Relocatinh to costal north carolina (Charlotte, Wilmington: sales, find a job, wedding)

[Ftsorc]

Hi all I've been reading many post on this subject but wanted to start one of my own to get some more personal resonces. Me and my fiancé currently live on long island and the cost of housing is overwhelming. We been looking and talking about a move to north Carolina for years now and now that I have friends living down there (Charlotte) we really wanna move. Some info I am looking for is how hard is it is o find a job along the cost I and my wife to be are bolth managers at a local supermarket chain which is what I would be looking to do down there or construction if I could get into it without experience. We will be moving in about a year and a half after our wedding were planning on me going down first until I find a job so we will still have her income at first. We will have about 30 k in savings to help out as well so what areas are best for a young couple to find a job and settle down close to the beach (~45 mins) we would like to be a day trip from the banks as well this is why willminton might not be the best for us but its not an end all if it's 4 hours away
Thanks in advance

[carolinadawg2]

You should read through the many existing threads on this board asking some variation of this same question. The cities you probably want to focus on are Greenville, New Bern, Jacksonville and Wilmington.

[Ftsorc]

Yeah I have read many my concern is work in the food industry manly as I would be looking for a manager type position and/or job avalibility in general

[carolinadawg2]

One of the more dominant grocery store chains in NC is Food Lion. Their website (foodlion.com) currently lists the following management jobs:

Grocery Sales Manager in Jacksonville
Meat Manager in Jacksonville
Evening Manager in Jacksonville
HPCD Grocery Sales Manager in Jacksonville
HPCD Deli Bakery manager in Jacksonville
HPCD Assistant Store Manager in Jacksonville
Meat Manager in New Bern
Assistant Store Manager in New Bern
Deli Bakery Sales Manager in Greenville
Customer Service Manager in Greenville
HPCD Market Sales Manager in Greenville
HPCD Deli Bakery Sales Manager in Greenville
HPCD Produce Sales Manager in Greenville
Evening Manager in Greenville
Store Manager in Greenville
FT Center Store Manager in Greenville

Good luck!

[Ftsorc]

Wow that's awesome is it a new store and funny thing is that my store just merged with food lion or our corporate parents did

[goldenage1]

Originally Posted by Ftsorc

we would like to be a day trip from the banks as well this is why willminton might not be the best for us but its not an end all if it's 4 hours away

It is a good suggestion to submit your resume to a chain store like Food Lion. However, You might also try Lowes Food and Harris Teeter. Greenville, Jacksonville, Morehead City and New Bern are good options if you want to be close to the Outer Banks.

[Ftsorc]

Anyone ever work for any of these chains I know they don't have unions like up here I am wondering how it is working for them and if the hire full time or only part time

[carolinadawg2]

Try glassdoor.com

[goldenage1]

Originally Posted by Ftsorc

Anyone ever work for any of these chains I know they don't have unions like up here I am wondering how it is working for them and if the hire full time or only part time

A neighbor works for Food Lion. They are maximizing the number of part-time employees in order to avoid health care costs. The people who work for Food Lion full time have been there a long time. I assume they are grateful to have any job with benefits.

[Ftsorc]

Yeah that's what they been doing since Obama care.