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Old 07-23-2013, 06:25 PM
 
Location: New Hampshire
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Hello,

My wife and I are planning a move to New Hampshire in early Spring of 2014. We have plenty to plan with a baby on the way, finding a place to live, etc.

I don't have a job yet (I work in customer service in the financial industry), but have garnered some interest from companies in the area. Unfortunately they lost interest when I told them I wasn't going to be moving to the area for quite some time.

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.

How long in advance before a planned move should I be looking for work? I have a general feel for things but it does seem silly to apply for a job when you won't be living there for another 8-9 months.

thanks for reading
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Old 07-23-2013, 06:59 PM
 
Location: NYC
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It is too hard to say, sometimes companies take that long to get someone hired. However I would say realistically one month.
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Old 07-24-2013, 09:18 AM
 
Location: New Hampshire
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that will be a busy month for sure! thanks for the reply
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Old 07-24-2013, 10:05 AM
 
Location: The Triad
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...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?
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.
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.

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Old 07-24-2013, 10:21 AM
 
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Most places are just going to pass on you if you are out of state. Most employers are going to want you to start in two weeks or less. We would let you stretch it to three weeks but that is it. Are you going to be able to move, set up house and be ready to start a job in a couple of weeks? If not, save up another six months worth of expenses before you move and move without a job in hand. There are simply too many local people to fill CS jobs without having to go through the hastle of out-of-state hires and long lag times.
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Old 07-25-2013, 08:08 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Most places are just going to pass on you if you are out of state. Most employers are going to want you to start in two weeks or less. We would let you stretch it to three weeks but that is it. Are you going to be able to move, set up house and be ready to start a job in a couple of weeks? If not, save up another six months worth of expenses before you move and move without a job in hand. There are simply too many local people to fill CS jobs without having to go through the hastle of out-of-state hires and long lag times.
Not 100% true. We are moving to Texas the end of next month. I've been applying since May for jobs. I had one interview for a job that was supposed to start training July 22nd. I told them I couldn't start then, because I was still in school and would be graduating Aug 20th. When they offered me the position they did so with a Sept 3rd start date.
Maybe it was because I'm still taking classes until Aug 22nd that they offered a later start date, but I was suprised to receive the job offer at all. I figured I wouldn't get the job because I couldn't attend their training in July.
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Old 07-25-2013, 08:11 AM
 
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Not 100% true. We are moving to Texas the end of next month. I've been applying since May for jobs. I had one interview for a job that was supposed to start training July 22nd. I told them I couldn't start then, because I was still in school and would be graduating Aug 20th. When they offered me the position they did so with a Sept 3rd start date.
Maybe it was because I'm still taking classes until Aug 22nd that they offered a later start date, but I was suprised to receive the job offer at all. I figured I wouldn't get the job because I couldn't attend their training in July.
I did not say it was 100% true.
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Old 07-25-2013, 11:53 AM
 
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For Customer service jobs, I would say at most a month but on average it's 2-3 weeks. It's very smart that you are only moving with a job but it's difficult as with your job industry most Employers hire someone they can get in 2-3 weeks time frame at most. Good Luck!
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Old 02-09-2014, 01:52 PM
 
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Now that Spring 2014 is approaching, did you ever get that job? What did you do in the process? I am moving late Summer 2014 (several months out like you once were) and would love some advice on how to conduct a long distance job search.
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