This is something that has bugged me for a while. From the perspective of a single guy with no baggage, it is simple, just pack my stuffs and off I go. It seems to be not the case with most of my classmates, even for some single guys I know. Yes, I understand that once you have a house, family, and especially children, it's hard to move, but why not give it a chance? My aunt used to work in a hospital 2 hours away when she graduated and visited home during weekends or days she didn't have shifts. After 2 years when she had got enough experience, she moved back home. In my class, very few people people get good positions at hospitals of their choices. The rest are still waiting, yet they refuse to open their searches.
For me, at first I narrowed my search around the city (Houston), then after 1 month without any good result, I widen my search. Last week I have 2 interview and today I got another one, all with very big hospital systems, just not in Houston. 2 managers ask if I could relocate, and I said I'm totally fine with it. Of course it would be more comfy to work somewhere close to home, butI think sometimes in life you've got to make sacrifice to get what you truly want.
So, are you willing to go out of your city to find jobs?
