Marcelo Barros: How to Use Your Network to Get Job Referrals

Feeling stuck in your job search? Marcelo Barros, Founder, The International Advantage, will be back at UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as part of IAD Days to lead a session that will focus on how international students can capitalize on the power of strategic networking to overcome visa challenges, get advice, get smarter, and ultimately secure job referrals.  

Marcelo Barros is the founder of The International Advantage, LLC, a small firm with a big ambition: to help every international student in the U.S. achieve their job search goals. With a rare combination of career services experience working with international students and 10+ years of work experience with top U.S. global firms, plus the experience of having been an international student himself, Marcelo helps international students, accomplish their job search goals by using innovative job search methods and frameworks. In his book, The International Advantage Get Noticed. Get Hired!, Marcelo shares the strategies he has used to help international students secure quality jobs. Marcelo's work has been noticed by Forbes, Bloomberg, Business Week, American Marketing Association, The Times of India, Inside Higher Ed, Vault, France 2, and several other publications.