I noticed that all the types you mentioned have good automatics, is that a hint?
Caveat: In my outfit, circling approaches are allowed, but if the conditions are below VMC, your judgement may be questioned if you selected an IAL with circle-to-land if a runway aligned approach was available.
In the all engines operating case, at 3nm/900' to touch, with conditions better than those required for circling, I would definitely consider climbing back to the circling minima (or circuit altitude) and having another go.
Thinking being: I've done all the hard work to fly an IAL and get visual. If I am down here, comfortable, visual, within the circling area, with conditions greater than those required for circling, we are in a strong position, why chuck all that away to start again?
In the 717 it is quite simple. Select the circuit/circling altitude (level change). Select the runway track. Engage autopilot. 717 will quite happily climb to circuit/circling altitude in landing configuration with all engines operating.
I'll be at the circling/circuit altitude by the threshold. Fly it round the circuit with the GCP*. No problem.
If you feel like being a little more efficient when it is VMC, maybe retract flaps to approach setting (F18 for 717) and hard select the minimum speed for that flap setting. Leave the gear down.
If however the conditions were marginal or I didn't like the situation I was getting us into, I'd advance the throttles and tickle the TOGA and get out of there.
*Guidance Control Panel. Central glareshield panel where you can 'hard select' speed, hdg/track, bank angle, altitude, and vertical speed/flight path angle. See knurled knobs and wheels in picture below.
