Varied experience or known quantity?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:45 pm
Trying to decide between two job opportunities.
One is with the state AG's office. I've been there a year. Can return for another year. Same section, so same experience. Pretty sweet gig, attorneys are super nice, I can work remotely sometimes, etc.
Other is with the City Attorney. Pays a little more. Tiny office. WAY closer to where I live so massive gas $$ savings. Attorneys seem nice, but obviously I don't know how the office runs. Would be doing very different types of law than the section I'm in at the AG's office.
Neither of them are likely to turn into a post-grad job, but I have seen other local City attorney offices hiring recently, whereas the AG's office pretty much only hires with experience unless you get in through the Honors Attorney program. (Which I most likely wouldn't.)
I've gotten very positive reactions to having the AG's office on my resume, don't want to take something that's not as well thought of, but it seems like they'd be comparable?
Any thoughts?
One is with the state AG's office. I've been there a year. Can return for another year. Same section, so same experience. Pretty sweet gig, attorneys are super nice, I can work remotely sometimes, etc.
Other is with the City Attorney. Pays a little more. Tiny office. WAY closer to where I live so massive gas $$ savings. Attorneys seem nice, but obviously I don't know how the office runs. Would be doing very different types of law than the section I'm in at the AG's office.
Neither of them are likely to turn into a post-grad job, but I have seen other local City attorney offices hiring recently, whereas the AG's office pretty much only hires with experience unless you get in through the Honors Attorney program. (Which I most likely wouldn't.)
I've gotten very positive reactions to having the AG's office on my resume, don't want to take something that's not as well thought of, but it seems like they'd be comparable?
Any thoughts?