Upwardly Global

“Often immigrants and refugees are exiled from the mainstream workforce. Upwardly Global helps them begin their job search, develop their talent and improve their lives and the lives of others.”

Isabel Allende, Author

Highly qualified immigrant professionals want to rebuild their careers here in the U.S., but they're not familiar with the American way to job search.

Employers want to increase their competitive advantage by hiring a more diverse workforce, but they're not sure how to navigate the professional immigrant talent pool.

Enter Upwardly Global. We are a nonprofit organization that helps highly-skilled immigrants, refugees and asylees reclaim their careers here in the United States and helps American employers discover and understand this hidden talent pool.

New Licensing and Recertification Initiative

Upwardly Global's new licensing initiative supports experienced immigrant professionals to reclaim their careers in regulated professions like medicine, nursing, teaching and engineering:

www.CareersforNewAmericans.org This pilot website gives step by step information on licensing in 10 professions for the state of Illinois - with planned expansion to California, New York and other states.
From Doctors to Dishwashers - and Back Please take our survey of regulated professions to share your experience as an immigrant or stakeholder and propose ideas to support increased licensing.

Become an Upwardly Global Jobseeker

Our jobseekers rebuild their careers in a diversity of fields, including financial services, consulting, engineering, healthcare, business and nonprofit. Our program is designed especially for foreign-born professionals. Learn about our jobs workshops, job placement services, mentoring and jobs connections to our employer network. LEARN MORE >

Become an Employer Partner

"Upwardly Global's talent pool offers a sound business value-add to our workforce, and offers us a way to seed the workforce with diverse employees. - Stephen Wells of BearingPoint.

Our employer partners prosper and thrive by tapping the talents and skills of work-authorized foreign-born candidates. Read about how you can join leading companies such as JPMorganChase, Deloitte and Pepsi Bottling Group as an employer of choice by providing job opportunities for immigrant professionals. LEARN MORE >

Become a Volunteer

Upwardly Global volunteers support immigrant professionals by helping them practice their networking and interviewing skills. If you are a professional who is established in the US workplace, we invite you to mentor, and provide advice, insider insight and contacts for immigrant colleagues who are trying to re-establish their careers in the U.S. A small time commitment on your part makes a huge difference in the career (and life!) of an immigrant professional.

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