USF Employers, thank you for your interest in hiring one of our international students! Below are some guidelines that might help you with the hiring process:

• International students who are full-time enrolled are allowed to accept on campus employment for 20 hours per week. They can be employed on-campus 40 hours per week during official breaks, such as the winter break and summer. Please see On-Campus Employment (add link here) for further information about what constitutes on-campus employment for international students.

• In order for an international student to apply for a social security number, he/she must first have a job offer letter. With the job offer letter and a letter from International Student and Scholar Services, the student can go to the Social Security Office and submit an application. The student must have a receipt from Social Security or the actual Social Security Number prior to their hire date.

• You are not under any obligation to issue a job offer letter to an international student. Rather, if you have a genuine interest in employing an international student, then the letter may be issued. It is "not" a binding contract. The letter is stating that you, the employer, are willing to consider this student for a position contingent upon his/her receipt of a social security number.

• Each international student hired must go through normal HR processes prior to their hire date.

If you would like further information regarding hiring an international student, please call International Student and Scholar Services, at (813) 974-5102.