Has anybody just packed up and moved to a new place with no job?

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I've intervied for a lot of jobs but no offers.

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Might want to chill then. Use the internet to find a job first.

Profession and current location?

Get your shite together Zac.

Weird- I also have this question and I am in the exact same situation as you (age, single, no kids, no crippling debt, etc.).

I want to move somewhere new, but I would like to do it as soon as possible without necessarily finding a job first.

Yes. After I graduated LSU, hung around BR for a few months and just said screw it and sold what I had and packed my car up with clothes and moved to Las Vegas.

Rented a place online before I left. Got some BS jobs at first to hold me over until I could find something I liked.

Ended up staying in Vegas for 6 years and met my wife. Don't regret it one bit, in fact, I regret taking a job back in BR. I should of stayed out that way. Looking to move back early next year.

Made some good friends as well that I still see and keep in touch with all the time.

Twice and I don't recommend it

I had enough money saved up and found a room to rent out on Craigslist in both places, and ended up finding jobs in both places, but its better to have something lined up and your own place to live

Moved to Jacksonville in 2011 after graduating because 3 companies out there I was trying to get onto and thought moving there would increase my chances. Had about $5,000 in savings. Lasted a couple months, rented out an apartment from a guy finishing his lease. But I didn't get hired, and moved back to Texas to regroup.

Moved to Las Vegas in 2012. Different story here - I worked for a company and wanted to transfer to their Las Vegas branch. But they had no openings but said they only hire Las Vegas locals and not from outside. So I moved there, again with about $5,000, and did the same thing I did in Jacksonville: rented out a room in a house. It was fun, and I ended up getting hired on at the branch there, but eventually found out how much I hated the job and there are just too many distractions in Las Vegas. Lasted about a year there. I love the city and want to return one day, but when I return I want to be doing a job I like and not hate.

Come down here to the SE Houston (or Ship Channel)area. Plenty of jobs here.

Get one of those monthly rental places with a kitchenette...they are generally less than $1000/mo on a monthly contract. There is a good one on Bay Area Blvd in Webster TX.

Get set up on the Houston Chronicle Classified Jobs section...it should connect you to Monster jobs too. Get the Green Sheet and other similar classified papers.

Have your resume ready to go and a nice suit. Make sure you are as clean cut as possible.

PS I'm a PhD scientist too.

I moved to NYC when I was 25 without a job. One of the best decisions I ever made. Ultimately moved back to Louisiana, but it really changed who I am and how I view the world, career, etc.

I also moved to California 2 weeks after graduating college, but I had a job I was starting there.

Nope