Anyone ever move for YOUR job?

shouldbeworkin

Relocating may be something we need to seriously consider.  The job market here is just so awful (worse than anywhere else, trust me) and may never improve.  Especially not in my field.  So, I feel like I should consider the possibility.  I have a head hunter looking for jobs for me anywhere, but especially a few places in particular that we wouldn't mind ending up b/c we have family.

If you relocated for a job with kids, how did it work with childcare and your DH's job?  What about selling your house?  I'm not even sure if we could sell ours in this market.  Oy, what a mess!  I hate this economy and recession.  =(

cosima

not the same situtation at all...but we moved 2 years ago. We knew we didn't want to live where we were and did some research on areas of the country we'd like to live. I got 3 job offers right away. DH knew he didn't want to stay in his field so he didn't even look until we got here. Of course, this was before we had kids, a house or a bad economy. What always gets me is people always ask "So you relocated for your husband's job?" No one ever assumes it was me who got a job first. It's annoying.

 One tip--not sure if you are able to do this, but most people won't even look at your resume if it has an out of state address at the top. Even in pretty specified fields they will do everything possible to look within the area because they don't want to pay for moves etc. We had a friend that lived where we were moving and I put her address at the top and put an end date on my job. I know it sounds crazy but we were going to move whether or not either of us had secured a job. Then at my interviews I just explained that I was in the middle of the move, but could start within 2 weeks.

Angela814

We're in the same situation too.  I was really considering a job that would require relocating, but then some changes in management were made, and the offer I was supposed to get is now postponed until January.  Meanwhile I'm working with another company about a similar position that wouldn't require me to move.

On one hand I feel like I'm way too young to be so inflexible about moving, but on the other, my whole life is here.  Our house, DH's job, daycare, our church, all our activities.  This is home for us.  It doesn't help that the place we could be moving isn't great for jobs in my field either.

DH and I talked about him looking for another job.  I think selling the house would have been the biggest challenge.

Pesky

We did exactly that except we fortunately did not have the housing headache and did not have children then.  So it was a bit easier in that regards.  As for DH's job, he was very lucky and while he intended to start job hunting and find something here, his employer offered to allow him to work from his home adn travel on business as needed.  It's worked well.

flyer23

We just moved about six months ago, although it was for DH's job, not mine.

My job was not an issue. It's not location specific -- I just have to be in Seattle about 1 week/month. My boss was fine with me flying in from Dallas instead of California, so that was that.

Finding new child care was not too bad. DH got the job offer in early April, and we moved in early June. Luckily, the new area did not have huge waitlists for daycare, so we had plenty of good options. We did a househunting trip in late April and I took an extra day to visit daycares. Then MIL came to stay with us for about two weeks immediately after we moved, and she watched Mia, which gave us a little more time to meet with more providers and make a final decision. It also helped make the transition a little better for Mia, especially since we were coming across two time zones and it took a couple of weeks just for her to get onto a normal sleep schedule.

We rented in our old location, so selling the house was not a concern.

Good luck! FWIW, we are very happy that we made the move. The cost of living is so much lower here in Dallas, so our quality of life is a lot higher.