When do you change your job search criteria?

When I started my job search, about 6 years and three weeks ago, I knew what I wanted:

More than I was making in my last job (I had forgone three years of raises and salaries, and really felt I was underpaid (long story)).A short commute from my house.  The commute I had just left was 30 minutes, which I didn’t like.To stay in my house. I didn’t want to uproot my family.

I’m sure I had other criteria, but those are the three that I am remembering right now.  As the weeks went by, and my job search got more pathetic, my criteria changed.

I was okay to not have such a senior level title.

I was okay to commute into the city (yuck – I cringe as I write that!!).

I was started to look at jobs that would require me to move.  And I figured if I would move outside of my town, I might as well look anywhere in the world.

What would I entertain?  I was more excited about moving overseas and working in the high tech space.  For example, I would have loved to work at TomTom… here is a link to some cool TomTom jobs.  Doesn’t that look freaking awesome?

Honestly, if I found a job a couple of hours away from my house, I might as well move 20 hours away, right?  A job at TomTom, working on that awesome technology, in another country, is exciting to me, even now

What was on YOUR list of requirements when you first started your job search, and how has your list of requirements changed?

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