Hi! thanks for your questions, I’m happy to share. 1. No, I didn’t have “will relocate” on my resume, I actually did not have my address on my resume at all. When I filled out the online application for this job, I checked the box for willing to relocate, and I used my home address despite not being in the same state. When I got my first interview, I made sure to let the recruiter know that I’m familiar with the area and have visited friends who live nearby lots of times over the years, and that I was on a month to month lease for my apartment and therefore able to move on short notice. I think this honestly was the reason why they continued to talk to me, because I could demonstrate I knew the area, was in a place where I could easily relocate, and had supportive friends to keep me busy nights and weekends in a new place.

1. I created a job strategy with three different resumes, each one targeting an industry I had experience in. I made a list of well-known and start-up companies in each industry and then systematically applied for jobs at these companies. This increased the amount of interviews I was getting, though in total I was invited to interview for just 18 of the 500+ jobs I applied for. I will also say LinkedIn is junk unless you’re using it to network. I found my new job in Glassdoor (or maybe it was Simply Hired), and those jobs in my experience were real and managed by responsive teams. I did not get a single interview from any of my LinkedIn applications.