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Q: What happens if I quit my IH Services job so that I can work at another company?
A: As your legal DS-2019 Employment Sponsor, we have invested substantial time and effort to travel to your country, arrange your job, arrange your housing, handle your paperwork, coordinate
your arrival, provide job training support and have made a commitment to you 5 months prior to your arrival that we would keep a job open and ready for you when you arrive. In exchange, you
Agreement and we intend to honor our commitments to you. Please understand that we expect our J-1 employees will also honor their commitments to us. To be fair to all our Work and Travel
Program employees, we are not able to make exceptions to the terms outlined in our Job Agreements.
It is not unusual for you to sometimes receive offers of "lower cost" housing or "higher paying" jobs while they are in the U.S. It has been our experiences that there are usually details in these
opportunities that are not disclosed to you. We have had many students contact us after leaving to request their original job and housing back after they learn later that their decision was an
error. Almost every season, we hear students talk about "$10 per hour + tips" job offers. They later find out that the housing conditions are not acceptable or there are additional costs not
disclosed (such as utilities, furniture, deposits, etc). Often, the person making the offer was not being truthful or honor intentions, and the student had trouble getting paid for all or part of the
hours they worked. If the Sponsoring Agency determines that the student violated the terms of their J-1 visa by leaving their approved employer, their visa and their legal right to stay and work in
the U.S. can be cancelled. Before making any decision, we would just ask you to consider the consequences, and to understand that if the employer has not obtained J-1 workers through
advance approval by any agency, then there is probably more information that you need to know.
We had over 8 years of experiences relate with this Work and Travel Program for over 8 years. We worked with over thousands students, hundreds of employers and secured plenty of housing
for our participants. You do not need to worry about getting paid for every hour you work, getting paid the correct overtime rate, getting paid on-time, and getting paid at least US$0.25 bonus
payment and may up to US$ 1 for every hour you work for us if only you can complete the terms of your Job Agreement and condition of employment with us. In addition, we will always make
sure that housing is provided at a reasonable cost to you, and will guarantee that the maximum number of students sharing a room will be four. So there is nothing to worry about participating in
our program.
Q: Can I make lots of money from this program?
A: Our Cultural Exchange Work and Travel or Training Program is designed to give you the opportunity to earn enough money to cover all of your agency fees, your flight costs, and to provide you
with additional money to take home with you at the end of the Program. Most of our participants will make average gross amount at US$4,000. It will be varies from US$ 2,500 to US$ 8,000. Few
of them make reach almost US$ 10,000 depending on many factors. The amount you save to take home may be more or less, depending on how many actual hours you work, how much money
you are spending while here and how much Bonus you earn based on your job performance and etc. Most participants in this Program discover that their managers provide more hours to IH
Services employees who do the best job and have the most positive, friendly and cooperative attitude. Students, who understand this and frequently speak to their managers asking for
additional tasks, will be most likely to work additional or overtime hours. We have found that our employees who earn less are those who rarely smile, do not seem to appreciate their job, do not
always show up for work on-time, and do not complete their job tasks in a correct or timely manner.
Q: I do join Work and Travel program last year and I was really enjoy it, can I return to the U.S. to work with IH Services again in the future?
A: Yes, we always love to have returnees. Work and Travel program is only designed for university students. If you are full time university student, yes you can come back. However, there are
some minor conditions which you may have to check with the US embassy in your country before participate such as your GPA, any update restriction and etc. You have the right to apply with our
program but we prefer to have students who fulfilled the terms of your Job Agreement and your J-1 visa during your previous visit. Upon completion of your Program, we will provide you with a
Certificate which you can use to either return to work for us at the same or different hotel, or to use as a reference to work for another U.S. company in another location. We also provides a 12-18
months Internship Training Program for graduated students in the Hospitality, Financing, Marketing, Business Management, Accounting, Food and Beverage and Culinary fields. Training
program requires a higher level of participants. They must have higher responsibility, level of English and etc. Also your compensation will be higher than the temporary Work and Travel jobs.
We also have special opportunities to work direct for IH Services which will be only offer to our best Work and Travel participants. Do your best while you are in the program and we will offer this
positions when you finish your program.
Q: Any suggestion you have for us?
A: Yes. Please read information below very carefully.
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
In most cases, your J-1 Agency in your country will assist and coordinate the necessary flight and travel arrangements you will need to arrive at your job site on-time. Be aware that you must
arrive there within 3 days of the "Job Start Date" indicated on your Job Agreement or your job may be cancelled. Please keep in mind that it's your responsibility to send us the arrival flight
information at least 30 days before you arrive in Hawaii or your job placement will be canceled.
All participants that are hired by IH Services will receive an email approximately 30-45 days after the interview. Those e-mail will provide the specific travel information you need also will include
important telephone numbers that you need to keep with you so that you can contact us after your arrival if you have any questions or problems. If you do not receive that email within 45 days
after you are hired by us, please contact us immediately so that we can verify your email address, and re-send the information to you if necessary. However, all information should be specific on
your arrival procedure sheet. If there is any missing information you would like to know, please write us an e-mail to info@ihservicesllc.com and we will try our best to respond you as soon as
we can.
Travel Tips:
Check your flight schedule and advise your travel agency that you DO NOT want to arrive late at night or on a Holiday (such as Christmas, New Years, Thanksgiving, Easter, Etc). Also avoid
arriving on the weekends (Saturday or Sunday), since those are busy travel days and busy days for Hotels. Most of our staff are off work and may not be available immediately to help if you need
special assistance on the weekends.
Try to schedule your arrival a few days before you are scheduled to start your job, so that you can allow for any travel delays. This additional time will also give you a chance to explore the area
around your job location, and to learn about the bus schedules, local things to do and to meet your roommates and managers before you actually start working.
We recommend that you limit your packing to one suitcase and one other "carry-on" bag. If you need additional clothes or other items after arrival, you can buy them inexpensively at local stores.
Many students have difficulty adjusting to the food available in the U.S. To help with this adjustment, you might want to pack a small amount of food from home that you like.
IMPORTANT:
For most participants, the trip from your home country to your job site in the U.S. will be a long one. In addition to your travel time, there can be long waits at airports and bus stations until you
finally reach your job site destination.
Be sure to pack your toothbrush, deodorant, comb/brush, etc in an easily accessible location in your suitcase so that you can "clean up" before arriving at your housing and job location. Often,
participants meet their manager when they first arrive, since some of our housing is located on-site at the hotel where you will be working. In the past, we have had managers who complained
that participants arrived at the Front Desk of their hotel with inappropriate clothing, or "smelled bad" from too many hours since they last had a shower or bath.
Please take a moment to visit the restroom in the airplane or at your arrival airport to "clean up" prior to proceeding to your housing/job location. In the U.S., it is often considered "offensive" if you
do not use deodorant, so we highly recommend that you purchase that and use it before arrival.
Those steps will allow you to make a good "first impression" on your manager, which is important in being scheduled for the maximum amount of work hours during your program.
HAVE A SAFE AND PLEASANT TRIP !!