My dream job materialized on a whim and a phone call. I had interviewed with this law firm in 2003. The interview with the head attorney was just so-so. But he sent me a rejection letter that said I was one of the top candidates and I found out that the firm might be expanding in the future. I kept meaning to check in with this firm to see if they were hiring again. But three years went by, I got busy with my call center position, and life in general. Then one day while I was driving by, I saw that this firm had relocated into their OWN BUILDING, and I thought, how prosperous, and how close to home! Last Friday, I called and remembered the paralegal who had interviewed me in 2003. She referred me to the office manager, who said, yes, they were hiring, and could I come in that night? I did, and found out the firm had excellent benefits, and that the opening was for a replacement for a paralegal who was leaving to be with her husband in North Carolina.

I interviewed with the Managing Partner on Saturday. He sounded real tough, asking me about each job and why I left and did I do a good job at each place. I answered candidly and straightforwardly, told him confidently that I would do a good job for him. I told him that he had a very good benefits package and that my salary requirements were negotiable. I gave him references, including a law firm I had worked at for eight years. He asked me for more work experience references, and I gave them. Then he smiled and left me with the assurance that if the references checked out, that he would have a job offer for me. He called me at home the next Monday night, and just said, "Dottie, do you want to work for me?' I said yes and he offered me $1,0000.00 more than I had asked for, to do the kind of work I had trained for in a lovely new office real close to home.