Easiest places in USA to relocate and quickly get a job (money, good)
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To just pack up and move and get hired right away. And. The job pays enough to survive.
Entry level jobs. If I was to just pack up my possessions into a rental car and go.
What states and cities have the best opportunities like this?
Construction work in any low COL location.
High COL locations have lots of work but no entry level job that just anybody can get can afford to live there.
You could easily go to some place in the south, like Knoxville, get a $10/hr entry level job in construction and scrape by on your own, because of the low COL, while you learned the trade and moved up in pay.
Why do people expect to get good paying jobs when they have no education beyond high school or transferable in demand skills? I hear people griping about this all the time. There are no good jobs, but they won't admit they don't qualify for one.
These expectations may be based on getting a high paying manufacturing/factory job, with a strong union and benefits. If they do exist, would anyone leave a job like that knowing you can't replace it?
How does none get an easy toll taker job? I have never seen this job advertised.
Chicago is expensive. Anywhere affordable is going to have high crime. Iowa and Nebraska are other states that come to mind. If you live in or near any one of Texas' large cities, public transit should be sufficient. The Midwest is affordable, though the job market may not be as good in some of the Rust Belt cities.
I lived in Chicago and there are affordable rents in many safe parts of the city. I lived in the Gold Coast, which is considered the most expensive part of the city, in a studio apartment about 7 years back for $750 a month at the time, including heat and water. It was small but the location was absolutely gorgeous. If you are willing to live without a car in a less trendy neighborhood it can be downright cheap. The taxes are high though, and it's correct to state a lot of companies avoid the area due to it.
Avoid any big metro area. Avoid the coasts. Texas has low paying jobs and has gotten expensive. Smaller cities in the midwest are your best bet these days. Low cost of living + decent wages are what you want to aim for. The way I look at it, you should be able to work at any McDonalds and live (sort of)decently on it. If you can't, move on to another town.
As far as distribution/logistics/factory jobs, is relocating to the midwest worth it? Especially Indy like Serious Convo said? Is there some sort of labor shortage? I've heard you could start off at $13/hr at some of these places doing dummy work. Is that somewhat accurate? I have a BA and have been at my warehouse job for about 5 years and I'm not even making $13/hr despite being one of their best employees. Raises/wages suck for the Philly area; maybe thinking about a change of scenery.
Issue is transit as I'll be relying on the buses until I get my license. I'm from the northeast after all. Due to taxes/affordability I'm not interested in Chicago or the Twin Cities(unless the pay is worth it). But I can handle the cold.
I wouldn't go so far as to say there is a labor shortage in general, but it's maybe accurate to say that since the Midwest generally isn't "hot" like Nashville or Austin, there aren't many out of area residents coming in for the jobs being created. Indianapolis has a 2.8% unemployment rate right now. I moved back to TN last year, but even then, you could basically apply at Tractor Supply's distribution center in nearby Pendleton and anyone was hired at $16/hr, provided you could pass a drug test and read.
I'm from Tennessee. I was making $11/hr here in 2013 for an IT call center position at a Fortune 500 that was part-time with no benefits. I did the same job at a F500 in Des Moines, IA in 2012, and the pay was double what I made in Tennessee with excellent benefits. The payscales in Indianapolis would be similar to Des Moines, but taxes are lower.
I really wanted to go to Nashville first. I had offers, but they paid barely more than what I made in my small hometown, certainly not enough to warrant the increased COL. I've seen the same thing over the years - there are plenty of jobs in places like Nashville, Charlotte, Raleigh, but given the influx of transplants, competition is high and wages can remain low in the South.
If you have $3-5,000 move to phoenix or Texas. I am working on it. It's hard, but by 2018 I should be back. There is a call center on every block. Walk in any call center, and say here I am.
If you have $3-5,000 move to phoenix or Texas. I am working on it. It's hard, but by 2018 I should be back. There is a call center on every block. Walk in any call center, and say here I am.
Personally, I would be working on expanding my skill set so I don't get stuck in call center jobs.
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