Good morning, Mustachians:
Please bear with me as I try to keep this coherent. My fiancee may have a situation where through various circumstances, 2 different offices within her company wish to have her come aboard.
Job 1: Out of state move: same job she's doing now, slightly better pay based on higher COL. Her 'dream' location.
Job 2: No move necessary: considered a promotion, much better pay than job 1. It's a full time travelling gig (home on most weekends), which would be her 'dream' job (she loves to travel, even for business when she's done it in the past).
She initially interviewed for Job 2 soon after 2015 began, but the posting was delayed due to various mergers and corporate nonsense that postponed it. She wrote it off as a lost cause, but this week, an executive in Job 2's office reached out to her and said that they hired the person who would supervise my fiancee, and that person would like to do a Skype interview early next week. Sounds like the fire has been re-kindled.
Job 1 came about 2 weeks ago; a director out of Job 1's office reached out to my fiancee randomly as a vacancy opened up out there and asked if she'd like to move. Obviously it intrigued my fiancee as it's her dream location, and we both have friends there. She went through a couple of interviews with various higher ups because it seemed like Job 2 was never going to follow through.
The issue: Through the grapevine, she found out that she's very very likely to get an offer from Job 1 late this week/early next. They'll probably expect her to be out there within 30 days. But, she would rather take Job 2 if she got it since it would lead to more professional growth and quicker promotions down the line.
The questions:
Should she proactively reach out to the Job 1 people and tell them that the Job 2 people had reached out to her again?
Should she wait until an actual offer comes in from the Job 1 people before telling them that Job 2 is talking to her?
Should she approach this in a different way?
Notes: I'm flexible in my career, and about to go back to school anyway for graduate work. I have the ability to work from home, so I'm not really a factor in all this. Plus I'm pretty easygoing so whatever makes her happy won't impede my progress/goals. Also, this mega-corp nonsense makes me frustrated. You'd think that different offices would talk to each other in a way, but alas, here we are.