Not Getting Interviews Because of Location

PasturesNew

The other one, where I got an interview and not the job, they recruit women from the local village as it's on the moors and they get cut off from the main road.... I'd have had to drive 22 miles each way each day, so they weren't keen as they preferred to recruit people from the village who'd never have transport problems.

Sammyantha

PasturesNew wrote: »

So you're all really saying: Lie.

OK. I'll lie.

I don't like lieing because I can't. I'm a rubbish liar. All part of the ASD thing - ask a direct question, you get a direct/truthful answer.

Entirely up to you. Alternatively you can simply continue to get rejections. I'm sure you will find a job.. there's no reason you won't. It'll just take longer this way.

Good luck either way

KiKi

Hi PN

I'd also advocate not lying, but saying you're prepared to relocate and you're interested in the area (which you are, because you want a job there!).

I find it odd, though, that the organisation is only recruiting locals unless there is a job requirement for it (eg, the job holder needs to make utilise current relationships to negotiate on behalf of the business or something). Was this the case?

I live in Brighton, and when applying for a job in London I was asked at interview when I would move up there. I told them I wouldn't move to London. They started questioning whether that commuting was viable, and I told them - politely and laughing - that as long as I was at work on time where I lived was of no concern to them. I got the job...!

Organisations do need to be careful of the sorts of restrictions they put on jobs; at best they may not get the better person for the job, and at worst they may be indirectly discriminating (unlikely, but not impossible). I bet the advert didn't say "only locals should apply"!!!

Best of luck anyway, PN.
KiKi

misskool

Just explain that you're interested in the job because of the location and you will be moving there when you start work. Not lying and shows the prospective employer how keen you are

skattykatty

Agree with Kiki. You don't need to lie. You just make it clear you ARE going to relocate and, like Kiki said, I really don't understand how an employer can make a decision about your ability to be on time without actually giving you the job!

I was turned down for a job in London once because I lived too far away, two boroughs across town! I think they were using that as an excuse as when I questioned this saying it's up to me to get to work on time so it doesn't matter where I live, they just didn't know what to say!! Sometimes I think they are excuses used when the reason is actually unethical/illegal or summit!

Keep going and just be straight up and enthusiastic. And good luck!

MrRedundant

The employer is not going to want someone who ends up commuting 200 miles a day and its becoming increasingly common for people to apply for jobs far too far away then cause havoc with the employers demanding shifts to suit etc or not showing up regularly due to transport difficulties.

I understand your frustration but I also understand the employers stance. Probably be very different if you had some commitment (i.e a offer in on a house/flat) or connection to the area but at the moment you dont.

PasturesNew

MrRedundant wrote: »

The employer is not going to want someone who ends up commuting 200 miles a day and its becoming increasingly common for people to apply for jobs far too far away then cause havoc with the employers demanding shifts to suit etc or not showing up regularly due to transport difficulties.

I understand your frustration but I also understand the employers stance. Probably be very different if you had some commitment (i.e a offer in on a house/flat) or connection to the area but at the moment you dont.

But I'd be immediately booking into a hotel and finding somewhere to rent within a month.

It's uncommutable as it'd take a 7 hours/day round trip to do it, so only a complete loony would think somebody would be commuting daily.

I've commuted 200 miles weekly before without any trouble.

Guitar

I'd tell them I was soon to be moving to their area and so am looking for a job there. It's not really lying, it's just getting cause and effect mixed up.

pinkshoes

This is one of those occasions where you SHOULD lie!

I'd tell them your partner lives there, and you're sick of the long distance so want to move to be closer to him, but need to get a job first as you don't want to sponge of him.

Wyndham

I've just relocated. And my employer (who requires me to be within a reasonable distance of the office) will pay relocation expenses. It probably depends what sort of job you are looking for - mine is highly specialised, and people moving within the same sector is far from unusual. I was also made redundant, and it was a case of needs must.

What I didn't mention at interview (but which is now known and sympathised with) is that I left my husband behind, and we're seeing each other on weekends - so long journey then, but I still feel I have relocated. It's also that where my 'home' is, it's some way to the next city, and even if I'd got a job there, I would have been looking to not commute every day, but stay over somewhere, sometimes. When you start to think like that, suddenly it doesn't matter quite how far away the job actually is.

I'd also suspect that saying they will only take local people is actually discrimination - any views here?

Good luck - you'll find something I'm sure.