Relocating from Illinois to North Carolina

[manny wald]

Originally Posted by poppydog

Six years experience is not a whole lot in software dev in NC.

I tend to agree because there is a ton of competition in that area here. Much of the tech jobs are in SW development and with having many NCSU computer science grads here it adds to the supply. Also a lot of those jobs here tend to be contract jobs, some temp to perm others not. My company hires many interns and jr devs but the ratio of temps vs perm is about 7:1. Have him check sites like Job Search | one search. all jobs. Indeed.com and also NC.gov for those jobs. Of course many other employers and resources too but its a start this far out.

Now I must say this. They tend to want to hire, not always, local vs non-local applicants and that's probably because of the supply here already. Now what you can do is get a local address here from like a Mailbox etc. and get a 919 area code google number that you can use for the resume so at least you'll have a chance at being considered for a call. This way you can have the calls from the 919 forwarded to your actual cell / home #. That's always the hardest part when trying to appeal to employees at the destination city.

Much luck in your future endeavors be it NC or anywhere else.

[NCN]

Originally Posted by hbarker

My husband and I are planning to relocate back to the south within the next 18-24 months. We both moved to Illinois for careers after college, and really want to move back closer to home (Kentucky/Ohio). We've researched and we think North Carolina would be a good fit for us; southern, the weather is more mild, and it's still somewhat near our families. We're both in our mid-upper 20's, no children, libertarian minded, prefer a smaller downtown area but not a small population, unique shopping but also access to big department stores, non-chain food restaurants, love wine & craft beers, and forest preserves/parks/dog parks. Our budget is around 200K. We've been looking at Cary and some other surrounding areas. Our jobs are in finance and retail headquarters (merchandise buyer). Does anyone have some suggested areas for us?

Belk's is headquartered in the Charlotte area. Several of my friends were discussing recently how we wish they would hire another clothes buyer.