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I live on east coast and my dream place to get a job would be around Portland, Idaho or neighboring areas. For many years after I got a degree in business. I've dealt with depression and anxiety. I made excuses not to be productive because I'm disabled and get SSI. But enough is enough, I want to get out of here because hostile and dysfunctional family life I have here. I want a new beginning.
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Sep 15, 2015 15:28
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What is your experience level? This is strictly anecdotal, but most people with <5 years of experience typically need to pack up and move to the area and then start looking for a job. Most companies are willing to go out on a limb for an out-of-region or even out-of-state candidate. That is, unless you have a particular skill set uncommon in the area.
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Sep 15, 2015 17:04
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I loved from ND to CA for a job, but that's on the back of 5 interviews and marketable skills. I can tell you about that process, but thetruth asks arguably the most important question: What are your skills and at what experience level?
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Sep 15, 2015 22:24
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FreshPrince posted:I live on east coast and my dream place to get a job would be around Portland, Idaho or neighboring areas. For many years after I got a degree in business. I've dealt with depression and anxiety. I made excuses not to be productive because I'm disabled and get SSI. But enough is enough, I want to get out of here because hostile and dysfunctional family life I have here. I want a new beginning. Portland and Idaho are nothing alike. What makes you think those are places you'd want to live?
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Sep 16, 2015 02:04
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There's another thread pretty similar to this one where a woman is inquiring about moving to a new country to get a 'fresh start'. I'll give the same advice to you that I gave to her. Moving away will not necessarily solve your existing problems. In fact you're more likely to just export your current problems to a place that is unfamiliar and difficult. You will lose all your current social connections and being in a state with different scenery isn't going to somehow make you motivated to work hard if you can't find that motivation right now because of personal problems. There is no 'New Beginning' out there, no matter how far you travel.
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Sep 16, 2015 08:00
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Brennanite posted:Portland and Idaho are nothing alike. What makes you think those are places you'd want to live? Boise is a cool place. Idaho has amazing outdoor activities.
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Sep 16, 2015 14:33
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- I have zero friends and connections. I thought I had friends, but once I got sick, they showed their true colors. I mean, that's life. It happens. - I like the North West, Its really beautiful. I can't stop looking at pictures there. Even though I prefer the warmer climate. - After graduation, I had medical hiccups, and made excuses not to get a job right away even though I nailed the interviews. I was legally disabled, received SSI/Medicaid I kept saying tomorrow then it turned into weeks, months, years. Also depression and anxiety hit me hard. - I'm looking for entry level jobs, no job experience after graduation. - It's hostile and dysfunctional living in this household. I love them dearly though.
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Sep 19, 2015 01:56
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You should probably not move directly from your parents' basement to a faraway place you have never really been unless they are actively beating you It's a pain in the dick getting return calls even with a resume full of in-demand specialist skills, nobody in Portland's gonna wanna import a pizza boy with a big question mark for a work history from the rear end-end of nowhere sight unseen. There's unemployed people who never did anything and talk like they'd blow off the job in the first month right there in town. If you're getting beaten you could hitch there and spange until you can scare up a part-timer in a loading bay, but you'll have a hard enough time finding work where you are so try that first and figure out big dramatic moves once you're in a position where there is something appealing to employers about you. A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Sep 19, 2015 |
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Sep 19, 2015 03:36
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If you get in one little fight your mom will get scared, and send you to live with your aunt and uncle in Bel Aire.
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Sep 19, 2015 04:16
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What would set you apart from local candidates? A company is likely not going to fly you out for interviews and pay for your relocation if they can get a local candidate with the same qualifications. The only way you're likely to get an out of state entry level job is either by having qualifications above and beyond your standard new college grad or applying for a position in bumfuck nowhere that doesn't have a local qualified applicant pool.
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Sep 20, 2015 04:50
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You can get good companies to fly you on their dime straight out of college but you have to be graduating from top programs in CS/data science/ engineering and so on. It's pretty standard actually for those sorts of positions, they expect to pay a lot in recruiting to obtain the top talent. Not going to help the OP though unfortunately. e: well it depends I suppose, these days phone/ video chat interviews are very common and if you nail those they'll give you a shot. Video chat isn't much different than in person so they are willing to take a risk even if your on-paper accomplishments aren't necessarily better than the local area. OP- just apply to things you are qualified for and let the chips fall where they may. Go to the business subforum and make sure your resume is good. Also make sure you understand how to write a good cover letter. TROIKA CURES GREEK fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Sep 20, 2015 |
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Sep 20, 2015 20:13
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:
This is really good advice.
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Sep 20, 2015 22:27
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Get a CDL and become a truck driver. They're wanted everywhere.
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Sep 23, 2015 04:27
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Tequila Sunrise posted:There's another thread pretty similar to this one where a woman is inquiring about moving to a new country to get a 'fresh start'. I'll give the same advice to you that I gave to her. Moving away will not necessarily solve your existing problems. In fact you're more likely to just export your current problems to a place that is unfamiliar and difficult. You will lose all your current social connections and being in a state with different scenery isn't going to somehow make you motivated to work hard if you can't find that motivation right now because of personal problems. There is no 'New Beginning' out there, no matter how far you travel. I cannot echo this sentiment enough. In my late twenties I had an alcoholism problem and thought a fresh start a few states away from my current problems would be great. It nearly killed me. I'm a diagnosed by a real doctor agoraphobic person who copes with it pretty well. Moving away from all my connections and support structures made me go from a "you wouldn't know unless I told you" disorder guy to a literal black sheets over my windows guy. It was hell. I nearly blew my head off. Unrelated, I had to have surgery while I was away from home. Doing that, alone, is enough to make your head almost explode. Trying to explain to a doctor that you will be going home alone and there isn't anyone to give you a ride is hard. Basically, a change of scenery is GREAT but actually picking up roots and trying to place them elsewhere, ESPECIALLY WITH ANXIETY PROBLEMS, is playing with God damned fire.
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Sep 24, 2015 23:15
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Captain Log posted:I cannot echo this sentiment enough. In my late twenties I had an alcoholism problem and thought a fresh start a few states away from my current problems would be great. It nearly killed me. A thousand times this. Moving to a new area by yourself where you know literally no one is EXTREMELY stressful. I got a job in Texas straight out of college, before then I'd never lived anywhere outside of a 4 hour drive from family and suddenly I was going to be a plane ride away. The span of a month or two between graduating college, getting a job offer, and picking up and to Texas was probably one of the most stressful periods of my life to date. I don't have any anxiety problems and I was still literally stressed to the point of being physically ill at one point during that transition. On the flip side I made a lot of really good friends at work once I got there (I got lucky enough that the company I worked for was in a hiring boom and was pulling in new grads from all over so there were a lot of us in the same boat which helped a ton) but you're probably not going to be that lucky if you manage to land a job on the other side of the country and making friends is going to be hard, doubly so with anxiety issues.
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Sep 24, 2015 23:36
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