Erin Elser, 33

Erin Elser’s plan was to go into event management after college. But when she graduated from University of Florida in 2008, the only jobs she could find were unpaid internships.

At the time, her father’s title services business was booming by capitalizing on short sales and foreclosures. He sought a support administrator. Although the business, she recalls, didn’t sound “fast or sexy,” Elser decided a paycheck was a paycheck. So the two agreed she would help out and career-search at the same time.

Fast-forward 11 years: Elser is now branch manager of Majesty Title Service’s largest, most profitable and flagship office.