As Beat Ups said, you can't expect an employer to hire you from the other side of the country.
I would get calls from low hour pilots looking for that first break, and would tell them that, 'I can't employ a pilot over the phone, but if you are here, your chances greatly increase, but not telling you to come up here... that is your desicion.'
There are some who are lucky and some that have to wait, but persistance will pay off one day!