‘No jobs in USA for international students’: Founder says honeymoon period is over

A founder warns parents about the declining job market for international students in the US, Canada, and UK.

Published on: May 19, 2025, 10:07:07 IST

By Sanya Jain

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A Gurgaon-based entrepreneur has warned about the dearth of job opportunities in the United States, Canada and UK for international students. Rajesh Sawhney’s warning comes amid a crackdown on immigration in these countries that has made it more difficult for international students to stay back after completing their education.

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A founder’s warning

Sawhney, Founder and CEO of GSF Accelerator, is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Program) and has a fellowship from the London School of Economics. Despite having studied in the US and UK himself, he feels the honeymoon period for international students is over.

In a post shared on the social media platform X, he advised parents to think twice before spending crores on sending their children abroad.

“There are no jobs in USA, Canada and UK for International students,” wrote Sawhney. “Honeymoon is over, parents should think twice before spending crores on the expensive education.”

A hack that no longer works

The Gurgaon-based entrepreneur said that earlier, IIT graduates could go to the United States for a master’s degree and secure an entry-level tech job. This is no longer the case.

“Engg students especially IITians had an easy hack, do masters in the US and get a $200K starting tech job. This hack works no more,” he wrote on X.

Sawhney’s take started a lively discussion on social media about the current job market, the crackdown on immigration and more.

“True! I was there in 2017, people were getting a $150k offer in the first quarter of education BEFORE the career fair. NOW, that same person is at Google and scared s*** that she will be laid off!” wrote one person in the comments section.

“I am more bullish for those engineers come back to India and build billion dollar startups. Imagine all those YC startups by Indians, building from India for the world. That will be legendary,” another said.

(Also read: ‘Outside India, no one cares about your IIT tag’: Techie’s advice on job referrals sparks online discussion)

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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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