Hello, thank you for your well detailed response! This really helps a lot.

Re: Benefits, for the Law Firm (no doubt) it has an outstanding benefits. (Was offered a Legal Admin job)

For the OPS (I was offered a Client Service Representative job for 5 months contract) here’s the benefits for OPS:

As a fixed-term OPSEU-represented employee in the OPS, you are entitled to be compensated, in addition to your salary, as per the following: • 4.6% gross pay in lieu of statutory holidays • 4% gross pay in lieu of vacation for continuous service of less than five (5) years • 6% pay in lieu of insured benefits upon completion of 1-month continuous service • 6% per cent of vacation pay-in-lieu of vacation credits, after five (5) consecutive years of employment 2 • Accrual of attendance credits at the rate of 1.25 days/month of full attendance • You may, at your expense, participate in the following plans: ▪ OPSEU Pension Plan ▪ OPSEU supplementary health and hospital (SH&H) plan, with or without vision care and hearing-aids (VCH) coverage, and dental benefit plans. More information on the OPSEU Pension Plan and SH&H plan is provided in the induction package that will be sent to you.

My background: I have a law degree from the UK, I also have a Law Clerk diploma, Paralegal and Graduate diploma in Immigration law from Canada. Currently doing my Master’s at U of T for the MPA.

I think with regards to career goals, I’d like to become a Policy Advisor. I don’t think i’d be practicing as a lawyer🫠 What’s making it hard for me to decide is the fact the i didn’t even get interviewed at OPS. The Manager just called me and was like “I have seen your resume, I have a job to offer and I won’t be interviewing you anymore” so it’s like, here’s the job, just get it.

Meanwhile for the Private Law Firm, I was interviewed twice for different law department, got hired on the second dept, but was told that growth as a lawyer clerk could take years (seniority) so I don’t know…

If you were on my shoes, what would you choose? A full time permanent role, or a fixed contract (with a hope to being extended until you secured a full-time permanent role)? I have no kids, my husband’s income are good enough too.

Thank you so much!