LogFAQs > #889288378

I know plenty of people who have gotten jobs in a location where they don't currently live, but I've also heard that you're basically putting yourself at a disadvantage at the start to apply non-locally, since you're fighting an uphill battle against local candidates. I think it really just depends on what your career is and how you got the job. A lot of the people I can think of probably got their job either at our school career fair or through our school careers portal, so in that case the company was obviously looking for non-local candidates, but I'd be wary of wasting my time on out-of-state applications that I just found found online.

For me, I'm looking mainly for software jobs, and if I can't get one in Denver/Boulder, it's doubtful I'd have much better luck anywhere else. If I lived some place like Milwaukee, then it would be a different story and I should look outside for software jobs.

Smarkil posted...

What could you possibly have to lose by looking outside of your immediate area?

Waste of time/effort on places that aren't going to even give you a shot with your location.