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Has anyone actually succeeded in applying for out-of-state employment and actually succeeded in obtaining the job?...And no not referring to "PROFESSIONALS", as in Lawyers, Doctors, CEO's, etc. Im actually referring to common jobs such as Administrative Professionals/Maunfacturing Jobs/Service Industry type jobs? The reason I ask is that Im trying to sell my home and relocate to another state but would like to secure employment before making the move...Im finding it almost impossible if you are in a "REGULAR" job, but if you are in a high profile position, most find a job with no problems. Thoughts?
Generally unless you're within something like driving distance you're going to have a harder time going out of state. Companies take "professionals" from the outside because they can be hard to find in-state. A lot of the jobs you mentioned have thousands upon thousands of potential workers right there.
Also the interviewing could be an issue. No one is going to pay to fly a waitress out to interview, but it happens a lot for engineers, architects, etc.
I've been trying this since December. I too am looking for a "regular" job, and I have a great resume. The only thing holding me back is my distance, and I've been told this by employers. The best thing you do is move jobless, or lie about your address.
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Has anyone actually succeeded in applying for out-of-state employment and actually succeeded in obtaining the job?...And no not referring to "PROFESSIONALS", as in Lawyers, Doctors, CEO's, etc. Im actually referring to common jobs such as Administrative Professionals/Maunfacturing Jobs/Service Industry type jobs? The reason I ask is that Im trying to sell my home and relocate to another state but would like to secure employment before making the move...Im finding it almost impossible if you are in a "REGULAR" job, but if you are in a high profile position, most find a job with no problems. Thoughts?
I got a service job at a credit union from out of state (live in Kentucky, job is in Virgnia.) The thing for me was that my new employer was one I worked for before moving to Kentucky. I was able to do both interviews over the phone and even signed most of the paperwork via email anne scanner. I have to go to VA this weekend to house hunt and to sign some clearance paperwork. For the record, I submitted over 250 applications for entry level work and only got 4 total calls and two total phone interviews.
I never have. Though I do use different addresses on my resume for different locations. So I use my mother's address, father's address and my friend's address if I am applying for positions in those areas, as they are all very broadly spread. It usually doesn't matter as I could easily fly down for an interview and I have lived and worked in all of those locations before. So I reccommend doing the same.
Many(most?) places will not even consider a person from out of State because the failure rate is so high, after a few months maybe a year they get "homesick" and off they go, if you don't count the post college moves the failure rate is even higher, the greater the distance of the move the higher the failure rate too.
Wow..so basically what I am hearing is that all of my time being spent looking for employment in another state is not going to get me anywhere....."Bitter pill to swallow".
Wow..so basically what I am hearing is that all of my time being spent looking for employment in another state is not going to get me anywhere....."Bitter pill to swallow".
It doesn't hurt to try, but the reality is that in this joke economy, *anything* can end an applicant's chances: being out of state, being unemployed, being "too old," and so on. There is no logic to most of it, but that's the way things are, unfortunately.
...all of my time being spent looking for employment in another state is not going to get me anywhere..?
Absent something else that REALLY sets your snowflakeness apart from the other snowflakes... yeah.
Anecdotes about 1:10,000 serendipity notwithstanding...
unless and until you have a genuine commitment to the move...
with something resembling a date certain for arrival being the main qualifier...
and a reason OTHER THAN that particular job being the second qualifier...
you're completely wasting their time and your own.
Your plan to move to PHX meets the second qualifier...
but until you are at least in escrow on the house you can't meet the first.
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