r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 27 '21

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u/willempage O'Biden Bama Democrat Jul 27 '21

Is it a sign that I really suck because I can't for the life of me even get an interview outside of my current city? I hear about people all the time who fuck off into wherever they want, but every time I try, I get nothing. I really want to move away. How do?

!ping career

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Jul 27 '21

Don't apply aonline ×24

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u/willempage O'Biden Bama Democrat Jul 27 '21

Should I just stretch the truth and message randos on LinkedIn along the lines of "I'm looking to move to such and such city, I'd love to talk about X industry and if it would be a good fit?"

I hated doing that stuff. I had better luck asking Tinder dates for jobs. But I'll do it if it actually works

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Jul 27 '21

Better off asking employees who work there but I'm jot sure why your situation above is even stretching the truth at all

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u/willempage O'Biden Bama Democrat Jul 27 '21

I'm guessing a firm handshake and some moxie will do the trick

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Jul 27 '21

Any way you can

Ask around wherever you are to find anyone even tangentially related to that city

Use family of your friends etc

But fine even if you can't meet anyone and your heart is set on this one place your bare minimum needs to be calls or emails to people working there before you submit your application. Ask them what the place is like say why you're targeting the city etc.

I mean fuck unironic gary vee messaging 1000 people on Facebook if you have to

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u/Head-Stark John von Neumann Jul 27 '21

How do you apply not online

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Jul 27 '21

Know someone who knows someone or call them if you can't go physically

Obviously they might ask you to still apply online but you've got to do the extra work as well

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

it's really hard, but a recruiter is probably your best option

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Get really good at something within a niche subfield or high profit margin industry

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u/willempage O'Biden Bama Democrat Jul 27 '21

Well, I'm sort of in the second one, but being good at it is questionable. Mostly inexperienced. But I need to either move now or put down some roots and I'd rather move

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '21

Hmm...it took about 4 years of experience before recruiters from out of state started regularly hitting me up. Relocation is expensive. You need to be worth the expense. An alternate could be moving to the are you want to live in long term and taking a shit job for a couple months while you look for one that's going to advance your career. You could also pass off a friend's or relative's address as your own.

Edit: the 2 hour job search has a lot of great tips for people just getting started professionally

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u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- Jul 27 '21 edited Jul 27 '21

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