what do you hate about columbus (Cleveland: credit card, live in, to move)

[OSUGUY87]

Originally Posted by bgo

Nowadays, moving to anywhere without a job is a gamble, wouldn't you say? Adjusted for cost of living, what fields pay significantly better in the south than in the north--just curious? And it always pays for one to be up to speed with homonyms!

I think it depends. If your living pay check to pay check like a majority of people then yeah you cant really move without having a job set up first. But if you have any common sense and have a nice savings built up then go for it like tenzo said.

[14thandYou]

Originally Posted by Tenzo

Live a little!

That's very easy for you to say, since things worked out for you. I personally know people that have not been nearly as fortunate as yourself.

[Tenzo]

Originally Posted by 14thandYou

That's very easy for you to say, since things worked out for you. I personally know people that have not been nearly as fortunate as yourself.

Sign above the casino room door;

"Sure the game is rigged, but you can't win if you don't play!"


Seriously though, what is the very worst that can happen? You end up working at a McJob until you find the right one. I have never not been able to find a job. But I don't believe in the idea that imigrants do jobs American's won't do. I've washed dishes and even done the day labor schtick, where you stand outside a gas station at 6:00 in the morning and hop in the back of a pickup to do lanscaping for cash.

OSU will be hiring big time when the students come back

[14thandYou]

Originally Posted by Tenzo

Seriously though, what is the very worst that can happen?

Depends on what you're moving for, and your level of comfort at potentially being out of work for a prolonged period of time. If you're OK taking a minimum-wage level job for awhile until something comes along, sure you can do that anywhere. But that wouldn't work for me, and nor would that work for most people whom I know--people who have financial committments that would not permit them to work in a minimum wage job for an extended period of time.

And with all of the online job-searching capabilities that are available these days, why put yourself through that stress? By all means, explore oppoprtunities outside of your current place of residence--I did, and it paid off enormously. But I fail to see what is gained by simply packing up and moving to a new place with no idea what you're going to do--particularly if you're moving to a city with a higher cost of living than Columbus, which would be most of them. Perhaps 20 years ago when the classifieds were the most reliable way to find employment oportunities, sure. But every company, trade association, recruiting firm and job search agency now maintains its own website with a litany of opportunities. Try those first.

[Tenzo]

If you don't get a job you can always sue your college
Alumna sues college because she hasn't found a job - CNN.com

I fail to see what is gained by simply packing up and moving to a new place with no idea what you're going to do

Living! adventure, risk.
Are you going to sit in a retirement home and think, sure glad I didn't see the world, it would have been risky?

I think we have different views of what living is about.
I have never moved some place with a job in hand. (Well, OK, I spent a year in Tokyo, but that is an exception because they won't let you in without one)

Life's a buffet! and most of the poor sobs out there are starving!

I've moved to Tampa, Chicago, Philly and Columbus without a job.
I'm thinking of San Diego next (gotta see the other half of the US)

[OSUGUY87]

Originally Posted by Tenzo

If you don't get a job you can always sue your college
Alumna sues college because she hasn't found a job - CNN.com

Wow that is the funniest article I have read in a long time. She wonders why she cant a job 2.7 After this publicity she will probably never get a job!

[14thandYou]

Originally Posted by Tenzo

Are you going to sit in a retirement home and think, sure glad I didn't see the world, it would have been risky?

LOL, not at all. I've seen a lot, and plan to see a lot more. But aside from some broad generalities about "living" and "adventure" (sounds like an advertisement for being an astronaut), both of which are available in many forms, I'm not seeing any real reason to behave this way. You're confusing a desire or openness to living in new places with the level of preparation and planning people may want before doing so.

And to my original point, I couldn't recommend that anyone adopt this tact because I've known too many people for whom such a decision has not worked out for them. If it's worked out for you, great. Recommend it as much as you like. But just remember that yours is not the only experience.

[Doombringers]

You stupid Clodumbians have no idea what winters about. Three inches of snow and you freak out. Try living in the snow belt for a change. And your pizza still sucks.l

[wGoshen]

Who let the ignoramuses out?

We get much more than 3 inches of snow, and it's usually covering an inch thick sheet of ice since our temperature fluctuates. I know, because I had to drive across town in foot high snow on unplowed roads.

[GeminiGal]

Originally Posted by 14thandYou

I couldn't recommend that anyone adopt this tact because I've known too many people for whom such a decision has not worked out for them. If it's worked out for you, great. Recommend it as much as you like. But just remember that yours is not the only experience.

Great post. One of the key points about this recession that hasn't really been talked about is our obession over the past decade as a transient nation. That transient nature really fueled our economy when you think about it. Jobs were plentiful then as well. Well those days are over for quite a while.

HR (IF they are hiring) are looking at local folks with local addresses and local experience. Many companies have halted ANY relo expenses, gone are the days of a company purchasing your home. And unfortunately (& please do not shoot the messenger!) credit scores continue to dicate who gets hired.

Few people have the luxury now days of picking up and moving. Just the way it is and the way it will be for a long while.