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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I'm not sure about EI implications, but I can speak to this scenario from experience.
After I graduated from university, I wanted to move from New Brunswick to Calgary. I checked the online job postings for Calgary-based positions every day. I sent my CV and cover letter to dozens of companies who had an open entry-level position for which I was qualified. I specifically mentioned that I would personally cover all moving expenses and did not expect a relocation allowance from any company that hired me. I didn't get a single response.
After about a month of fruitless remote job-searching, my father decided to buy me a 1-way plane ticket to Calgary and loan me $5,000 to get started. Once I was settled here and had a local address and phone number, I started getting interviews and had a job within a few weeks.
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That was probably a great move. We have hired some people over the phone before and more often not it has worked out poorly. Ontario has some kind of a program where they will pay moving costs for unemployed people to move to Alberta if they line up a job in advance. The people that we have seen come through this were just looking for a bus ticket and two weeks pay.
Typically now, if we are interested in hiring someone from across the country we will go to them for an interview or we will fly them in for one, both of which are costly so it is easier to just hire locally if at all possible.