How to Find a Job in a New City

Finding a job in your home city can be difficult enough. However, finding a job in a new city can be even tougher, especially when you feel like you have no real connections to this new place. As overwhelming as it can seem, it can be done. Improve your potential and find a job in a new city by following some of the below steps.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

1. Research the new city, starting before you move, if possible. Contact the destination city's Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau and ask to receive information about the city. Review the city's main newspaper online, and start reading the articles, especially in the paper's business section. Look for a business-oriented magazine if your target city is in a large urban area. Look for blogs and other resources pertaining to the area.
2. Build a network. Even if you don't know a single person in the new city, you can change that.Talk to your family, friends and acquaintances to see if they know anyone working in your target city. If you're a college graduate or student, ask your career counselor to provide contacts who are alum from your school. Alums are great resources as they have something in common with you. Contact professional organizations in your field to see if they have chapters in your target city. Approach the group leaders for information, advice and suggestions. Finally, as you do your research, you'll read about people working for companies that interest you. Contact them as well.
3. Turn to campus career centers located in your new city. Many will work with recent grads from other colleges. A campus career counselor at a school in your target city could help you to identify key employers in the area, while also informing you about the career center's daily or weekly job listings from the local area.
4. Approach hiring managers. Once you know key employers in your target city, send cover letters and resumes to these organizations. Use the research and contacts you've accumulated to identify specific people to send your materials to -- don't simply send materials to a human resources office where they can get lost in the shuffle.
5. Make yourself appear as a local. If you haven't moved yet and know someone who lives or works in your target city, ask if you can temporarily use their address to receive communication by mail. If you don't think potential employers will care that you are relocating to the city, explain your circumstances including when to intend to move. Anything that localizes you can help.

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