This is scary. I just went through a job search recently and had a hard time finding anything. Although, this was because I told potential employers that I wouldn't be in the area for long, but still. How do you go about searching for a job out of state? Are you supposed to fly to your future home 5 or 6 times for interviews? It helps if you know someone or can network. It would also help if we knew which city to narrow our search to. Or do we go to whichever city offers us the best deal? There's a contact I know of in Portland, but I prefer to live in Seattle. Part of me thinks we should move up there while we're looking for jobs, even if we haven't found anything yet. It will be so much easier going to interviews and stuff if we're in town. But still, we're financially conscious and don't want to do something that would wipe out what we've saved up so far. I guess the first step is to know what kind of job you're looking for. Something temporary like retail or some administrative assistant type work? Do you go for the whole enchilada? It seems like the best thing for Troy's career would be to try to find something in his current field or whatever field he's interested in. I heard that Boeing is hiring a ton of new people and they probably pay well and have excellent benefits. As for me, I'm not sure. I like finance, but I hate sales. The best kind of position for me would be a behind-the-scenes kind of job, but there aren't that many broker-dealers over there. I don't know where to start. We can't be traveling up there every week for interviews. We have jobs here too. Mine knows there's a big chance I'm leaving and Troy's has no clue. I'd rather not work for a small company, like an individual broker. I just don't like the stress from that kind of environment and I've been there, done that already, and hated it. I want a normal 8:30 to 5 job in the finance field, preferably back office. Is that so hard to find? I found it here, surely it exists in the NW.