My perfect job while waiting tables

by Nicole
(Grand Rapids, MI USA)

I was waiting tables at a chain restaurant right after I finished my college degree. I was down on my luck since I had graduated with a bachelor of science from a Big 10 University and I was still waiting tables for a living-full time none the less. I was working the lunch shift, and we get a lot of business people in for lunch meetings, or office lunches during this shift. I was waiting on a table of 4. They were very nice and asked me if I was attending the local University. I told them I had just graduated and was looking for work. We got to talking about my degree and they asked me a few questions, and then told me to come in and sit down with them the following week to discuss some opportunities that they may have for me, and I for them. I went in the following week, sat down with them, and accepted a job offer they offered the next day.

So even if you are not working your ideal job at the current time, if you have a good attitude and can make yourself personable, something else could come your way. If I was not friendly, outgoing, and easy to talk to I am sure the conversation and the later job opportunity would not have happened. I have been with that company for the past 3 years now, and love what I do.
I was not really looking for this job, and I think that is when the best opportunities come, sometimes when you are not looking.