Administrative Professionals - Obtaining a Job in Another State (employment, debt, interview)
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To all of the Administrative Professionals out there, Has anyone actually gotten lucky and obtained a job in another state successfully. Personally I have a job, but Im looking to relocate. But I dont want to relocate unless I obtain some type of employment....Meanwhile, Im trying to sell my home *fingers-crossed* and pad my savings accounts for some cushion.
The trouble is, unless you have some rare skill, administrative assistants are a dime a dozen. I am not being rude--I read this on a forum recently regarding employment.
Any one with office experience who knows some programs and has a nice phone manner can do this job. So they can find a local candidate very easily.
Any suggestions on how to make myself stand out.... I have my Bachelors in Marketing. Worked 10yrs. in Television and currently an analyst at one of the big banks.....I've accumulated $6000 dollars in savings. I have no debt(Paid it all off) and waiting for house which is on the market to sell*fingers-crossed*.
I beg to differ....Most of the administrative professionals that I currently work with are not even from my home state. They moved to my state because they could not find a job from where they came from. I think there are jobs out there, we just have to make ourselves stand out from the rest.
While contemplating a move to Texas, I applied for a job in my field (Corrections Dept. Admin. Asst.). I don't remember if it was online or in person. Anyway, on one of my visits to Texas (my daughter was military and newly married, so I visited several times that year) I had an in-person interview on Tuesday, and was scheduled for hiring testing on Friday, my last day in town. On Wednesday, I found my current home an hour away, so I called to let them know I would not be available any longer for the job. When I returned to MI, I found they had already called my boss for a reference. If I had been able to accept the job, I would have obviously had to find a way to work it out.
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