucky that I had the experience of living in different countries so I truly felt blessed of this globalized world. I originally thought as the most powerful country in the world, the United States was supposed to be a very inclusive community where people from different parts of the world would be treated equally. However, going through recruiting, I realized there were so limited opportunities for international students and even when they got hired, they still had to apply for work visa through lottery system.
I understand the deep meaning behind those regulations in order to protect the US residents to secure jobs but I also feel the unfairness of this political system and helplessness from my international fellows. Coming from a different background doesn't mean that an international student is not as qualified as a local student so I feel the necessity to create this environment to provide equal opportunities to everyone. My business will be either a profit or non-profit organization, but no matter what we sell, there is one rule that is never to be changed: provide equal chances for everyone to be hired and eliminate all sorts of discrimination inside the organization.
I think my company will be a great leader in promote international equality and it will also be a proof to show a firm mainly made up of employees from different parts of the world can do the same as local companies, or even better. My ultimate mission is to get government's attention and politicians will reconsider their ideas. If my company runs well, it will help the economy grow rapidly and thus create more job opportunities. Eventually, the large amount of international immigrants will not harm the locals' rights and the international group can contribute a lot to this country. It will be a win-win strategy and I really hope to get support from partners in AMDP to get my ideas to work as soon as possible.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Friday, November 11, 2016
A BETTER WORLD - Pt.1
As an international student, I truly felt how globalization influenced my life. When I was 10 years old, I could never imagine one day I would be studying in a country 15 hours flight from my own or writing blog posts using another language. I am blessed that my family could afford me to study abroad under a better education system. I am lucky enough to be at where I am today - ready to graduate next year and start full-time in the place where I want to. That's a good thing about today's world: there are tons of resources for one to use no matter where he/she is at. However, the process didn't go as smooth as I originally thought and a lot of difficulties were only faced by the international group. With that said, the world is not as "globalized" as we thought.
My first step in making the world a better place would be to eliminate rules designated for different groups of people due to geographical differences. One very simple example, international students were not able to recruit for 80% of the American firms. This rule was made very clear when firms explicitly wrote "we don't hire international students" or "we will not sponsor work visa in the future" on their websites. The deep reason behind this rule is that the government was trying to make sure as many locals could be hired as possible, so it set a lottery system which all the international hires had to get in to obtain a work visa. Simply saying, I have worked very hard to secure a full-time offer from very limited choices of companies and I still only have less than 30% chances to get that work visa for me to legally work here. I respect those who make the rules for this country but if the world is truly a global village now, what's the difference between one country to another? People come to the United States or other countries because of their dreams and limited resources in their own countries. I cannot imagine how many talented people I know or I don't know have to give up their dreams because of this restrictions. Minorities' opinions and interests were usually ignored by the mainstream and this could really prevent the world from being a global community with "common human values". If problems like this caused by people's different backgrounds never get solved, no one can call himself/herself a global citizen. So I advocate to take this big step to create a true inclusion around the world. No matter what race, no matter what gender, no matter what nationality, one should be treated equally.
My first step in making the world a better place would be to eliminate rules designated for different groups of people due to geographical differences. One very simple example, international students were not able to recruit for 80% of the American firms. This rule was made very clear when firms explicitly wrote "we don't hire international students" or "we will not sponsor work visa in the future" on their websites. The deep reason behind this rule is that the government was trying to make sure as many locals could be hired as possible, so it set a lottery system which all the international hires had to get in to obtain a work visa. Simply saying, I have worked very hard to secure a full-time offer from very limited choices of companies and I still only have less than 30% chances to get that work visa for me to legally work here. I respect those who make the rules for this country but if the world is truly a global village now, what's the difference between one country to another? People come to the United States or other countries because of their dreams and limited resources in their own countries. I cannot imagine how many talented people I know or I don't know have to give up their dreams because of this restrictions. Minorities' opinions and interests were usually ignored by the mainstream and this could really prevent the world from being a global community with "common human values". If problems like this caused by people's different backgrounds never get solved, no one can call himself/herself a global citizen. So I advocate to take this big step to create a true inclusion around the world. No matter what race, no matter what gender, no matter what nationality, one should be treated equally.
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Blue Sweater (Pt.2)
Part of the reason why Jacqueline was able to solve the poverty problem in Rwanda was because she had courage to sacrifice herself as discussed in the first half of the book. The second half told us the other part - she knew how to listen to others. She pointed out that the main reason of failure for traditional charities was not to focus on what the poor really wanted. Jacqueline took another approach by starting from helping local ladies to sell cakes. Through the process, she gradually learned about what the poor needed and what they thought about the world. She did not directly distribute money or resources to the villagers since she knew that couldn't solve the poverty problem from roots. She taught African women how to improve their business skills so tht they could get rid of poverty with their own hands. She said that charity was not giving. Charity should be based on respects and understanding. It should help the donees to see what they are capable of so the poor people can be more confident in finding their ways to avoid poverty. I think foundations in the world should share a view like this in order to help the poor better. Also, Jacqueline had a unique point for leadership. She believed that leadership was not something born. By helping African women to become leaders in their businesses, she thought leadership could be fostered. Therefore, she created the Acument Fund leadership program to select young talents in different industries and infuse them with qualities of leadership. I agreed with her idea since I found the more I was exposed to great leaders and the more I practiced leadership, the better leader I would become.
After reading the Blue Sweater, I realized the power of belief. Throughout the book, I could feel the author's belief in what she was able to do. She had a thought at beginning of changing the world. She believed that she was able to bring Rwandan people out of povery so she insisted to come back. She believed in her way of solving poverty by creating microfinance organizations. After years, when she created the Acumen Fund, she believed to trust the market. She said that markets should be the starting point, not the endgame for solving problems of poverty. She had a faith in market strength so her foundations mainly targeted at social enterprises who could create ways to solve social problems. She used the power of impacted investment to distribute her influence because she believed the world was connected to a single economy and everything she did could impact someone else. I am going to end my post with Jacqueline's sentence: "people need to believe that they can participate fully in the decisions that affect their lives and have a stake in the societies in which they live."
After reading the Blue Sweater, I realized the power of belief. Throughout the book, I could feel the author's belief in what she was able to do. She had a thought at beginning of changing the world. She believed that she was able to bring Rwandan people out of povery so she insisted to come back. She believed in her way of solving poverty by creating microfinance organizations. After years, when she created the Acumen Fund, she believed to trust the market. She said that markets should be the starting point, not the endgame for solving problems of poverty. She had a faith in market strength so her foundations mainly targeted at social enterprises who could create ways to solve social problems. She used the power of impacted investment to distribute her influence because she believed the world was connected to a single economy and everything she did could impact someone else. I am going to end my post with Jacqueline's sentence: "people need to believe that they can participate fully in the decisions that affect their lives and have a stake in the societies in which they live."
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