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Originally Posted by BlueRidge1
...early Spring of 2014 ... I don't have a job yet ...
they lost interest when I told them I wasn't going to be moving to the area for quite some time.
How long in advance before a planned move should I be looking for work?
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Unless you have some really arcane skill that you know is in short supply where you plan
to go there is rarely an advantage in even looking for the *career* job in advance.
Yeah, sure it happens but very, very rarely.
But like in your own experience above they'll want people who are already in the area.
You can still scout the area to see who is who and what changes are coming where...
but unless you have family, school or personal ties in the area AND you're under contract to buy
a home you aren't distinguishable from any one of the thousands of voices at the far end of a
telephone call or an email or the hundreds of unsolicited resumes they already have.
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We have over a year's living expenses worth of funds saved,
but we will not move without me having a job. Just too risky.
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Having "a job" is not unreasonable... just not the top-flite career job.
Something that will pay the rent and allow you to not dip too far into the reserves...
and (most importantly) so you have the local address to apply from and when they ask
"Can you come by tomorrow and chat?" it won't require an airline ticket, motel and rental car.