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0 pointsmaxsilver9y ago0 comments

I think it's very much based on supply.

In Michigan with 10 years experience, I don't usually have trouble landing work. In some cases, they're practically begging people not to relocate away for the much higher wages.

But when I've applied to positions in Seattle, even lower-end ones, I've always been rejected. Across a dozen companies in coastal markets, everyone seems looking for any reason or excuse, no matter how trivial, to reject any candidate they meet.

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smcl9y ago

Maybe since the salary expectations are so much higher in SV/NY and Seattle* HR folks feel they have to be seen to be much more "rigorous" whether that is the case or not ("we had 100 applicants and hired the top 2")?

* = I picked the three big pricey "coastal" US places that came to mind, it's entirely possible we're talking about different places :-)

rileymat29y ago

>In some cases, they're practically begging people not to relocate away for the much higher wages.

This sounds like a funny line, because the best form of begging would include money.

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