This weeks guest is Laura Nielsen - Territory Manager for PMA Canada. Currently living in London, Ontario, Laura originally grew up in St Thomas, Ontario. Laura got her start in The Industry while still in high school when she got a job at a local pizzeria. After a year or so, Laura eventually landed a job as a Sandwich Artist at Subway. It was while at Subway, that Laura moved in to a management role. This would become the first of many management roles that Laura has had through her career.
After graduating high school Laura moved to Guelph Ontario. Laura attended the University of Guelph where she graduated with a B.A. in Criminal Justice. Having a love of musical theatre, Laura got herself an agent in Toronto to help her land auditions and roles in acting/singing/modelling/theatre. It was during this time that Laura got a job at Wine Rack where she eventually moved into a Supervisor/Manager role once again. Laura eventually moved on to working as a bartender/server/manager/supervisor while going to auditions in Toronto for 4 years.
In 2011, Laura moved back to London and worked at a corporate Moxie’s for 3 to 4 years as a supervisor/keyholder/head trainer. From there, Laura moved on to McCabes where she was hired as a manager and then shortly thereafter became the General Manager and stayed there for 6 years. Laura gained loads of experience with opening a restaurant and managing people….hiring…firing…training…creating menus….admin work…and being on call eight days a week!
Eventually, Laura moved on to PMA Canada in April 2019.
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