By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
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I’m starting with a company on Monday and interviewing within the same organization for a different position coming up. What do I do?
Starting with a company on Monday, and now interviewing with the same organization for a different position. What do I do? And, you know, what it is, it’s the difference between working for a local affiliate, and the national company. It’s the same company, but one’s local and one’s at headquarters.
So, instead of getting passed over by national, they’re still interviewing, and they really prefer working for national. So, they’ve been offered a position. But now, they have to interview with the national company.
So, what do they do? Now, unless this is a franchise, and let’s say it’s McDonald’s local, and McDonald’s corporate, and I have no reason to think it is, but I’m just using an example. If this is a franchise operation, you’re working for a local franchisee, no issue whatsoever, and you don’t have to raise the subject. But let’s say it’s a bank, just for the sake of argument, and you’re working at a branch versus working at headquarters, it’s different.
So, what I would say is, with your interview coming up, you know, I would first try and accelerate this thing and simply say, you know, I’ve got another offer, and I’ve accepted it from your organization, working at the branch level, working at the local affiliate. But I really prefer working at corporate. So, I want to continue interviewing and not get closed off.
But I want to give you the courtesy of letting you know. Now, they may say we have to let the local affiliate know. And that brings up another problem for you, whether or not you’re prepared to lose the job locally, to get to have the chance to get the job at headquarters.
Talk it through with them. Do not hesitate to do that, especially since you’re talking about starting the following Monday. You know, lay the cards open and listen to what they have to say.
And then make your choice. Because for now, there’s a risk, a consequence. And if you pretend that you don’t have this other offer, they’re going to find that anyway, because you’re in the database, you’re in the HR system.
You know, they have you starting on Monday. They’ve got, you know, paperwork for on
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