Teena,
This happens in law too. Employers always want to find out whether you will be around for awhile and think that if you are from out of state that may not occur.
I recommend identifying an
important connection to the place where you want to go. Employers respect this and believe that it will keep you in an area. For example, do you have family there? Other ties? You would want to point this out early on in your cover letter noting all of your qualifications - yes, it's that important to employers. I recommend explaining the tie that you have in the cover letter and reiterating somehow during the interview. It costs employers alot of money to train someone that leaves so they want some assurance that you're likely to stay in the area. For some reason, it's almost as if they see themselves as interchangeable with other companies so it's not enough to just say that you really want to work for
their company. YOu have to have more...geographically so think about it. I'm sure that you have
some tie to the place where you want to move.
SC
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Originally Posted by teena
OK. This is where I am trying to go. But I am having the hardest time. Some prospective employers have flat out told me that my out of state address is a deterant. I refuse to move without a job lined up. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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