Should I be looking for a job in London if I don't want to live there?

System

Why not try Manchester and Leeds? Leeds has many companies working in the city and the industrial parks around the city.

Laurajo_2

Are you sure you won't feel like this in any big city?

19lottie82

Glasgow is a great place. I've never met anyone who has lived there who hasn't liked it.

cupofjava

I think you'd be much better off judging each job on it's individual merits, rather than its location. If that's your main aim. There are plenty of reputable companies based all around the country that would offer a good job with valuable skills. Working in a rubbish company in London certainly won't help you, it'd need to be a top company paying you well, otherwise there really is no point (especially when you hate living there). You could get a well paid job outside London anywhere else in the country, and have a better quality of life.

Nobody looks at a CV and says "oh this person worked in London, lets hire them". They'll look at the skills you learnt, the things you achieved and the job you did.

Hope that offers a bit of clarity

wolfma

Zettland wrote: »

Part of the idea behind my moving was to get a graduate job quickly, hold it for a few months, then use that to find a job in another, smaller town.

Many graduates do this. A lot don't have a choice but to move to London, due to the lack of graduate jobs elsewhere.
If you really hate London, then just start applying for jobs in smallers towns. In my experience, most employers won't mind if you've only been in your current job for a few months, as long as you have a valid reason to leave.

rach_k

What are you counting as living 'in London'? My OH works in central London and has a one hour commute in each day. I think that's pretty standard for people who work with him, it's rare that people want to live right in the city, particularly when they have kids.

Where we live certainly isn't countryside by any stretch of the imagination but there is lots of green space, parks, allotments, decent size gardens etc. 10 minutes in the car and you hit your first 'farm shop' and all the local small towns have a farmers' market. 20 minutes away and you start seeing animals, real live animals in fields - very exciting to my OH who is a city boy I'm a Northerner myself and it did take me a while to get used to it down here but given the choice now I'm not sure I'd move back home.

If you'll have the best job opportunities in London, I'd really look at staying down here for a couple of years. I don't think you can expect to gain much by working for one company for a few months, nor will you get used to anything in that time. Perhaps look at the greener commuter areas.

iAMaLONDONER

Zettland wrote: »

I realise the title of this post doesn't make much sense, so I'll elaborate. I'm currently living in London after having moved from my family home way up north. Part of the idea behind my moving was to get a graduate job quickly, hold it for a few months, then use that to find a job in another, smaller town.

The problem is: I really can't stand London. No offence meant to people who like it, but I think growing up on a farm has made adapting very difficult. Honestly, I feel like I'm missing a gene that makes life here tolerable. So, with this in mind, would I be better off looking for my first graduate job in another town? Or is it a good idea to get some experience here, then move on? My tenancy is just a pay-per-month thing, so I'm pretty free.

Thanks, J

At present, most people can't afford to be picky- i.e take the first job you can get and change when/where necessary (similar to buses at night time....)

BillJones

Zettland wrote: »

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The problem is: I really can't stand London.

How can you say this without having seen much of it (and if you've only been there a short while, you've not seen much of it)?

If you really can't find any part that you like, then most other cities will probably give you similar problems.