If this describes you - social, outgoing, friendly, enjoys meeting and helping people, energetic, wants to live in other places, works well as part of a team - consider the Hospitality Industry.A young woman I know took a job after college as the night auditor at a major chain hotel in Washington, DC.  After working her way up to the accounting/billing office, she requested a transfer to anywhere in Western Europe and landed a job in London for 4 years. There she met her future husband, a food and beverage manager who had gotten to London the same way.They moved back to Boston - both still working for the hotel - and she pursued a Masters Degree with partial financial help from her employer. After completing her degree, they asked to move to the West Coast and scored positions in San Diego. She is now a comptroller and can pretty much write her own ticket. Where to next - Hawaii maybe?My point is that if you are willing to work hard, demonstrate great people skills and deliver excellent customer service with a smile, the hotel and restaurant business is a great place to be.A friend’s daughter started as a bartender for Hard Rock Cafe and eventually became a bar trainer. They sent her to each new location to set up and train the bar staff.  She has lived in foreign cities around the world throughout her 20’s and early 30’s as a result of her job and can do attitude.Daniel Craig, General Manager of Opus Hotel in Vancouver, recently wrote a blog entry including some tips for how to get started: How to get a job in a hotel without experience or education? No problem. Hotels used to be really uppity about hiring the young and inexperienced, but times have changed. Many hotels, particularly big ones, are desperate for staff. This doesn’t mean that even though you have a ring in your nose and a chip on your shoulder you can walk into a high-paying executive position. It means if you are well-groomed, outgoing and have a great attitude you should be able to land an entry-level job. Even a little whippersnapper fresh out of high school can. Yes way.The key is you have to be open to anything - delivering room service, cleaning rooms, bussing tables, fanning the GM at any time on any day of the week. Yes, that might mean - gasp - graveyard shifts. We stopped calling them graveyards a long time ago for obvious reasons, so don’t be fooled by euphemisms like night shifts or shift work. If you want to work in guest services or management, the reality is that night shifts are a right of passage. The great news is you get to witness bizarre things that nine-to-fivers never see. Night shifts make you stronger, more knowledgeable and less afraid of the dark.Go to http://tinyurl.com/38rfab to read his complete entry.PS  Vancouver is another fabulous place to live for a while!