Hey
So I am currently working as an analyst in the Midwest. I am from the West Coast and have been looking desperately for a new gig over there. I have found a lot of interest in my resume, receiving a call back on many of my applications.
They seem to have interest until I tell them I am not located on the West Coast, as the address on my resume states (I have my parents house on there since I am unsure of where I will be at any given moment living situation wise, and put in cover letter that I am currently working in the Midwest looking to relocate), and that I am actually in the Midwest. I reassure them that I can go to any interview with them on the coast with less then a days notice and relocating would take me no more then a day to pack my stuff (mostly clothes and I already have a subleaser ready to take over) and permantely relocate back to start work.
I also have a headhunter looking for me who recently told me that she thinks I need to move back to the west coast ASAP and start looking. She is seeing lots of interest but once they find out I am still in the midwest, they put me to the side.
So, conventional thinking on this board is that its much easier to find a job with a job and that you shouldn't typically leave your current job to go look for a new job in another city. Would this situation be different? Should I leave my current job and move to find a job?
I would be living off my savings. Or do I continue to send my resume out while collecting a pay check and being able to pay my bills? I just dont have that much of savings in cash right now that I can live off of and I dont want to wake up 6 months or a year from now living at my parents house unemployed.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
tough call but i'd would not leave until you secure another one. I had a gig in Boston for a bit then landed a position in NY granted this travel isn't quite like the scenario you face but I used up all my sick days to travel to interviews mostly on Friday and it all worked out just fine.
what's your background and what type of jobs are you aiming for?
This makes absolutely no sense. I have had situations in which I've thought about making a move and the only concern on the part of headhunters is whether or not you can be there next day for an immediate interview if necessary. Nobody has really cared where you were if they knew ahead of time that they would pay no relocation and that you would be available to begin within the reg 2 weeks. Both the feedback from headhunters and firms is extremely puzzling.
I would not quit and move back to the West Coast. Being unemployed really hurts you (although your's would be very short term if there is that constant interest in you and wouldn't really be noticeable on paper), and I have to think this is a complete aberration and not at all "normal" from my experience. I get calls now now from headhunters for roles that would require relocation and they don't seem to be that concerned about it as long as I can interview immediately.
Prepaid cell phone or Google voice number for the locations you are trying to interview. That way it seems like you live locally. Then just fly out for your interviews and don't tell them you are out of state. You don't have to give them more information then they need.
Fire your HH immediately. 1)Given your situation you are virtually the same as applicants in the same locale as those position (you are not seeking relo bonus or travel sponsorship). If your HH can't sell you despite this minor/superficial/irrelevant drawback then he/she can't do the job...Either that or your HH is lying to you that this is the only factor holding you back--which sounds irrational if you think about it right? Are you 1000% sure this is the ONLY factor holding you back dude?
2)Your HH's advice for you to quit and pound pavement as an unemployed guy is downright dangerous and moronic at best.
3)Which HH firm are you working with? I think it's worthwhile to name them so that other monkeys stay away if they intend to go to west coast.
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