Madeline Mann walks through five steps to land a job in another state: state your move on your resume, give a specific relocation date in interviews, ask friends for introductions, cold-email professionals for advice (not jobs), and schedule an in-person visit with meetings lined up. The key is being honest about timing and building relationships before you arrive.
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Hey everyone, this is self made Millennial. I'm Madeline Mann and today we're going to talk about five steps to get a job in another state, somewhere far away from where your current home is. It is difficult to get a job in a place where you are nowhere to be found. I will give you actionable tips to make sure you are moving in the right direction. Step one, write on your resume that you are planning on moving to that city or interested in moving to that city. You can put this in your objective statement. You could put right next to your address on your resume. It really doesn't matter exactly where it is, but get it on there. If you were for sure planning on moving to that city, I would also recommend that you update your LinkedIn profile to say that city on it instead of your old city. This is not dishonest as long as you tell them in the interview the date when you will officially be in that city for good. The reason I'm telling you to do this is because I get resumes in all the time and I'll hop on the phone with people and they'll go, oh, I didn't realize that the company was in la. Oh, can I just work remote? That's a waste of everyone's time. And so in order to make sure that the recruiter doesn't just assume that you are applying to the wrong job and that you just are going to want to work remote, make sure you tell them that you are willing to relocate. Step number two, during the interview, tell your interviewer that you are planning on moving to that city by a specific date and tell them what that date is. This shows that you're super serial, super serious about moving. If you don't know exactly if, how or when you're going to move, then skip this step. Step number three, ask your friends if they know anyone in the city that you're moving and then set up informational interviews with those people who they know. I have a link to two videos in the description that can help you with this. The first one is an email that you can send people in your network, your friends, to ask them for things so that you can then get these referrals to these other people. The second one is how to do an informational interview so you know your friends, introduce you to these people in whatever city you're moving to. What do you sit down and talk to them about? I'll let you know exactly what that is in that video. The reason why you're doing this is you need to build a Network in that new city. Each person who you meet and then they introduce you to another person gets you one step closer to that ultimate opportunity. It takes the long way, but the long way is ultimately the short way, if that makes sense to you. But it makes sense in my head. Number four, reach out directly to people at those companies in that city who you want to work for. Sure, you don't know them, you're reaching out cold. But strangers are just friends you haven't met yet, so just go for it. I'll link a video in the description called how to Get a Job Without Connections, which will give you some templates of what to email these people when you're reaching out cold. Also, here is a winning example of an email by Rahul Iyer that he started sending when he was just trying to meet people in San Francisco. This is great. Make sure, just like he did, write something custom to the person in the first paragraph. Tell them your situation and he asks for advice, not a job. And that's perfect because you should only ask about opportunities once you've gotten to know each other. And then you can ask them if there's anyone else they recommend you meet. This comes from A Pool's article how I Left my Consulting Career behind and Broke into Tech. This is a must read for anyone in the situation of moving to a new place. He goes step by step all the details of his journey and so I'll link that article in the description. Step number five, set a time for in person meetings. So you've done all the previous steps. You've had a bunch of video calls and phone calls and then you tell the people who you've been corresponding with, hey, I am now going to be in town from this state to this state. Can we find a time to meet in person? Having video and phone calls is good in the beginning, but eventually you just got to get out there. And by saying that you're only going to be in town from this date to this date, that actually makes people more proactive and more likely to commit to the meeting. Since there's a time constraint. I know it can be expensive to afford to travel somewhere and stay there for several days, but this could really be the way that you are able to find a job that you will be happy in for years. So think about it as an investment in your future. Cool, cool, cool. So let's review. First, say on your resume that you're moving to that place. Second, in your interview, mention the specific date that you will be moving to that city. Third, ask your friends to connect you with other professionals in the area. 4. Cold reach out to people at companies that you're interested in and ask for advice. 5. Pick some dates that you'll be in town and see. Set up some meetings. Thank you for going on this sweet journey with me. If you like this video, please hit a like as well as subscribe to this channel. We have videos coming out every week. You new folks out there, I think you should subscribe. You won't regret it, I'm pretty sure. Thanks so much everyone. Wi Fi High five.
