Immigration Account Specialist

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$24.03/hr - $26.44/hr

Annual Bonus

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PG Difference

PG is a Minority and Veteran Owned Workforce Solutions company. Our culture and our brand are built around our people-first mentality. We place an emphasis on building relationships and getting to know our PG community and business before we train employees on their day-to-day jobs. Our goal is simple, to help our employees build a network of lasting relationships based on trust and respect for each other.

This allows us to foster an environment that supports employees’ choices to balance what’s most important to them. Our hybrid environment provides employees opportunities to connect, develop, and succeed, while still giving them autonomy and flexibility to work remotely or from a local office based on their needs.

We believe that everyone’s voice matters regardless of their role or tenure. Within PG, employees have access to leadership of all levels and the opportunity to give and receive feedback to influence change in both formal and informal ways. We also like to have quite a bit of fun along the way!

The goal of this role will be to help facilitate attracting the top talent and educating our customers on how to utilize the foreign national community. We’re looking for a talented and versatile person to help us build our staffing solutions business with TEKsystems, Aerotek, and Populus Group’s customers. This position is going to focus on helping this happen for the foreign national community by solidifying employment-based visas, mainly H1 visas.

Will partner with our customers on best practices, costs, and timelines of employees our foreign nationals. This role relies heavily on relationship building, communication skills and candor with the clients and consultants.

• Act as a middle man between our customers and Populus Group’s internal immigration counsel on acquiring work authorization visas.
• Work closely with HR and Recruiting in hiring process involving sponsorship.
• Review and assess all incoming requests.
• Answer calls from customers and consultants to help with immigration matters.
• Ensure all participants meet customer and governmental requirements.
• Improve the flow of information to ensure accuracy of the individual's status.
• Assist in obtaining documents necessary for work permit/visa application (birth certificates, marriage licenses, resumes, etc).
• Consult with outside immigration counsel for clarification on immigration issues.
• Negotiate with customer and recruiters to establish rates, contract terms, and fees.

• A bachelor's degree preferred, but not required.
• Approximately 2 years of work experience in HR, Sales or Recruiting.
• A strong sense of urgency, initiative and competitive drive to get things done correctly, with an emphasis on working with and through all levels of personnel.
• Ability to work in a fast pace environment with minimal supervision.
• The ability to pay close attention to detail and sensitivity to timing.
• The ability to support and maintain effective client-vendor relationships.
• Good judgment and analytical abilities.
• Great Customer Focus.
• Conflict Management Skills.
• Strong Written and Verbal Communication Skills.

We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to succeed. This is why it is so important to us that our employees have access to a wide variety of development options to help them become better professionals and people. This includes informal opportunities for self-development, skills-based development, and formal training. The opportunities are endless, highlighting some of our options below:

• Our hybrid environment provides autonomy and flexibility to work remotely or from a local office based on team need.
• Employee Development Program offering learning opportunities for varying levels of experience.
• Tuition Reimbursement for both Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees.
• Free Book…