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Go online to different cities, and check out the help wanted ads in the major newspapers. Also send out letters to employment agencies, check out the temp agencies. Keep looking, you may have to move to find a job.

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I moved here five months ago,there is no jobs in North Carolina.My advice for friends and relative,Find employment before you move here.

Jay the best in Charlotte, North Carolina said: Just Moved to North Carolina There's no Jobs there

Lisa in Charlotte, North Carolina said: I moved here five months ago,there is no jobs in North Carolina.My advice for friends and relative,Find employment before you move here.

I moved here 9 months ago, have a bachelor's degree in accounting and am working on my master's degree and still haven't found a job. I moved from NY and may have to move back to find a job!

Charlotte can be a tough city to find work because it is very clicky.

I have been looking for employment before moving to Charlotte. I am finding that employers want you to be living in Charlotte before offering you a position. I want a job before relocating to North Carolina.

It probably isn't the best time to come to Charlotte. Banking is a major industry here with Bank of America & Wachovia headquartered here as well as several smaller banks and with the mortgage/credit mess still in full swing it makes jobs tougher to find and competition fiercer.

Yes am agree with you. There is no job in North Carolina. I just want to move from North Carolina. There is no industry, no multinational company office, how one can find a job in this city.
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You may find some useful information at www.workingincharlotte.com

While there are jobs in Charlotte they are not easy to come by - the reason why? - because there have been so many new transplants moving into the area the companies located here really are deluged with resumes when an opening does occur.

My suggestion would be to obtain a cell phone with a local NC area code number, and I have also known of people that use a Charlotte, NC Po Box on their resumes if they are trying to locate work from out of state.

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jim in Fort Mill, South Carolina said: Charlotte can be a tough city to find work because it is very clicky.

Agree, You have to belong to a community group also, like a church a service program, military or school. the other thing is that you find here the OLD money and the New money.

It used to be a great place to live and work! The banks and home builder's greed has really hurt this once great place to live and work!

Ernestine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin said: I have been looking for employment before moving to Charlotte. I am finding that employers want you to be living in Charlotte before offering you a position. I want a job before relocating to North Carolina.

I moved to Charlotte 8/07 and had a job that I was offered since I flew down there to look for houses and set up interviews two months prior. We negotiated a salary and benefits and my start date. I sold my home in Ct purchased in NC moved there 8/1 and was to start work 8/29. On 8/27 I recieved the phone call that due to the mortgage meltdown they could not justify hiring me after all. I was unemployed from 8/07 to 1/08 then started a job making 9k a year less than I moved there for. I was laid off 6/08 and there were no jobs not even in restaurants so I left NC returned to CT and have been working here supporting my home in Charlotte. I now have gotten laid off in CT and am returning to NC 3/1.

I found that everyone wants "local" experience regardless of the strength of your resume. You have to know someone and have contacts to be more than one of a thousand resumes being sent in for any job. Try Craigs List NC I find alot of opportunity on there more so than Career Builder. Good luck to you I am crossing my fingers for myself too.

Jay the best in Charlotte, North Carolina said: Just Moved to North Carolina There's no Jobs there

Contact me right a way. Because I lived in North California too. I am able to help you with a great work.

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Is this offer still open?

gloria in charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina said: Is this offer still open?

Yeah, Which way that we can directly talk to you about this offer? May I have your phone number, so We can talk about that? May I know the location of your living?

e-mail to gloria4angel05@yahoo.com

gloria in Charlotte, North Carolina said: e-mail to gloria4angel05@yahoo.com

Hi Gloria do you know of openings in the legal field in Charlotte?

Charlene

I will recomend: Type Charlotte Legal, is very general on Jobs too.
E-mail to this Type: CharlotteCraig'slist, economy is sending jobs over this kind of SYSTEMLists empoyers don't pay for ads and information just follow the "PC's discretions" Youknow
Go to Charlotte ohSoHandy.com has old jobs listed but sometime has great reviews and is legit. type CharlotteObserver.com our local paper JobLink.org/Goodwill Industries.org and their JobConnection.com Mrs. Angela Moiser UrbanLeaguecc.org
City of Charlotte Career Connection UP-town takes resumes by fax only or write to City of Charlotte 600 East Fouth St.NC 28202 @HumanResources
now, southcharlotte@chasestaffing.com fancy$$$$lawyers
Hope this give you a good start,HEY is the begining that is hard. I still going to interviews so is not that bad YET. let me know if you are planing to come soon my friend has a roon for rent available this month. Gloria:)
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I moved to Charlotte 8/07 because I was offered a job with a large firm. I closed on my house in Charlotte 8/01 & was to start working 8/29. On 8/27 the attorney called me and said "I feel really bad but due to the mortgage meltdown I cannot justify hiring you after all". I was unemployed until 1/26/08 and got a job at a firm in Concord and on 6/6/08 they said due to real estate plummeting we cannot justify your salary and laid me off. There were no jobs in June so I returned to CT since there was work here. Just got laid off in CT 1/30/09 due to the "economy being so bad" (I was the only full time employee with benefits). I really appreciate the info on the job links and I am hoping to leave next week to return and find work in the Meck/Union/Cabarrus County areas. I am hopeful that this time around things will work out.

Ernestine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin said: I have been looking for employment before moving to Charlotte. I am finding that employers want you to be living in Charlotte before offering you a position. I want a job before relocating to North Carolina.

Smart move. I suggest you get a cell phone with a NC phone number since resumes with out of state phone numbers and experience do not seem to get you very far. Good luck to you.

Charlene - except for not having a job, how do you like Charlotte?

I want out of Tampa (lived here for 25 years, want out). I am thinking of northwest Atlanta or Charlotte.

So except for not having a job, how do you like Charlotte?

I watched the area for 10+ years before I made the move and I thought I did all my research. Housing, car insurance, utilities and taxes are cheaper. Grocery stores leave alot to be desired and the cost is as much as the NE but much fewer choices.As far as the job market it depends on what you do for a living BUT they advertise for an opening and two months or better can pass before you MAY get a call for an interview. Everyone interviews 2-3 times and the process is grueling. Being from the NE I was advised by people to "dumb it down a bit in the interview & take it back a notch". Southerners seem pleasant BUT they really do not like all the transplants that have moved there and resent the people relocating there taking jobs, being demanding, expecting more and destroying the beautiful landscape with neighborhoods of McMansions.

It can be very clicky unless you are seriously affiliated with a church organization and that may get you the contacts you will need. Plan to come with a cash infusion to support yourself for at least six months while you wait for someone to call you about an interview. If you plan to rent you can get a really nice apartment/condo with amenities for a good price.

The positive aspects are there is nothing like seeing your first Carolina blue sky it is something to see. The Blueridge Mountains are magnificent in the fall they rival New England in the fall. From SECharlotte you are within 20-25 minutes of the airport and its an ez commute. From what I have seen of uptown Charlotte its clean and lovely and we now have the light rail that will take you right into uptown and they boast all kinds of night life and things to do.

You do NOT want to live on the West side of Charlotte its bad news with alot of crime and I mean violent crime. The east side is a bit better, very ethnically diverse but so so. South Charlotte, SE Charlotte, Mint Hill are all nice areas.

University area is touch and go.

Many of us live here but work around the area. Dont forget to get out the BOX, there is always South Carolina, A LOT OF JOBS. to work is great, Iam going to Rock Hill, 30 mim ride, no presure and work enviroment is great. There's Jobs in Columbia and Greensvile. See Chamber of Commerce Rock Hill or City of RockHill.com if you can drive long and see those beautiful sunlights/sunsets there are taking about. Good luck

gloria in Charlotte, North Carolina said: Many of us live here but work around the area. Dont forget to get out the BOX, there is always South Carolina, A LOT OF JOBS. to work is great, Iam going to Rock Hill, 30 mim ride, no presure and work enviroment is great. There's Jobs in Columbia and Greensvile. See Chamber of Commerce Rock Hill or City of RockHill.com if you can drive long and see those beautiful sunlights/sunsets there are taking about. Good luck

Thanks I will leave no stone unturned !!!

I hate when transplant move here because all they do is "tighten" up the job market for people who have lived here for years, been laid off and are now trying to transition into new employment.

Local employment gets flooded with out of state resume via the internet, email, etc. It just makes the selection process horrible for hard working Charlotteans who also submit their resume and its buried under 500+ resume with probably more then half of them being from out of state or recent transplants. I'm not trying to be mean but, it just create a vicious cycle for those who have lived and worked in Charlotte for years. Believe me as a person living and working in Charlotte for over 20 years, I do use my connections, if you will, (because I know a lot of people) to help some of my friends find work or give them the 'heads up' first because I feel the people who have been here and have history in Charlotte should be the one getting re-hired FIRST.

That is the mentality that is so wrong. If you have lived here twenty years and I have lived here twenty minutes BUT I have the experience for the job then the better candidate should get the position. I have lived in CT, FLA, CO, AZ, CA and now NC and the transplant attitude is ridiculous. Where did you live before Charlotte? At some point you were the new one in town and hoping for an opportunity to make a living.

Also if you re-read your own posting, you SHOULD note that you have not even posted a grammatically correct statement. Hmmmmmm I am assuming we are not even on the same playing field so don't fret I doubt we will ever compete for the same job.

"Plan to come with a cash infusion to support yourself for at least six months while you wait for someone to call you about an interview. If you plan to rent you can get a really nice apartment/condo with amenities for a good price."

This is Very Good Advice. Charlotte is in the recession with the rest of this country. You should not move here without resources and/or contacts. Plan to make a transition and keep a positive attitude.

Jay the best in Charlotte, North Carolina said: Just Moved to North Carolina There's no Jobs there

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Oh, been there, done that......stuck in SC for almost 4 years. Was a paralegal. Could not get a job in Clt to save my soul. It had to do with me being "northern" and a "yankee". My boyfriend had no problems. I agree, look around the area - Fort Mill pays well, I worked in York (yuck), Rock Hill is good, too. Davidson and Lake Norman are hotsy totsy but probably pay okay, too. I went through a few staffing agencies (no luck) and checked out the colleges' websites. Good luck to you. I really mean it! It was the hardest 3.5 years of my life.

Jay the best in Charlotte, North Carolina said: Just Moved to North Carolina There's no Jobs there

i differ jay there are jobs its just that their standers are so rediclous that it makes it hard for someone with a few years expirence to get a chance however if you go to some of the most common websites such as jobsnowhiring.com, hotjobs.com, nowhiring incharlotte.com, etc. you will come accross something but till then good luck.

recently ive found that with people you have to take chances, i mean its not like i havent noticed before but now as i get older i realise that when it comes to getting a job it takes a lot of self motivation and by that i mean you cant listen to ecverybody else you have to go with what you know and what will eventully make you happy if you cant be glad to go to work thae you might as well quit and say foreget the bills cause you wont put your all in to it and that gets you only bad results keep trying dont give up believe in your self and mark my words the sun will always shine even in a storm.

I just moved from GA- BFA interior design, and i havent found a thing- I even went to a place today, wasnt calling or emailing me back, but had a job listing on their website- so I decided to go down to see whats going on- they dont exist anymore,
Oh man- if you could just put the bills on hold until employment finds you again.... its been 6 months since graduating- the "sun" can "start shining" any day now!

Jay the best in Charlotte, North Carolina said: Just Moved to North Carolina There's no Jobs there

I agree...moved here two months now..and there still are no jobs...everywhere managers are saying hundreds are applying for one or two available spots...with all my college degree, qualifications, background...still nothing...still looking but doubt I'll stay here longer than a year if this continues...

Jay the best in Charlotte, North Carolina said: Just Moved to North Carolina There's no Jobs there

I moved to Noth Carolina 2 years ago and in my feild ( construction) I have discovered alot of work is delegated to minorities via contracts that mandate minorities. Most of the jobs I. have been on have positions filled with immigrants who cannot speak english and carry one or more social security cards Does anybody care that hundreds of legal able bodied english speaking Americans are being taken out of the picture for cheap illegal workers lets figure out and fix this situation.

I have recently moved to the mooresville area and am looking for an entrance position in customer relations, if you could help I would be grateful...

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Frustrated in Charlotte, North Carolina said: I agree...moved here two months now..and there still are no jobs...everywhere managers are saying hundreds are applying for one or two available spots...with all my college degree, qualifications, background...still nothing...still looking but doubt I'll stay here longer than a year if this continues...

Have you considered using the temp agencies? They tend to pay weekly and can lead to more regular employment. Craigslist for Charlotte also has contacts.

Hey thanks keep your head up and keep on looking dont give up...
I never do