Personal Dilemma Paper

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Personal Dilemma Paper Jessica M. Royapen CJA 324 June 6, 2012 Stacey Kircher Personal Dilemma Paper In this current time, many people are faced with personal dilemmas in their professional life that sometimes makes it uneasy for individuals to make decisions that affect their personal life. During this paper the writer will address a personal dilemma that is currently overwhelming her professionally and personally, the writer will discuss alternative courses of action that she has contemplated and the decision that was made. The writer will address her reasoning behind her decision to her dilemma and cover the outcome of the decision that she made. A dilemma is a “situation in which a choice must be made between alternative courses of action or argument” (The Free Dictionary By Farlex, N.D). The writer is facing a personal dilemma in her professional life, and Jessica is afraid that the wrong decision will affect her personal life tremendously. Jessica, who is currently a sergeant with the Florida Department of Corrections and has been with the department for seven years, went up for promotion. Now Jessica was under the impression that she would be utilized on the mid-night shift beginning at twelve and ends at eight in the morning for training purposes only and would be moved back to her original shift in three months. The reason why this is such a dilemma for Jessica is because her husband Gary is a promoter for some local nightclubs, and works mid shifts hours as well. The problem is that they have two children whom are not in the latch key kid stages and are only ages five and seven and are not able to be self-sufficient quit yet. To make matters worse her department has decided to go twelve hour shifts leaving Jessica with no options. This calls for a major babysitting dilemma. The alternative courses of action that Jessica has

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