If you know you will be moving, you should consider searching for a job in your new location now. This is not as hard today as it once was because the Internet has made it possible. So, there’s not really a good excuse! Finding a job is very important when relocating. Charlotte NC job recruiters have this advice. If you’re a relocating job seeker, check out these six tips that will get your ready for your move.
Start Networking
Use LinkedIn, Google+, and industry-specific professional groups. You can do a geographic search within LinkedIn and look for companies close to where you will be living. You can do the same on pretty much any social or job-related network. Check out online job aggregators as they have thousands of jobs in your new location.
Build Professional Relationships
Build lots of business relationships with people in your industry and let them know you are relocating. You never know when one of your contacts might know someone who has a job opening in a company near your new locale.
Do Research
Also start talking to real estate agents, and visiting forums. Check out local business organizations, community groups, and so on. See when their meetings or lunches are. Make it a point to attend a couple of them. Better yet, visit a Works! agency near your new home (or go online and check it out). Works! agencies are loaded with job search information and are given insight into local company job openings and have access to the ‘hidden’ job market.
Update Your Resume
Make sure your resume is perfect, and highlights your unique contributions to a position. Does your professional or executive resume have a clear focus of what you want to do? Is it accomplishment-focused? Is it current? Be sure your resume is up-to-date and contains your relevant information.
Write a Cover Letter
Make sure employers know you are going to relocate. It can be as simple as one line located near the bottom of the cover letter, “I am relocating to Charlotte area within the month and can be available for a meeting in three weeks.”
