| If you have recently been offered a job transfer, | | | | high school? If so, you may want to let them go |
| you probably have a lot weighing on your mind. You | | | | ahead and finish where they are. Or maybe you |
| may have been wanting or waiting for this transfer | | | | don’t have children yet, but plan on starting a |
| for quite some time, or perhaps it’s been | | | | family soon. You will want to consider where you |
| offered as the only way for you to keep your job. | | | | would be moving to, and how great (or not great) |
| Whether the job transfer itself would be good or | | | | the schools are in your area. |
| bad for your career, there are other things besides | | | | Cost of Living - Your job transfer may be a |
| your job to consider. If you are single without | | | | promotion that comes along with a raise, but if you |
| children, the decision may be easier, but for many of | | | | are moving somewhere with a substantially higher |
| us there is much more to life than a career. | | | | cost of living, you may have less money to spend |
| Therefore, making a decision about moving isn’t | | | | each month. On the other hand, you may move to a |
| always so easy. | | | | location with a much lower cost of living, which would |
| Here are a few things you might want to think about | | | | make a transfer without a raise a profitable |
| before making your important decision. | | | | proposition. |
| Location - Geographic location of the new job may | | | | Permanence - If you are single, have no kids and no |
| be a deal breaker for some. Many folks will not even | | | | other attachments to your current location, you may |
| consider living in a place that has high humidity. Maybe | | | | not care about where you are headed. However, you |
| it rains all the time, or snows mounds of the white | | | | might want to think about where you would like to |
| stuff during winter. We all have our preferences | | | | see yourself in 5 to 10 years. How long will you want |
| when it comes to living by the ocean, in the desert | | | | to live there? Will you eventually want to come back |
| or up in the mountains. | | | | to your current location, or does it even matter at |
| Children - If you have children, you will need to | | | | all? All these questions should be considered because |
| consider their needs. Are they close to graduating | | | | a move takes a lot of effort, money, and stress. |