For a permanent job:
If you are applying for a sale/admin. assistant, intern, secretary or very
entry level of tech job, it's common they just hire locally and don't pay
for your travel and hotel. If this job is high tech (usually master's
degree required) or mid level or higher where nationwide hunt is common,
then this is not a good company you want to stay. When they are miser about
mere $1000 expense, how do you expect them to spend on projects or get
business.
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