If you're on the long distance job search and you're looking to parachute into another job market then
this is for you if you are on the international job hunt and looking to move from say Sao Paolo to London
and check out our module on international job hunting.
The first thing that is going to upgrade your thinking about this process is how you are perceived as
an out-of area candidate by the recruiters who are going to be reviewing your applications namely your
profile has more risk attached to it than that of a local candidate.
That's because there are millions of reasons that you might move to a new city check it out for a while
and decide to check.
And that's really bad for the company that's just been training you.
Also local candidates can go in and interview in person really quickly.
So that's a disadvantage that you need to overcome.
And also relocation packages are very unlikely to be granted to a junior level candidate.
Those relocation packages are usually dropped only on senior executive managers so the easel team has
come up with a three Cs system for you to supercharger long distance job search and the first is to
commit to a particular job market rather than saying that you can go anywhere.
You can show this commitment by doing these simple hacks.
The main one being checking out some information about the place where you want to move.
Just go to housing Web site and check out things like rents popular neighborhoods great restaurants
in the area.
All of these things are going to show that you're committed to that particular job market and that's
going to make you seem like a candidate that's less risky.
Second of all craft your story around your professional reasons for moving to that area.
Your professional reasons are much more compelling to a hiring manager than your personal reasons.
So focus on why this labor market is a good place for your career.
Finally connect when you're in that area even though you're a long way away now you can do that really
easily by using tools like Linked-In.
There are usually young professionals networking groups and other geographies specific groups where
you can go join and connect with those people.
And here's a great hack.
Try to connect with these people via video chat.
Video chatting is a much richer form of communication than telephone or e-mail and it'll help you upgrade
those relationships really quickly.