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Unless you are very specialized and find a job posting that matches your skill and industry specialization, it is hard to get flown across the country for an in
by maxdemarzi 17y ago
Unless you are very specialized and find a job posting that matches your skill and industry specialization, it is hard to get flown across the country for an interview.
It has happened, and a unaccepted lowball offer is all that came out of it. Then I decided screw it, we're moving. I took 6 months to find a job, she took 2 months (more specialized than I am).
Both happy we made the move, but we could have lived off savings for years so it was a low stress move for us.
YMMV
- Davertron 17y agoI find that, for a lot of the job postings I read, my skillset is a pretty good match (probably because I'm subscribed to relevant job boards). However, in the past, my experience has been that people won't even bother getting back to me if I'm not in the area (I've applied to jobs in other states before). Now, it could be that I'm just not qualified for the job; I'm not ruling that out. But it would be nice to know if I was completely out of consideration simply for being on the other side of the country. As I mentioned in the description, I would be willing to fly myself out to visit the right company (I would probably set up multiple interviews at once if possible to maximize the value of the trip), as I would really like for that not to affect my chances vs. someone local. Maybe that's the kind of thing that I have to make abundantly clear in my cover letter, so it doesn't take me completely out of the running. Or, maybe people think us Vermonters are a bunch of dumb hicks :p
- mattm 17y agoI think you should definitely make it as clear as possible in the cover letter that you are looking to move and what concessions you would be willing to make.