‘No jobs in USA, Canada, UK’: Gurgaon entrepreneur Rajesh Sawhney says ‘Honeymoon is over’
Rajesh Sawhney says parents should think twice before spending crores on the expensive education of their children
Gurgaon-based entrepreneur Rajesh Sawhney has said there are no jobs in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom for the foreign students.
He has made the comment in a viral post on social media platform X on Sunday.
Sawhney, founder and CEO of GSF Accelerator, wrote: “There are no jobs in USA, Canada and UK for International students. Honeymoon is over, parents should think twice before spending crores on the expensive education.”
Sawhney, an alumnus of the Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Program) and has a fellowship from the London School of Economics, also commented that the old hack of doingmaster’s program in the US andquickly getting a high-salary job would not work anymore.
“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 said.
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Sawhney’s X post, garnering more than2.50 lakhviews,sparked a debate among the social media users.
The reactions were mixed, with some users claiming that Sawhney was right while others saying that there are still ample job opportunities abroad.
Here are some of the comments written by users on Sawhney’s X post –
- “Just FYI. There are very jobs for American students as well. Canada and UK are worse. So if some one thinks that getting a degree equals to job in these countries. Be very careful”
- “Anyone intending to be an international student now, better be going to be a top 5 university of that country, in a field that is growing. Or else, delay the admit by a year or two.”
–“This is the result of Modi's friendship. The great achievement award goes to…”
- “All my friends are placed in US! They might wait for 5-6 months but everyone are getting placed!”
- “So true! Matches our experience at @cpcEU, based on the job/internship requests we get from these students. Please think carefully before deciding to do a masters abroad, & also in India! Education is an economic decision too, which in our society we tend to disregard.”