Seattle Careers

I am knowledgeable about Seattle careers because I ran a career coaching and consulting company there for 10 years and I continue to maintain strong ties to the Puget Sound area. Seattle will always be one of my favorite cities.



Seattle is known for rainy drizzle, gorgeous scenery, and plentiful coffee. There are six Seattle companies named in Fortune Magazine's "Best Companies To Work For" list for 2010. They are:

1. Adobe Systems
2. Microsoft (Redmond and Issaquah)
3. Nordstrom
4. Perkins Coie
5. REI (Kent, Sumner, and Seattle)
6. Starbucks

Public Market, Seattle, WA, USA

From my experience, it isn't easy to move to Seattle and land a job without Seattle connections unless you have a terrific track record to beat out significant competition. Seattle is a city that values Seattle-based work experience and education. For this reason, many people move there and are underemployed while they build up their resumes and meet the locals. Difficult as this strategy may be, it works. Two great resources to find out what is going on in Seattle are ILoveSeattle.org and Seattle-Fun.com.

Seattle is also a city where almost everyone is Internet savvy and a lot of networking takes place online. If you don't live in Seattle and you wish to move there, one way to do so is to become an industry insider by joining online professional organizations and becoming known to the insiders who know where the job openings are.

If you are interested in moving to the Puget Sound or you are already there and exploring your employment options, here are some VocationVillage.com pages that might be helpful to you:

Seattle Advertising, Public Relations, and Design Firms
Seattle Career Coach Directory
Seattle Colleges
Seattle Government
Seattle Hospitals
Seattle Jobs Resources
Seattle Newspapers
Seattle Nonprofit Organizations
Seattle Recruiters and Employment Agencies
Seattle Technology Careers
Seattle Venture Capital