How to Secure Visa Sponsorship in Tech: The Art of Sponsorship Negotiation and Navigating Employer Expectations
Join us for a lively and insightful session on securing visa sponsorship in the tech industry!
Whether you're a tech professional eyeing international opportunities or a recent graduate dreaming of working abroad, this workshop will detail the art of sponsorship negotiation with employers, covering major objections, and also reasons why employers will go through the process for certain candidates.
We will cover all commonly asked questions - from when to discuss sponsorship, how to position yourself as a quality candidate, and how to handle objections.
Key Topics to be Covered
1. Understand at which point you should discuss your immigration status.
2. Why some companies sponsor, and why some don’t.
3. How to build a business case for sponsorship.
4. What to say when companies say: “no.”
About the Speaker:
Karina Mazur, one of the co-founders of migreats. She has been sponsored 3x - across corporates, SMEs and start-ups.
Karina is a Canadian/Russian/Israeli national who has lived and worked in many countries over the world. First moving to the UK at 16, Karina has worked at Deliveroo, Dow Jones, FTI Consulting, Klaviyo, YOU Agency, Seedrs and most recently - Scaleup Finance. Karina went on to found migreats - which helps international talent find, land and secure VISA-sponsored roles.
Having working in a variety of fields (and pivoted throughout her career multiple times), she knows exactly how to convince employers on the benefits and reasons to negotiate sponsorship.
Migreats combines community, coaching and a job board of sponsored roles to help international talent find, land and negotiate a VISA-sponsored role.