personal trainer in USA

[zakaria 1996 0]

so i live in morccco and i had my certification as an Elite traininer from ISSA online from usa in 2019 and it still active , the thing is that issa in their terms guarantie to all their memebers with active certifaction to find a job in USA gyms with their certification and i have 3 from them including fitness nutritionist/.personal trainer /and fitness therapy .. the only challenge is how to go to usa so i can apply for them ...

i don't want to stay in a country that kills hard work ..

[Chancy 6,241]

20 minutes ago, zakaria 1996 said:

so i live in morccco and i had my certification as an Elite traininer from ISSA online from usa in 2019 and it still active , the thing is that issa in their terms guarantie to all their memebers with active certifaction to find a job in USA gyms with their certification and i have 3 from them including fitness nutritionist/.personal trainer /and fitness therapy .. the only challenge is how to go to usa so i can apply for them ...

 

Ask that ISSA organization how they plan to make good on that guarantee.

 

You need a company in the US to sponsor you for a work visa and hire you.  You cannot just apply for a work visa yourself.

 

[JeanneAdil 6,561]

they can't find you a job here as there are plenty of trainers looking for work already here

 

1st of all a company here would have to want to hire you

2nd the company would be paying a very expensive lawyer to do the work visa which is only a temporary visa

3rd the company has to prove there is no American that wants the job

4th most of us trained here in the US (as i am a pyhysical therapist and have a degree in personal training on top to help my handicapped clients with body agility

 

Reading from the site they guarantee only YOU'LL be able to find a job/  nothing about them finding one for you in  the USA

Getting the job is up to you 

 

and the guarantee for returning your money is only for A USC

 

* Only Applies to U.S. residents

* Job Guarantee Refund applies only to the purchase of the Certified Personal Trainer Course and the related price paid. The refund amount will be equal to the price, less discounts, of the Certified Personal Trainer Course, as stated on the student's receipt.

 

 

 

[JeanneAdil 6,561]

start applying online to Gold's and a few other gyms and pray they have no and i mean no other trainers who want work

most still are not open in the US because of covid

 

Edited January 28, 2021 by JeanneAdil

[zakaria 1996 0]

thank you i really appreciate it 

 

[JPD91 49]

Just being honest here, you pretty much have zero chance of getting a work visa as a personal trainer. There are already an abundance of qualified trainers in the US so a company/gym isn't going to go out of the way to pay for a trainer to come from overseas. Also there have probably been thousands of individuals from overseas with much more qualifications and experience who have attempted it get a work visa as a trainer to no avail.   

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

 

2 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

Only Applies to U.S. residents

 

Yeah getting someone a job is one thing, getting a work visa is a whole other thing that they clearly know they can’t do 

 

 

Sorry OP you need to get a visa another way. Long shot you can enter the DV lottery in October, assuming you have at least completed high school 

Edited January 28, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[SalishSea 17,928]

9 hours ago, zakaria 1996 said:

so i live in morccco and i had my certification as an Elite traininer from ISSA online from usa in 2019 and it still active , the thing is that issa in their terms guarantie to all their memebers with active certifaction to find a job in USA gyms with their certification and i have 3 from them including fitness nutritionist/.personal trainer /and fitness therapy .. the only challenge is how to go to usa so i can apply for them ...

i don't want to stay in a country that kills hard work ..

No organization or company can make any such guarantee.  
 

And with widespread gym closures due to COVID, there are way more personal trainers than available jobs here in the US.   

Edited January 28, 2021 by Jorgedig

[mushroomspore 3,044]

9 hours ago, zakaria 1996 said:

so i live in morccco and i had my certification as an Elite traininer from ISSA online from usa in 2019 and it still active , the thing is that issa in their terms guarantie to all their memebers with active certifaction to find a job in USA gyms with their certification and i have 3 from them including fitness nutritionist/.personal trainer /and fitness therapy .. the only challenge is how to go to usa so i can apply for them ...

i don't want to stay in a country that kills hard work ..

That's a really crazy thing for any business or organization to "guarantee". There is no work visa specifically for personal trainers and American gyms definitely do not sponsor visas for international personal trainers. 

[JFH 12,190]

One thing COVID has shown is that many jobs can be done from home which, in turn, means they can be done from anywhere. I know a personal trainer who is still running classes but it’s done via some form of Zoom meeting. She’s in her home, the participants are in their homes and she’s leading the class via camera. Another friend here teaches English to Chinese children in a similar way. This would work for you, maybe. Then you don’t have to go to the trouble of working out how to move to the other side of the world. Find a company that employs home-based trainers to lead Zoom classes. 

Edited January 29, 2021 by JFH

[aaron2020 11,651]

15 hours ago, zakaria 1996 said:

so i live in morccco and i had my certification as an Elite traininer from ISSA online from usa in 2019 and it still active , the thing is that issa in their terms guarantie to all their memebers with active certifaction to find a job in USA gyms with their certification and i have 3 from them including fitness nutritionist/.personal trainer /and fitness therapy .. the only challenge is how to go to usa so i can apply for them ...

i don't want to stay in a country that kills hard work ..

Sorry, but you are misunderstanding things.

The guarantee to refund the cost of the course to US citizens who can not find a job afterwards.

It's not a guarantee for foreigners.  It's not a guarantee of a job.  

There is no chances for you to get a job in the US.  Zero. First,  a US employer must pay to obtain a work visa for you.  You can not apply for one on your own.  No gym will pay a very expensive lawyer to bring a foreign trainer to the US.  Second, the US employer must show a need to bring in a foreign worker because they can not find someone in the US.  At this moment, there are lots of gyms that are closed and lots of US citizen trainers who need jobs.  

[aaron2020 11,651]

5 hours ago, mushroomspore said:

That's a really crazy thing for any business or organization to "guarantee". There is no work visa specifically for personal trainers and American gyms definitely do not sponsor visas for international personal trainers. 

The company is not guaranteeing a job to anyone.  The OP is misunderstanding things.  The company's guarantee is to refund the cost of the course if a US citizen can not find a job afterwards.   

[Pinkrlion 2,724]

Start your own IG, Facebook, or YouTube Channel and use your certfications like the rest of US Fitness Trainers

Edited January 29, 2021 by Pinkrlion

[Adventine 3,201]

32 minutes ago, JFH said:

One thing COVID has shown is that many jobs can be done from which, in turn, means they can be done from anywhere. I know a personal trainer who is still running classes but it’s done via some form of Zoom meeting. She’s in her home, the participants are in their homes and she’s leading the class via camera. Another friend here teaches English to Chinese children in a similar way. This would work for you, maybe. Then you don’t have to go to the trouble of working out how to move to the other side of the world. Find a company that employs home-based trainers to lead Zoom classes. 

Moreover, there are ways to set up online payment channels (PayPal for example) that will allow OP to earn in USD even while physically in their home country. That would even take out the company as middleman and allow OP to receive the funds directly from clients. 

Edited January 29, 2021 by Adventine

[Cathi 5,771]

You have zero chance getting a work visa as a personal trainer. Anyone who tells you different is lying.

Just keeping it real.