The Short: I'm a single young adult with a college degree and student loan debt. I live in a sterile small city with limited job prospects. I want to move out and get an entry-level or temporary job in a coastal U.S. city (NYC, LA, SF, Seattle). Please walk me through the logistics and help me devise a plan, as well as offer any advice you have on making it on your own in a new city (essentially, how to be an independent, self-sufficient adult). [more inside]
posted by matticulate on Dec 13, 2012 - 19 answers

How do I figure out what I want to do and where I want to live and move to the other side of the country at the same time? Nature, dislike of large cities, an acting career...loooots of text inside, lots of explanation. Help! [more inside]
posted by Emms on Mar 14, 2012 - 13 answers

Please tell me about hospitals in Seattle! [more inside]
posted by Chris4d on Jan 16, 2012 - 3 answers

Help me find under the table work in Seattle, preferably part-time. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 30, 2010 - 17 answers

SeattleFilter: I'm probably moving to Seattle for law school, and my boyfriend wants to come too! He's gonna need a job, obviously. So tell me, Seattleites: Are there pharmaceutical plants nearby? Other clean room type manufacturing jobs? Details inside! [more inside]
posted by aliceinreality on May 10, 2010 - 10 answers

Why can't I find a job with my biochemistry bachelor's degree in Seattle, WA (grad school is most certainly on the agenda, but not for another couple of years)? What other options should I explore, and how do I go about it? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 22, 2009 - 16 answers

How can two Seattle residents best go about looking for jobs in London? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 1, 2009 - 10 answers

At some point within the next year I will have the opportunity to move to Seattle, Washington in order to be with the man I love. He will be relocating there in order to pursue his career. However I have some cold feet… [more inside]
posted by kzin602 on Jul 30, 2008 - 11 answers

Relocation/Jobhunt Filter: Partner and I just graduated college (no savings, short job history) looking to move from rural California to a more metropolitan area. We both work as creatives, she does marketing & print, I do A/V & Internet... How does one do this with little money and a very modest portfolio? [more inside]
posted by emptyinside on Nov 16, 2006 - 3 answers

I've been offered a position in both Boston & Seattle. Help me weigh the pluses and minuses of moving to either place. [more inside]
posted by bamassippi on May 4, 2006 - 57 answers

I'm moving to Seattle or San Francisco for a tech job. My girlfriend is a (mostly) non-evildoing lawyer. We need help figuring out in which city she'd have a better chance finding a job... [more inside] [more inside]
posted by jewzilla on Dec 17, 2004 - 4 answers