SponsorSearch: International-Friendly Career Database

International students face a double hurdle: the typical job market competition and a systemic 'local-first' bias. Many firms have internal mandates or legal constraints that prevent them from hiring international graduates, but they rarely state this clearly in job descriptions. This leads to hundreds of hours of wasted effort by students applying for 'dead-on-arrival' roles.

Primary users are international students (likely in Accounting, Finance, or STEM) residing in host countries like Malaysia, the UK, Australia, or Singapore, who are in their final year or post-grad job hunt.

The provided Reddit evidence shows a repeated, emotional frustration from students in the Malaysian accounting sector. They describe a 'big disadvantage' and a trend of firms prioritizing local students, leading to a sense of being 'discouraged and demotivated.'

SponsorSearch Database: A web-based search tool where users can filter companies by:

1. Sponsorship History: (Did they hire an international student last year?)
2. Role Specificity: (Which departments within the firm are most open?)
3. Recent Sentiment: (Crowdsourced data from recent interviewees regarding visa discussions).

For an international student, the job hunt is a high-stakes race against visa expiration. A subscription that identifies 'safe' targets reduces the risk of being forced to leave the country. At $20/month, the tool costs less than a single career coaching session but provides immediate, actionable data.

Low-Medium. The core task is data aggregation. While some regions have public visa data, others require scraping LinkedIn 'people' sections to find international alumni at specific firms or using LLMs to parse job descriptions for sponsorship-related keywords.

• Global Platforms: MyVisaJobs (US-centric).
• Manual Workarounds: Students often use spreadsheets and manual networking on LinkedIn to ask seniors about company policies.
• Career Services: University offices provide generic advice but rarely have the granular data on which specific firms are currently 'closed' to internationals.

Distribution is highly localized. By targeting subreddits like r/Accounting or regional student groups during 'Grad Season' (typically Feb-May), the product can reach users exactly when their anxiety is highest. SEO around 'companies that sponsor visas in [City]' is a high-intent, low-competition acquisition channel.

There are over 100,000 international students in Malaysia alone. Capturing just 0.1% of this segment (100 users) at $20/month yields $2,000 MRR. Expanding this to the UK or Australia creates a clear path to $10k+ MRR.