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Topic Name: Career Field Advice
Message Name: A Little Undercover
Date Posted: 06/16/2001
In Reply To: A company has five resumes of candidatess that look good. Company is in Chicago. One resume is from NYC. Other four resumes are in Chicago and can interview that week. Guess who gets called to interview and who gets ignored. I know someone who got a job long distance, but he was in the hot IT field, and he transferred jobs just before the economy turned sour (good timing on his part). If I really wanted to try however, I'd leave your job locations off your resume, and if you know someone in Chicago, use their address. Get a cell phone with a Chicago area code. Then people will see your resume and think you live in Chicago and then at least you'd get to talk to them.
Message: Thanks for your reply Bob. Since my family lives in Chicago, the change of address on my resume won't be a problem. Only problem will be is high tailing myself to Chicago on a spur of the moment interview. This may prove very challenging and interesting. We'll see.

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