By goingnowherefast - 09/02/2013 00:19 - United States - Butler

Today, after three and a half years of working dead-end jobs with a bachelor's degree, I got a call from a potential employer in my degree field, who wanted to set up an interview. The problem: the interview is across the country, and I'm too broke to pay the travel expenses. FML
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Capt_Oblivious 10

Skype interview. Much cheaper.

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kurodansei 16

sounds like a job for gofundme.com if you ask me.

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ViviMage 38

Put it on credit card and go!

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horneyhic 15

And this is why apprenticeships are better

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vc1990 5

How old are you? If you are "traditional age" for some one 3 years out of a bachelor's program, I would think your parents would be more than willing to give you the money to go on a job interview

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Hiheyhello2701 2

This is post is strange to me...every adult job I have ever interviewed for (as in a job after college) has paid all travel expenses for an interview. That is their responsibility.

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slimjim8094 12

Yeah... it honestly never occurred to me that I'd have to pay for any of my cross-country flights that I did while interviewing... I mean I covered some incidentals (taxi, food, etc) myself and sent in receipts for reimbursement, but airfare and hotel were covered. Are people really expected to drop a thou on airfare because somebody says "hey we might maybe want to give you a job"?

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FlyingPie 17

Is the company too cheap to pay for the travel expenses? They're the ones who are interested in interviewing you. Interviewing candidates should be a business expense for a company.

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slimjim8094 12

Yeah. Look at it this way - they damn sure better pay for any business flights as an employee, why wouldn't you expect them to pay for your flight given that they're *not* paying you?

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FlyingPie 17

That's true. And if they aren't willing to pay the travel expenses to get to the interview, that's not very promising that their pay/compensation will be good good.

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BlackBlazeCobra 16

Start out small then work your way up until you have enough C:

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saffy66 34

Be honest & see if you can do an initial phone or Skype interview, then if it looks promising Italy be worth your whole to borrow the money.

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