How to manage relocating for a new job

FALLBROOK – Moving can be a considerable undertaking. While working professionals who are single or married with no children may find it easier to move than men and women with families, it's fair to say that anyone who is moving in the near future has some significant work ahead of them.

In its Job Relocation Survey, the moving company Allied Van Lines found that people move for a variety of reasons. Fifty percent of the 3,500 respondents indicated they relocated for career advancement or money, and many more indicated they relocated because of a job transfer, 12 percent, their companies moved...