The market is not an easy place to be shopping right now. And the economy is not making it any easier. I feel like a very qualified job candidate, and yet, I am still unemployed and living at home. But let me be clear that I am ready to move! There are more opportunities in other places, and none where I am now. But with the economy, it is silly to pay to move somewhere when there is no guarantee of a job, and I may end up paying to move somewhere else.
Now here is the hard part. Many employers will immediately throw out the resume of a person not located in or near their city. This causes a problem for me. I am applying to jobs all over the country! There is no way for me to live in all of these places at once. So what do I do?
Do I say I live where I don’t, or “relocate,” to possibly better my chances at the interview? Some employers have told me they look down on that while others disagree. What do you think?
I have always known the story of Anne Frank and her diary. I visited the Anne Frank Huis museum in Amsterdam in April 2008. But I had not ever actually read the entire diary until this week, and it made me think about a lot of things.
