Thread: Is it reasonable/smart to move somewhere as a couple to find jobs?

What are your bachelors' degrees in? How long ago did you get them? And what kind of experience do you have outside of them? College is not a magic job-granter ... unfortunately for all of us who are now paying the bill for it.
Questions you may want to ask yourself but not answer on an anonymous board:
-What about your area makes it hard to find work there? What about a different area would make it simpler? Personally, I live in a poor rural area with very little use for my Spanish BA or even my translation skills. If I moved just 3 hours away to then nearest big city, my ability to find relevant work would increase exponentially. I have an irrelevant full time job with benefits and am okay with that for now.
-What is relevant work to your degree? Would you be willing to take an irrelevant job to pay the bills? Many people are blaming their inability to find work on the economy - I call BS on that. There is work out there, just not necessarily work relevant to their skills. Anyone who cannot find work in retail or food service needs to seriously reconsider their employability. Anyone with a Bachelor's in a teachable field can become a teacher rather simply in the US - contact the education department of your alma mater for information on that. People refuse these jobs for many reasons, but they are there and they are an option if you choose to let them be.
-Can you find a job via the internet? The most stabilizing thing you can do for yourself is secure a job before moving. Ensure you will have income before you go anywhere - $3k will disappear quickly, even in an area with a low cost of living, when you start dealing with rental deposits and moving costs. It cost me over one thousand dollars in deposits to move into the house I currently live in ... I'm in one of the poorest areas of the country with one of the lowest costs of living. There will be a deposit on the house and probably each utility too.
-How strong is your relationship? Are you ready to move in together, in a strange place, after having changed your lives in a major way? The second question gives 3 situations that can crack the foundation of the strongest relationships, and you would be taking all three on at once. Perhaps you could seek separate roommates and lodging for a period of time, maybe 3 months, 6 months, or a year, to allow you time to adjust to the new place and your new jobs before moving in together. Financial dependence (one of you on the other) is very stressful, especially if you both move there together and only one finds a job, as other posters have mentioned.

The short answer for your situation is "no!" But with minor alterations to your idea, you can have a sound plan that can get you not only a job in your field, but your independence and a stronger relationship with your boyfriend.