An informational source for people who are relocating, with a particular focus on moving to the Carlsbad area of North County San Diego (and nearby coastal communities), with advice, guidance and true stories to help you on your way and make it a great journey, from a REALTOR� with plenty of personal (4 major moves, most recently from Boston to Carlsbad, California) and professional relocation experience. Are you running into problems selling your home? Need to find a new one quickly? Never moved before and haven't a clue? You'll find some great tips on how to solve your relocation issues here. Or ask me a question any time and I'll share some solutions or tell you where to get more information.
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Some of you may be
relocating here to San Diego and in need of a
job.
That being the case, here
are the largest employers with headquarters in the San Diego area
that might be of interest to you (in order based on fiscal
2006 revenues):
Chances are that you are relocating for business reasons. Not everyone does, of course, but a large percentage do.
There is also a good chance that someone else in the household (spouse, partner) may need to job hunt in the new location. It may or may not be important for both of you to have jobs in order to proceed with buying a house. If it is, you will have to do your job hunt from a distance, and start early. So how do you do this (I have a Human Resources background, remember?)?
On-line Job Boards - probably the most efficient, and the majority of jobs these days are advertised on one of the job boards as well as on company websites. Monster, Career Builder, and Hot Jobs are just a few (but maybe the best known of these sites out of thousands). You can post your resume and look for jobs.
Newspapers - a bit archaic and cumbersome, perhaps, but depending n the area you are moving to may be a good option. You can often arrange for home delivery of the major paper from your new location. Many big papers also have on-line capability where you can search their classifieds section. Moving here to San Diego? Check out the Union-Tribune or their website - Sign On San Diego
Human Resources Department - check with the HR department of the company where the new job is. Companies that are relocating employees are often able to provide some job hunting assistance to the relocating spouse/partner - it's just good business. The HR staff will likely have connections with other companies and search firms.
Search Firms - depending on the kind of job, you might want to hook up with one or more search firms in the new city. They can help represent your resume for any jobs they might hear about or are working on for a client company. Jobs can range from administrative/clerical to financial/accounting to upper management (Director, VP, GM, CEO). There are many local search firms (some are retained search) as well as multiple national executive search firms like Heidrick and Struggles, and Korn-Ferry.
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