I am an engineer for a large corporation that has operations throughout the Southeast. In January '16 I told my management I plan to pursue a transfer within the company to Atlanta because my wife's parents are there and we are expecting our first child. We have no family near our current location. 

Since January I have applied to several internal postings and interviewed for one. I've done 8-10 informational interviews and talked to HR about what else I can do. HR says I'm doing all the right things, but here I sit 7 months later.

I decided to start applying externally, but I still have some desire to stay with my current employer if possible (good 401k, vested in pension with 8 years of service, room for professional and salary growth). I'm a good employee and I have been told they don't want to lose me. Would it make sense to tell HR and / or management that I'm looking elsewhere to force them to be more proactive about helping me move to Atlanta? Should I wait until I have a job offer to tell them?

I feel like if wait, perhaps up to a year or more, the internal transfer will eventually come. However, we are in the midst of company-wide layoffs and it is hard to say when I will be able to find something with the company in Atlanta.
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9 months into internal transfer, still no job offer, should I tell my company I'm applying for external jobs?
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I am an engineer for a large corporation that has operations throughout the Southeast. In January '16 I told my management I plan to pursue a transfer within the company to Atlanta because my wife's parents are there and we are expecting our first child. We have no family near our current location. 

Since January I have applied to several internal postings and interviewed for one. I've done 8-10 informational interviews and talked to HR about what else I can do. HR says I'm doing all the right things, but here I sit 7 months later.

I decided to start applying externally, but I still have some desire to stay with my current employer if possible (good 401k, vested in pension with 8 years of service, room for professional and salary growth). I'm a good employee and I have been told they don't want to lose me. Would it make sense to tell HR and / or management that I'm looking elsewhere to force them to be more proactive about helping me move to Atlanta? Should I wait until I have a job offer to tell them?

I feel like if wait, perhaps up to a year or more, the internal transfer will eventually come. However, we are in the midst of company-wide layoffs and it is hard to say when I will be able to find something with the company in Atlanta.
user
Should I tell my company I want to transfer to a different city and apply for external jobs to
assistant