I hate it when someone or some thing throws a wrench into a decision I already made.
As some of you know, I came back to dancing after losing a job I had.. well, I have been kicking around ideas, and I have even invested some of my savings into real estate so that I can secure my future, but my knees aren't getting any better and neither is my bursistus or the arthritis I currently have in my joints.
So, about a month ago, I answered an ad from a law firm looking for a case assistant. The firm practices injury law and worker's comp law cases. I have an extensive Human Resource background and I thought What the heck, I'll apply...
After I applied, a regular of another dancer and I were talking (I have never danced for him ever, and I found out that I used to date his cousin when I was in high school- yeah, Idaho is a smalll world).. so he and I are talking and I mention that I applied for this position at this firm and I had an interview. He pipes up and says, "Did you know that I am an attorney as well, and I work in Employment law?" Then, he suggests that I send him my resume and he will help me fine tune it. I do so and he tells me that he is impressed with my background etc...
So , I interview at this other firm and they call me back for a second interview and I need to provide references and I run into him at the club again and he starts asking me about my job search.
We start chatting and he tells me to use him as a reference- no mention of what I am currently doing (we made a pact and promise that we would not use the club in regards to how we knew eachother, but instead use the small world tactics of me dating a member of his family a long time ago).
This was three weeks ago.
To make a long story short, he gave me an incredible reference. The morning that I am suppose to go into the law firm that I orginially applied for to have a round table interview, his (the regular customer) office manager calls me and asks me if I would be interested in a case manager position with their firm and we set up a job interview.
Long story short:
I got both jobs. I'm not sure which one to take. I want to take the one with the regular customer because he practices a form of law that I am very familiar with because of my HR background, but I am also nervous to do so because of what I have been doing and he used to bring clients in. I have to quit the club if I take that job because they have a strict no moonlighting policy- I have no issue with that anyways, because once I decide which one to take, I'm retiring.
On the other hand, I'd like the other one too because I essentially got it on my own- but he forwarded my resume to the office manager who essentially decides who has experience, and who doesn't and he wants me on his team at his firm.
I ran into the regular at the club on Thursday and he told me to turn the other firm down.
I'm just confused. I hate making these decisions. I Just don't want to make the wrong decision and be stuck looking again.
Pay- well, they both pay around the same, and the benefits are around the same as well.
I have to make a decision by tomorrow.
Either way, I am retiring in two weeks, my body just can't take this anymore...
SO..... input?



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, do with it what you will, sounds like your instincts are telling you to take the offer you got on your own, that's probably the one I'd take too. Plus it gives you the opportunity to moonlight if you wanted to, plus I'm guessing you'd have less uncomfortable moments with the customer/friend/reference or clients who would know you from the club. 

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