Permanent vs temp to hire job dilemma (degree, reputation, career)

[jpcpham123]

Hi folks,

Choice #1 - I just recently signed up for Accountemps with Robert half and I have gotten placed within a "temp to hire" position with Hilton Grand Vacations as a business coordinator paying $13/hour and is full time.

PROS:

Very valuable accounting experience
Good reputation for a hotel industry, looks good on my resume,

CONS:
"temp to hire" - can be let go at anytime. Lack of Job security
sub par grades during masters program - I will be too exhausted to even pay attention in my evening classes



Choice #2 - I have a second job that is part-time and is on campus at school. It pays $13.35 an hour and during breaks I am allowed to work 40 hours a week. This job is a guarantee that will last until I graduate college with my Masters of Accounting degree. Therefore it will last 1.5 years because that is when I will finish school.

PROS:
Job security
Getting good grades during the masters program because there is a lot of downtime at work and my boss does not mind I do my homework and browse the net.
The job is descent in terms of relevance to my bachelors degree in accounting.

CONS:
The work experience on campus is no where near as a good as Hilton.



I am having a difficult time choosing one of these decisions. I am leaning towards the on campus position because the positives seem to outweigh the negatives. I read some posts on here and one quote that rang to me is "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." The on campus position is guaranteed like the bird in the hand while the position at the Hilton is the two in the bush because there is no true guarantee. I don't want to vest my time and energy in working hard for Hilton just to be let go after several months and not have anything all together.

Opinions?

[fishbrains]

You forgot to factor in schedules.

Hilton will have no reason to work with your course schedule, the college will.

Take the on campus job.

[Ladywithafan]

There's really no job security anywhere anymore. Hilton is corporate & you'd get your foot in the door.

[jpcpham123]

That is 1-1 so far in terms of being dead even..

[Kurinji]

I agree that there's no longer such a thing as job security. I'm leaning towards the on campus job.

[Dakotaxx]

I agree with the other posters the campus job sounds like a better fit in the long run. Good luck with whichever job you choose.

[jpcpham123]

That is a 3-1 vote so far. I mean temp to hire is definitely risky business. I was planning on going to the career fair in October and I will probably end up finding a paid internship that is much better because It ends up cutting out the middle man so if they like me they can hire me directly without the contingency of paying out hidden fees to the temp agency.

[jpcpham123]

I wonder though why many are not voting towards Hilton? Do you folks think that the company is lying in terms of the temp to hire situation?