How far will you/do you travel to DO

Caesar · Post by **Caesar** » 19 Jan 2019, 09:56

I'm regularly checking for local positions and just wondered what do people consider "local".
My closest DO is about 4 miles away and so far I've been looking as far as 20 miles away.

Wicket2017 · Post by **Wicket2017** » 19 Jan 2019, 15:59

The DO I work at is 5 miles from me, takes me 10 minutes to get there which is great for me as I didn’t want a long travelling time, my previous job was 7 miles from me but took me 45 minutes to get there as it was city centre

Caesar · Post by **Caesar** » 19 Jan 2019, 17:05

I would prefer one of the closer DO's but I don't want to risk waiting and then going past my 3 months waiting list position.
I don't mind traveling as long as I'm actually driving rather than sitting in traffic lol

yellowbelly · Post by **yellowbelly** » 21 Jan 2019, 09:34

Caesar wrote:I would prefer one of the closer DO's but I don't want to risk waiting and then going past my 3 months waiting list position.
I don't mind traveling as long as I'm actually driving rather than sitting in traffic lol

It's slightly easier to get a move/transfer to a job nearer to 'home' once you've got a foot in the door even if it is a few miles away initially.
You will probably hear on the grapevine when jobs come up at an office nearer to home.

Caesar · Post by **Caesar** » 21 Jan 2019, 10:03

yellowbelly wrote:
Caesar wrote:I would prefer one of the closer DO's but I don't want to risk waiting and then going past my 3 months waiting list position.
I don't mind traveling as long as I'm actually driving rather than sitting in traffic lol
It's slightly easier to get a move/transfer to a job nearer to 'home' once you've got a foot in the door even if it is a few miles away initially.
You will probably hear on the grapevine when jobs come up at an office nearer to home.

Thanks yellowbelly, the possibility of getting a move/transfer was going to be my next question.