Anyone else live in an area with no jobs? (credit, interview, fund)
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Just move. IMO young people should move a couple of times in their 20s, away from family, see different parts of the country with their different semi cultures and gain strong independent traits. It makes you stronger to know you can pick up, move someplace completely on your own, and make it work. Good luck!
I think this is probably good advice. I was born and raised in a city that many people move to from all over the world...and you can find pretty much everything here..Los Angeles..but in a way I feel like I should of moved at some point..and I am considering moving for various reasons.
I'm in the same situation the OP is in, I want to move, but can't...long story...anyway, it's not that simple and sometimes damn near impossible for some of us who want to move.
I know for me, I have to have a job on the other end before I relocate. I can't just get up and leave when I have attachments at the moment in my small town, also I don't have enough savings to last me a week, and employers are hesistant in dealing with out-of-state applicants.
This is basically my situation too. I would absolutely love to move to a bigger city, except the job markets in those areas are pretty tight as well and employers prefer to hire locally. I've gotten a few interviews in bigger cities, but they always offer the job to someone else, probably because I'm not from the area and would need some time to find living arrangements. Sometime, you just can't win for losing.
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This is basically my situation too. I would absolutely love to move to a bigger city, except the job markets in those areas are pretty tight as well and employers prefer to hire locally. I've gotten a few interviews in bigger cities, but they always offer the job to someone else, probably because I'm not from the area and would need some time to find living arrangements. Sometime, you just can't win for losing.
True. Sometimes you have to move without a job. Its easier when you're young / right out of school.
Yes, I live in NE GA and it's still bad, I commute to Athens but the job market there is bad too. I'd move but the real estate market is deader than a door nail and no sales except foreclosures on the courthouse steps. My home is paid for and it's all I have left and at 63 I have few options.
Just move. IMO young people should move a couple of times in their 20s, away from family, see different parts of the country with their different semi cultures and gain strong independent traits. It makes you stronger to know you can pick up, move someplace completely on your own, and make it work. Good luck!
Yeah, because that's so easy these days for someone in their 20's to do...
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Yeah, because that's so easy these days for someone in their 20's to do...
It is. It is probably the easiest age to do so because you have few expenses and it is fine to live with a bunch of roommates. Why do you think it is impossible? Save up a bit of money, figure out where you want to go, find a sublet, and go... start by finding a restaurant job or service sector job (plenty of help wanted signs around in lots of place still, not everywhere, but in some places) working nights and work on getting your foot in the door by day. Done all the time. The reality is there are jobs out there, they aren't equally distributed though, and the national unemployment rate for people with college educations is still fairly low (about 4.5% for a bachelors).
Why in the world would you think it is more difficult that staying in a place with no jobs and trying to make things work?
And I never said it was truly "easy". No, it takes work. That is why it is beneficial. You takes risks and persevere and make it work on your own.
Yeah, because that's so easy these days for someone in their 20's to do...
It's probably the easiest time period to move! I'm in my mid twenties and have lived and worked in 5 different states as I've built my career up. Once you get older and you begin to get busy with spouse, kids, a home, pets, whatever, moving really does become hard then. Move while you are young, it's easy!
Yeah, the area I live in only has ~minimum wage customer service/retail positions, most of which are part-time/seasonal. Moving isn't feasible due to a lack of money, plus getting a job out of state is nearly impossible (I've been trying for years).
Rincon, GA pop 8,800 is part of Savannah metro pop 360,000.
It doesn't really compare with Seattle metro pop 3,900,000... no surprise there are a lot of jobs here.
Speaking of upstate NY... I'm originally from there... Watertown pop 27,000. I'll never live there again due to the weak job market but I am flying back on Tuesday for a week for the holidays.
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Yeah, the area I live in only has ~minimum wage customer service/retail positions, most of which are part-time/seasonal. Moving isn't feasible due to a lack of money, plus getting a job out of state is nearly impossible (I've been trying for years).
You often, especially if you don't have a specialized skill set, have to just save up some money and move without a job. My first move was Boston to Madison WI. Knew no one. Stayed in rooming house for a couple of months (eating ramen and TB bean burritos for a treat (can't touch that sh*t anymore) and after a month found a crummy night job at an after hours answering service. Sucked, but it was a start and it worked out well in time.
Move a couple of other times w/o jobs since then. Not preferred, but doable.
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