you need to find jobs, usually internship. once you receive the letter that you are accepted into the job. take it to your international student advisor, and ask for CPT authorization. You need to contact ur professor and convince him to give credit for it. Usually department chair is the guy u need to talk to. he will open up a class that only you can sign in (it was in my case), fill out the forn required and submit it to ur international student advisor, u r good to go