Difficulty of Finding Jobs Out of State

Hey fellow Bloggers and Readers -

If any of you are out-of-state students, like I am...you might have come to the realization that it is actually really hard to apply for careers in a completely different state than the one you're living in at the moment! It wasn't until recently that I experienced the hardship of this, but I wanted to share a recommendation that I think I have found to be pretty helpful!

I plan to move back to Washington hopefully by the end of May and have been looking into areas of work that I want to really focus on. I've come to the conclusion that I'm really interested in working for "Human Resources Department". After narrowing down which department of a company I was most interested in, the hunt for a career became a little bit easier because I had a little bit more specifics and the job hunt wasn't so broad.

What I found to be extremely helpful was that I googled "companies based in Washington state" rather than "jobs in Seattle" or something along those lines. When I googled "companies based in Washington State" I got a wide range of options. Starbucks, Amazon, Alaska Airlines, Zulily, Expedia, Nordstrom, A Place for Mom, and many others. Most of us have heard of at least a few, if not all of these companies. It wasn't until I goggled this that I realized just how many LARGE companies were based out of the state that I was moving back to. I then went to the each of the websites I was interested in and looked at job positions through the company specifically. For me, it was easier to look up what large companies were based in the area that I would be interested in working for, and go from there.

If you plan on moving to a different state, I suggest googling "companies based in [whatever state]"...it was really helpful and allowed me to find a ton of other companies that I've without d ruby heard of, but did not even know their headquarters were based where I was moving to!

Renee

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