Looking For A Professional Roommate
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Looking For A Professional Roommate
If you're holding down a full-time job and are worried about attracting a roommate who is too young, immature, or unemployed, consider carefully the wording you use in your online roommate match profile. People sometimes are afraid to give out too much information to the exclusion of things that really should be shared up front. As a working professional, you have different roommate requirements than someone in college or university would have. For one thing, the roommate has to be able to pay their share of the bills regularly. They also have to respect working schedules, allowing quiet time when the other roommate has to rest for work, etc.
So how do you go about attracting this type of roommate match without sounding discriminatory in your ad? There's nothing wrong with specifying that you need a roommate who is a working professional within a certain age group. You cannot specify sex, sexual orientation (unless you're advertising on a gay roommate matching site), ethnicity, religious affiliation, etc.
When you're looking for the perfect roommate, remember that you have to share not only your apartment or condo, but your lifestyle with this person. To avoid any conflicts down the road, be clear about the type of roommate you need, especially when it comes to looking for someone who is mature, and is gainfully employed.
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