To be Fed up - Job related feedback

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Long story short, I fell into my job after Uni it was only ever to be a 6 month role whilst I decided what to do so never my vocation or calling but it turned out I was quite good at it - sales and it paid well so 10 years later and three children later all was still going well.
That is until we moved up north, not just up north but completely the wrong part of the north west it would seem because twice I've got to 2nd stage of the recruitment process only to be told great candidate but she lives a bit far away (an hour down the motorway).
Is this a complete crock or am I jepodising my whole potential career by living in a nice place not a bustling city ?
I've done contract work where I've dragged my ass out of bed at 6am to travel 2 hours to make sure I'm not late (with a three month old BF baby at the time too) so it's not like I have an issue with the travel.
There must be more to it surely ?

Yes that might be the answer, thinking cap on ..... thanks for replying

no yanbu , could it be paying expenses etc for the extra travel/ time? i spose firms are always looking to cut down and if there are 2 candidates of equal standing and 1 is further away?

it has nothing to do with them where you live. so long as you agree to turn up ontime & fit for work, then the rest of your domestic/personal life is utterly irrelevant to yur ability to do the job.
in fact, this could count as being discrimation.
you don't want to make a fuss & alienate potential employers, but you don't have to give them details about your home when in interview, just calmly say that your domestic arangements are not part of the interview, and will not intrude upon the work.
good luck with the job hunt

i dont think you are being unreasonable. However in the past, i have taken into consideration travelling distance when making the final cut, sometimes based on experience of people not staying if they live more than a certain distance ie the commute is fine in summer but 2 hours sitting on a motorway in the rain regularly means people wont stick.

However, as a southerner, wouldn't exlude anyone on the basis of an hour commute, we'd never get any candidates!