Non-location based job search

February 21, 2006 10:04 AM

Non-location based job search

What is the best way to find jobs where the employer does not care where you live? I work as a sales engineer at a software company. I’m looking for a better job in Denver CO or for one that will allow me to work from home when I’m not traveling for work.

I’m trying to:
Talk to connections and recruiters
Use Linkedin
Send resumes via Monster and other sites

But what if the company is based in California but does not care where I live? Is there a way to do a monster search for that? Any other tips?

posted by hokie409 to work & money (3 comments total)

All your ideas sound good. I'd suggest doing a search by industry. You must know your previous competitors and other software companies in the same area. Other than that, maybe go though the industry listings at Yahoo Finance. Being a SE at a software company is a pretty common position, there should be lots of openings out there.
posted by GuyZero at 10:36 AM on February 21, 2006

You may already have your Monster search set up this way, but I figured I'd note that:

a) You can search Monster without a location specified
b) Monster has a pretty powerful boolean search engine, so you can be pretty specific.

This query looks for your job title without a location specified, with "work from home" or "home office" included in the listing and with all industries specified. It may not be exactly what you want, but it may be a good starting point for refining a nationwide search.

Once you have a query perfected, don't forget to set it up as an "agent" so your search is saved on the site and can be sent automatically via email (or RSS).
posted by VulcanMike at 5:41 PM on February 21, 2006

Thanks for the posts. Not as many result on Monster as I'd like but very helpful search.
posted by hokie409 at 4:24 PM on February 23, 2006