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bigdaddy

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So some might know I want to move away, now I can actually do it because I have a couple people I can stay with until I get my own place.

The problem is I'm living in MA and have a very part time job. I used to be almost full time seasonal with 35+ hours, now I'm 15-17 hours a week permanent.

I would like to move to New York, but don't want to quit my current job until I get a new one up there.

So my question is how do I make a resume that reflects that? My current address is 300 miles away from where I would be applying. I would put down a friends current address where I'll be staying, but then how to I explain that I'm still working at a place out of state?
 
Just put down your current (real) address and tell them you're willing to relocate. Especially in this economy, relocation happens all the time, so don't make a big deal about it.
 
Robert Maxwell said:
Just put down your current (real) address and tell them you're willing to relocate. Especially in this economy, relocation happens all the time, so don't make a big deal about it.
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Totally, 100% disagree.

If you have people you know in New York City and trust, ask if you can use their address for the purposes of your resume. Someone you can trust who will forward mail back to you in MA in a timely fashion should you need it, or who can keep you updated about your job application process without you actually having to be in New York City until you get the job/make the move.

Prospective employers are much more likely to hire you if they know you're local rather than not, despite this economy.

When I moved to California five years ago from Washington DC, every last damn thing I sent out before making the move listed my uncle's address in Long Beach as *my* address. Got me plenty of interviews and ultimately landed me my first job.

Just my two cents.
 
I want to move upstate and not the city. :)

I like how you two agree on it. :-p

The problem is that interviews happen on weekdays and I normally work Saturday, Tuesday and like Thursday, which really pisses me off. That would get in the way of me doing interviews.
 
You didn't specify that it wasn't New York City, so I just assumed. Thanks for the clarification.

Your work schedule is certainly not conducive toward making this easy, but couldn't you just wait till you get word of an interview date and then re-schedule your shift with someone else covering you if need be?
 
doubleohfive said:
You didn't specify that it wasn't New York City, so I just assumed. Thanks for the clarification.

Your work schedule is certainly not conducive toward making this easy, but couldn't you just wait till you get word of an interview date and then re-schedule your shift with someone else covering you if need be?
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My shifts are already covered, my job is actually incredibly useless. They just don't like me calling out all the time, but I might ask them to stick all my work days in a row.
 
So... then it's not really a problem. I say go for it. Otherwise, you'll just keep regretting that you never did.
 
Its always better to be honest on your Resume. Put your current address on your Resume, in your Cover Letter you put that you are moving to the area. I can tell you that nothing will get you either not hired or fired then a lie on your resume. A few years ago, when I was running a IT department. I had to fire someone because they lied on their Resume.
 
I don't see why the address thing would be such a big deal. If bigdaddy is fully planning on moving there, and has a friend he trusts to keep him informed if mail or news arrive, why shouldn't he list their address as his while applying for jobs when we all know local people tend to be given much more consideration for hiring?

Lets put it another way: Its not like he's lying about getting a college degree he doesn't really have, or listing experience he doesn't have. It's an address - a formality.
 
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Yes, because it is a misrepresentation of his situation. It shows a lack of character and you start to wonder what other misrepresentations they are making.
 
Tom Hendricks said:
Yes, because it is a misrepresentation of his situation. It shows a lack of character and you start to wonder what other misrepresentations they are making.
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Oh for crying out loud.

No, it doesn't.

Let me ask you this, Tom.

If I were living DC and applied for a job with your company and was completely, totally qualified for the job, and based on my interview with you you liked me, would you hire me over someone with exactly the same situation, who you also liked based on their interview, would you hire me over them if they lived in the city whereas I would be planning on moving there?

Now you may say you would hire me. Some, many people might. But the cold reality of the situation is that mostly, no, people don't get hired for jobs this way.

Listing an alternate address is hardly "misrepresenting" oneself. There's a piece of advice agents give to their actors when they go out on auditions - be the part. If there's a role you're auditioning for and its a German chef in his 50s, and you're 34, can't cook and wouldn't know any German if you sneezed and someone said gesundheit, you fucking be the role the entire time you're auditioning -- when you arrive at the casting office, when you flirt with the casting assistant, when you audition, when you say goodbye. You fucking be that role because unless you sell that you *are* that guy, they'll never buy it.

This is just another avenue of doing that. And it works. And no one is worse off for it. Get off your high horse.
 
I'm not saying I wouldn't hire him either. I'm saying that there is no reason here to misrepresent where he is living. Could someone not hire someone because of it, yes. You would be surprised the reason are giving for not hiring someone. Especially in this job climate why would you want to hurt yourself from getting a job.

Also misrepresenting that you live in Jersey instead of NYC is different then you live several states away. Not knowing his situation, he maybe able to move to upstate without anyone knowing he's actually coming from another state. However what happens if he needs a month or two to find a place to live? I have an expectation that he could start in two weeks, saying he has to give notice. I may have to fill this position quickly to maintain cohesive coverage.
 
I'd also state that if I knew someone 'lied' on their resume even if just on their address it would make me question what else may be a 'lie' as well. They may not get fired, but they better have a good story as to why they creative said they lived somewhere when they didn't.

Since we run background checks on people, we would know within reason you lied on your resume and you wouldn't be hired. I've had some of the same crazy technicalities on applications before. Like "Have you ever had a moving violation?" people say no all the time and get rejected because we find speeding tickets or parking tickets. You may not take them seriously but employers do.

NEVER lie on an application or resume it will come back to haunt you.
 
I'd say be as open and honest as possible while also providing all of the necessary information. Use your current (real) address in that area of the application and put a parenthetical or something in there or in the notes section that the address is your current home address but that your are relocating into the area soon but have no fixed address yet.

I've done this with an out-of-town job where it would be expected for me to move and I even told the guy in the interview I would relocate at the earliest opportunity should I get the job.

Be as honest as possible in the application/resume while also provide all of the information you can about the situation. Give them your current, real, address while also telling them you are relocating and maybe provide them with a temporary mailing address you'll have until you've established a residence.
 
Well, there's a big difference between making up an address and listing the address where you'll be staying to begin with as the current address. That's not lying in my book.
 
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