You need to move across cities, states and sometimes countries for career or for some reason or other. And one of the biggest turnarounds for this could be finding a job in the new town!

If you landed a job in another city and then relocating, it won’t be as difficult. In fact, some organization also cover your relocating costs. The only thing you’ll have to think about is finding a place to put up in the city, for that as well you’ll have enough time while you’re accommodated in a fancy hotel by your organization.

But this isn’t always the case, recruiters have biases for local candidates and looking for a job, after moving to the city, means staying unemployed as long as you don’t find a good opportunity.

In that case, you’re spending your savings and making it hard to find a job for you with every passing month, ultimately settling for something way less than you deserve.

Packing your life, leaving behind a job, friends or family and moving thousands of miles not knowing how it will turn out to be, isn’t fun anyway! So how to make this transition smooth?

Here are a few tips to ensure a smooth job search, when relocating to another location;

1.Start Early

there can’t be enough emphasis on this, once you know you need to move to another city or need to get a job in a certain location. Start looking for career opportunities. 

Job search, in general, takes more time, and you won’t be able to make it for long on your savings. So trying to land a job before getting to the town is indeed a wise decision.

Though it might be challenging to get a job before reaching there but not impossible, you can mention your expected arrival date in your cover letters for recruiter’s consideration.

So once you’ve decided you’re moving to get on the hunt, hit all the job portals you know.

2. Leverage the network

80% of jobs never get published on any job portal and are filled via referral.

If you have any friends or connections in the city you’re moving to, call them! If you’ve already moved to the town, meet them, invite them to coffee, hang-out with their friends.

If you don’t know anyone in the location you’re moving to; search your Facebook friends based on location; it allows you to filter your friends based on your current location and hometown. Even if someone has left the city, they’ll still have enough knowledge and contacts in the city to get you started.

Message your linkedin connects in the location, and they’ll be more than happy to help you.

3. Be informed

Yes, we all have ambitions and dreams. But before you seek out any opportunity, make sure you’re aware of what you’re stepping into. 

Know the city, cost of living, what area you’ll dwell into, how you’re going to commute. And plan accordingly, these minutes things can make or break your experience of the new city.

If you’re being offered a good hike in the city, compare it based on the inflation in the cost of living. Sometimes, you’ll find it that the offer wasn’t that great after all. 

Begin informed will come handy. 

4. Be available | Recruiters don’t like to wait

one problem with finding a job between the chaos of moving from one location to another is being available for the interview.

A lot of people act native before moving to a new location, but it creates significant issues when a recruiter asks you to be there at the earliest for an interview without even covering your costs of traveling because you’re a local of course. 

Try avoiding such shrewdness, instead, mention the date of your arrival and tell the recruiters you’d be comfortable coming before that for an interview, in that case, the interviewer will also be considerate about the costs of traveling for an interview, they might cover them for you, or settle for a Skype interview.

5. If work is not your reason to move | Take your job with you

you can ask your current employer to let you work remotely. In that case, you’ll have a way to sustain yourself until you find an opportunity worth settling for.

Moving away from your home is a big task and not an easy one. But taking wise steps can turn it to an exciting experience rather than dreaded one.

Here are most 10 most in-demand IT-related jobs:

1. Data Scientist: A data scientist is someone who uses their analytical, statistical and programming skills to collect analyze and filter the data. The gather the information to develop data-driven solutions to difficult business challenges. To become a data scientist you need to acquire a bachelor degree from IT or CSE background. One can get ample of opportunist by making a career in this field.

2. UX designer: With the development of the internet industry, UI design is becoming popular. And, in Selangor, there is a huge demand of the people for UI designer job profile. UI designers give users a good experience. These people analyze the requirements, design the prototype and do many different tasks. They collaborate with the designers and developers to create user-friendly designs.

3. Quality Assurance Manager: These people play a crucial role in business by ensuring that products meet the threshold the acceptability. They plan, direct and coordinate quality assurance program. They also work to improve an organization efficiency and productivity. There will always be a need for induvial in IT companies to maintain and improve the quality of products.

4. System Engineer: System engineers implement and maintain computer system for businesses. They play an important role in any organization and helps in running all the function of an organization smoothly.

5. Security Analyst: As technology is getting advanced day by day, the security issues increases every day. With the data breaches, cloud hacking, and online banking scams the demand of the professional security analyst is much higher. Their job duties typically include testing, implementing the security measures to protect computer systems.

6. Machine learning engineer: they are computer programmers and expert in artificial intelligence. They create programs that will enable the machines to take actions without being specifically directed to perform those tasks. They work on a number of different applications. And, these days artificial intelligence is everywhere, and need of the experts in this field is growing day by day.

These are the top highest paying IT jobs in Selangor. You can easily check the average salary of each profile through Glassdoor and payscale website.

There are many top companies such as KPMG PLT, Ambition Group Singapore Pte. Ltd, Nityo Infotech Services Pte. Ltd., and Accion Labs Pte Ltd,  there which hires the candidates for IT job profiles.

If you are someone who is interested in these job profiles then, start your research now and obtain a required degree and training to get jobs in your dream company. After getting bachelor degree or training, one can easily apply for the jobs through online resources.

Author Bio:

Khushboo Setiya is an online media enthusiast and a blogger who closely follows the latest Career, Job and online marketing trends. She writes about various related topics such as Digital marketing, SEO, Career guidance, Job Search techniques and much more.