RelocationHi Everyone! This is my first time on the board. I' m not sure if this is under the right subject to post this but here goes. I just recently lost my job due to layoffs. I' ve been unemployed for a few weeks now and I live in the NY area. I' ve been looking for jobs in my area, but I am also looking out of state, preferably on the east coast. I' m not sure how to go about relocating if I do find the perfect job for me. Is it easier to just move and then look? I have applied to so many places but nobody has gotten back to me yet. I' ve also seen many postings that say they only want people to apply that live in that area. Does anyone know of any good relocation websites that can offer good advice? Thanks in advance for any info! I don' t know of any relocation websites but, you have only been looking for a few weeks. I generally takes longer than that for a response. Depending upon the industry and the position. Here are a few points to follow when job searching in an area you do not currently live: After logging onto job boards like Monster, Careerbuilders, Craigslist and the like, enter the name of the city that you are thinking of relocating to and check those listings. Do you have a friend or relative in the area you are going to relocate to? If so, contact them and ask if you can use their address and phone number as a contact. As you have noticed,employers tend to stick with their local applicants. A local address will work for them in most cases. Ask these friends or family members about opportunities in the company they work. Relocation can be easier through neworking. If you do not know anybody in that area, rent a post office or maiboxes, etc box as a contact. Check the Internet for the websites of the area' s newspapers and check their employment sections. Usually on Sundays as the classifieds are largest on that day. You don' t need to subscribe to the papers to access the employment advertisements. Be sure to check the job' s requirements and only apply for jobs that you are qualified for. If you apply just for the sake of applying, you will be wasting your time and the company. When you are called for the interview, DO NOT speak of relocation. this is better left for the interview itself. Hopefully you can receive a number of interviews so that you when you travel to the new location, you can stay a few days and get them all over with at the same time, as opposed to go back and forth. One last thing, contacting a job agency at this stage is not going to be productive at all. The response you will get is going to be, "Contact us after you have moved here." (Then they won' t do diddly squat, anyway) I just relocated to L.A. or back to it. I left my job in SD with a big company but, my fiance got a huge promotion with the same company. I had never relocated since college and was in college not working so I wasn' t sure how to do it either. I found trying to work, move and look for a job 200 miles away was not working. Since my fiance wanted me to move and agreed to pay my salary I waited til we actually moved and looked. Once I was settled into our new place I could actually concentrate on a new job and just got something but, I wasn' t putting 100% into it since I wanted to take some time off. If I had to do it again I would try to find a job in the city I moving to first. | |
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