relocating- when should i start applying for jobs?

i'm a currently a clinical pharmacist,and am relocating back to my hometown in may or june 2009. i'm wondering if i should start applying for positions now or should i wait, and if i wait, when should i start applying? anyone have any advice about relocating? i've started looking at what positions are currently being posted, and they are all positions that i'm interested in, but i don't know if i should go on ahead and start applying, or what i should do.thanks for any help

Hi there...I noticed no one had replied so I thought maybe I'd share my thoughts. Since its been 6 months since you wrote the question I hope you went on ahead with your first instincts you mentioned above and began applying?? If not, you definitely should because then you could hopefully get the interviewing process out the way and possibly an offer before physically moving back. I see your currently on the Eastcoast where's your hometown, if you don't mind me asking?

Rashica
Sr. Recruiter