Austin area for accounting, office managerial positions?

[Melissa78703]

Originally Posted by inthecut

My other advice..don't go running from place to place like a gypsy, and don't expect El Dorado..Do be prepared to work harder than you ever have in your life looking for a well-paying position...it will not pop out at you or fall off a tree, even in those "shangri-la's" you mentioned!

And DO have a job offer firmly in place before you move. Please, please, please ... don't come here without a job. It could be very bad.

[TiredofPHX]

Originally Posted by inthecut

Don't use CD to inspire or deflate you....but Do try posting directly to job boards and see what action you get from them, or come out here for a month or so on a sublease, and use a PO Box or something as a local address so you can be seen as living out here for your mail/correspondence...you can also get a local area code on your phone when you come out here for a month, and just keep it as an extra phone with that area code for job calls from that month when you move back to Phoenix...you just have to be creative...

Excellent idea, and I actually thought about getting a temporary address in the city where I plan to do some serious career searching.

The ultimate spin on this is that Austin has always had very few financial jobs, good and bad times equally...this is in many cases a frill place to live for those looking to have a career in finance, as at best you may get outposts of places based in Houston, DFW, and such...you would have far far far far better luck in Houston and DFW, if your goal is just to live in a place with far better job prospects than Phoenix....

Try coming out to Austin for a month to personally hit these places up, if you really must come here, and then try DFW and Houston if it doesn't pan out...or Bartend, as that fellow posters friend did!

The DFW and Houston areas are my #2 pick for hitting the job market and exploring what the areas have to offer. Still want to check out Austin to see what the attractions are. TX seems so much better in many ways than AZ, except maybe the weather but I can contend with that as long as I'm working and have activities to occupy my time.

Thank you for the input.

[TiredofPHX]

Originally Posted by Melissa78703

And DO have a job offer firmly in place before you move. Please, please, please ... don't come here without a job. It could be very bad.

Don't worry about that.

I'm not some derelict that wanders from place to place in hopes of finding my pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

My established roots are in PHX, so if nothing happens to work out in TX or the PNW I can always remain stuck here and perhaps find a job in the service field. I have higher hopes for both TX and the PNW in many areas besides jobs.