Stop being a baby. Life and more specifically, your career isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Sometimes to move forward you must relocate and uproot from your current location. If you have worked at every promo agency in Dallas I don’t know what you expect me to do. But, judging by your incessant whining it looks like you expect me to start an Ad agency just for you. Because you seem to think, once you move, the road back to wherever you came from is going to be decimated. And you are never to return again. Dude. Ever heard of planes, trains, and automobiles? (The transportation, not the movie) If you are going to miss your friends THAT much that weekend visitations are just not long enough to suck up a dose of happy then maybe you should all move out to the deserts of Vegas and start a commune.

Unexpectedly, I find men are more difficult to deal with when it comes to the prospect of leaving their “homeland”. I had a female candidate who was assaulted on a train the day before her interview that required travel to another state, who still showed up with bruised face and all. Hardcore. Then, simultaneously, I have a male candidate telling me he can’t move because he needs to be around people who understand him and that he can’t go anywhere where he doesn’t have friends. Really? I am pretty sure I am sending you to an agency FULL of people; not a lone, dark, wet, cell where you must dwell for all eternity. Secondly, I don’t even want to send you to my agencies at this point because I get the feeling you are going to try and make them have cry circles after work where you discuss your feelings. Weird. You should have known when you got into this business that it would require moving at some point. However, don’t call me telling me you really want a job, anywhere, and then when the client is interested start pouting and giving me your stream of consciousness over the phone about all of your insecurities. I do not specialize in breathing exercises and co-dependency management. What I do specialize in is getting you a job that translates to a promotion and more money. If that is what you want, call me.

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