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Relocation: How to get big cities jobs? |
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Local address... |
| Date Posted: |
08/03/2004 |
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depending on what city you target, if you dont have a local address you can always just make one up but make sure the address matches the zip by looking it up. an employer will never look up the address of a potential candidate. even if you think they will, just put one just outside of the city like Long Island for NYC or Oakland or Emeryville for SF or Danvers for Boston. As long as they see that your close then they dont care. Your main goal is to get the employer on the phone and then you can explain that, thats where you WILL be living b/c you are moving there anyways. They dont know the difference. What you are trying to accomplish is very hard but Im living proof that it is possible. what cities are you targeting and what are of work are you looking for? |
| Message: |
My wife and I decided that we wanted to live in Boulder, CO, so I started sending out resumes to the few companies out in the area that were looking for help. No response. We figured that it was because I had a Chicago-area address on my resume. We went out there and I got a Mail Boxes Etc. (now The UPS Store) mailbox. It cost me $80 for three months rent and gave me a street address in Boulder. I sent out resumes with the local address. No response.
Relocating on speculation of finding a job is extremely risky!
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