NEW YORK: Over 30,000 highly skilled immigrants are underemployed in New York area, according to Upwardly Global. "Upwardly Global is rescuing those talents to positively impact their new communities," says Jane Leu, Founder and Executive Director of Upwardly Global.

According to the Migration Policy Institute, there are nearly 1,000,000 immigrants the US who has the legal right to work. These men and women hold BA/BS degrees or above, possess an average of seven years of work experience, but are vastly under employed.

UpGlo sees Immigrant Heritage Week 2008 as the perfect opportunity to recognize immigrants' professional knowledge, talent, and education, and invites New Yorkers to be part of this celebration.

As part of the New York City Immigrant Heritage Week 2008 -- an event that brings together more thn 100 event partners from community organizations, libraries, schools, city agencies, art groups and more - Upwardly Global is offering all immigrants a free seminar on "How to use your foreign degree in the US".

Participants will learn the basic but crucial aspects of the American job search, such as networking skills, American interviewing skills, credential evaluations and much more. The seminar will be held April 16, at Workforce 1 Career Center of Queens.

Upwardly Global is a nonprofit organization that was brought to New York to serve under employed immigrant professionals who live in the New York tri-state area by helping them rebuild their careers in the US.

In their home countries they were bankers, accountants, teachers, marketing managers and lawyers; in the US, they are nannies security guards or cashiers.