This permit allows international students to work for one year. However, they must find a job within the first 90 days of receiving the permit or lose the authorization to work. Samuel spent the first 40 days looking for a job, before he accepted a job as a supervisor at a half-way house that helped former prison in-mates transition back into society. It had nothing to do with what he was studying, but he no longer had to worry about losing the OPT work permit and it provided him with some income.