<p>This last May, I graduated from an excellent university in New York City. I had saved up a ton of money to job hunt full time. While I eventually took a temp job and a poorly paid part time job to extend the time I was able to job search, 6 1/2 months later I find myself back home in Los Angeles due to lack of funds. </p>
<p>While I look for a job here, and save up money to return to NYC to try again, I would like to continue searching for jobs in New York City. I've even been recommended recently to a couple of jobs in NYC by individuals who had previously interviewed me for positions. I can expect to hear from the new interviewers this week. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any tips on how I might do this? I need to be able to figure out how to determine how interested in me a company is before I fly out to NYC just for an interview. And on that note, is it best to hide the fact that I'm across the country and just insist on the latest interview date possible, to guarantee I can find a flight (that I can afford...)? </p>
<p>I'm looking for entry to mid-level positions in Television Research (Audience and Ad Sales research, involves Nielsen TV ratings), as well as entry/assistant level positions in Creative Development for Film and TV. I also have a political science double major and have experience working with game theorists at a respectable company. I mention all this because I'm not sure how the type of work might affect the Hiring Manager or Executive's leniency or lack of leniency for cross-country applications. </p>
<p>I'd appreciate any advice you all could give me. I'm sure some people must have gone through this before. And yes, before you say anything, I know LA has more jobs relevant to my qualifications and experience than NYC. But I love the latter so much more. </p>
<p>And on the matter of the majors I chose, I know that these are network-heavy industries. I've already had six internships and I'm relatively certain I'll find a full-time job in LA very quickly, but I don't want to get pigeonholed here and lose out on the opportunity to be much happier in NYC.</p>