Set a Date! Moving to Denver by July 1st with or without job! (Arvada: apartments, rentals)

[srmcgowan]

Hi everyone. I am moving to Denver from Phoenix by July 1st. I am starting to look and apply hard for jobs in the Finance field and plan on meeting with some recruiters to help in the next few weeks! I am a single 26 year old male who loves the social life, bars, restaurants, love music, sporting events(playing and watching). I am wondering what area might be good to live. I would to be close to these types of things and an area where people are friendly. From what I have read, downtown Denver, capitol hill and cherry hill may be some good areas? Any suggestions on those I would be looking no higher than the $800 range for 1 bedroom place and preferably in the $600-700 range. Any specific apartment names may be helpful too. Also, does anyone have any good experience with certain job agencies or recruiters in the area?

Thanks for the time. I am super excited about the move!

Scott

[vegaspilgrim]

Are you currently employed? Why are you moving to Denver?

My experience with staffing agencies is you can't "plan on" meeting with them. You fill out their lengthy applications and they contact you if they want you. They are swamped with applications just like every direct hire business. If you have a bachelor's (or master's) degree with 2-3 years experience and maybe a professional certification I think you will have a lot more options than those straight out of college or those with a whole career's worth of experience.

[D-town 720]

Originally Posted by srmcgowan

Hi everyone. I am moving to Denver from Phoenix by July 1st. I am starting to look and apply hard for jobs in the Finance field and plan on meeting with some recruiters to help in the next few weeks! I am a single 26 year old male who loves the social life, bars, restaurants, love music, sporting events(playing and watching). I am wondering what area might be good to live. I would to be close to these types of things and an area where people are friendly. From what I have read, downtown Denver, capitol hill and cherry hill may be some good areas? Any suggestions on those I would be looking no higher than the $800 range for 1 bedroom place and preferably in the $600-700 range. Any specific apartment names may be helpful too. Also, does anyone have any good experience with certain job agencies or recruiters in the area?

Thanks for the time. I am super excited about the move!

Scott

When you get here pick up the daily news rag that is free downtown at the stands. In the back pages the cheap rentals advertise there.

Staffing agencies didnt help me much when I came here without a job last year.

Try this too I got a lot of hits here when I came

DenverJobs - Home

Oh yeah and the casinos in blackhawk seem to be always hiring. There is a bus that goes there daily from downtown.

[edesign]

I hope you have some serious savings or some kind of income...been here 14 months and recently found a minimum wage job...ok $7.50/hr...with an electrical engineering degree and experience as a project engineer/manager. Very competitive here, only had one interview for a job I had applied to four months prior...lasted three months (contract position)...beyond that, nada, zilch, zip, nothing in response to any other job apps.

Your budget is the same as what mine was when I moved here. I found a 1bd/1bath apartment in Littleton for $700/month...thought that was pretty good considering the area but it's a long ways from any type of real social/night life. Although there is a LiteRail RTD station less than five minutes (by car) from my place so getting downtown if I don't feel like driving is pretty easy. Best of luck to you...but be prepared for a long period of hard times and being broke. On the plus side it only costs gas and a pair of good hiking shoes to have some great fun in the foothills and mountains, doesn't get much cheaper than that!

D-town...hope you've settled in and are doing good! Been a while, I don't come to these forums much anymore.

[srmcgowan]

Hi, thanks for the replies! The reason for the move is that I love Denver and have grown tired of Arizona and my current job. I have been to Denver and enjoy it a lot. I also have family there which helps along with a free place to stay for a month or so if needed, but would prefer not to use that gesture of kindness from my family. It also puts me closer to my home of Montana! I do have a pretty good job in terms of pay and benefits, but am looking for a change. I also have my series 7 and 63 license; which allows me to trade stocks and other financial services that I can provide clients. I guess we will see what happens!

[D-town 720]

Originally Posted by edesign

I hope you have some serious savings or some kind of income...been here 14 months and recently found a minimum wage job...ok $7.50/hr...with an electrical engineering degree and experience as a project engineer/manager. Very competitive here, only had one interview for a job I had applied to four months prior...lasted three months (contract position)...beyond that, nada, zilch, zip, nothing in response to any other job apps.

Your budget is the same as what mine was when I moved here. I found a 1bd/1bath apartment in Littleton for $700/month...thought that was pretty good considering the area but it's a long ways from any type of real social/night life. Although there is a LiteRail RTD station less than five minutes (by car) from my place so getting downtown if I don't feel like driving is pretty easy. Best of luck to you...but be prepared for a long period of hard times and being broke. On the plus side it only costs gas and a pair of good hiking shoes to have some great fun in the foothills and mountains, doesn't get much cheaper than that!

D-town...hope you've settled in and are doing good! Been a while, I don't come to these forums much anymore.

Got my feet planted into the ground!

[vegaspilgrim]

Originally Posted by srmcgowan

Hi, thanks for the replies! The reason for the move is that I love Denver and have grown tired of Arizona and my current job. I have been to Denver and enjoy it a lot. I also have family there which helps along with a free place to stay for a month or so if needed, but would prefer not to use that gesture of kindness from my family. It also puts me closer to my home of Montana! I do have a pretty good job in terms of pay and benefits, but am looking for a change. I also have my series 7 and 63 license; which allows me to trade stocks and other financial services that I can provide clients. I guess we will see what happens!

We should swap places-- you could live in Denver unemployed, and I can live in Phoenix with a cushy finance job. Deal?

[Norcal09]

I moved out here last August 2009 with no job. I definitely took a risk, but it was a risk I was willing to take. I was unable to find a job for about 2 months, which isn't bad at all. Guess I got really lucky
As far as renting a place I would suggest looking in Cap Hill. There are some nice places and it is close to downtown.

[jncev]

Yea hit up craigslist for some listings of apartments too. Pretty much any area around a park would be good. Capitol Hill, Washington Park, etc. Kinda depends what you're into. If you want to walk to bars, restaurants, parks, those are great. If you're into outdoors stuff (mountain biking, etc) and don't mind a small drive, go a little West, maybe Morrison or Golden.

I did the same when I moved here, no job. Chose Arvada, as there wasn't too many options as far as apartments. Not everyone will lease to an unemployed fellow.

Either way, you'll love it!

[80skeys]

You'd better focus on the central part of Denver: Lodo, Capitol Hill, Washington Park, South Broadway. These are the happening parts of Denver. The rest are the boring suburbs.

For job agencies I'd recommend Kelly.