S1 #8 Amy Alexander
Hailing from the coolest little capital, we’d like to introduce you to our next guest is Amy Alexander. Starting hospitality at a pizza place on Vancouver Island, Amy has gone on to have an impressively varied career.
We wanted to chat to her, to share her story and inspire (you) our viewers with the career possibilities one can find within the hospitality industry. Amy has done everything from Events, and Corporates, to Management and co-founding her own bottled drinks company. She has a wealth of experience, and we believe she is a true testament to the many different career pathways the hospitality industry can take you through. We left this interview feeling incredibly inspired, and we hope you do to!
A journey through Amy’s hospo career (2:11) The big move to New Zealand (8:09) Wellington becomes home (9:54) Entering into event management (12:48) Pernod & the corporate switch (13:30) Today: software & co-founding a bottled cocktail company (14:13) Canadian and New Zealand industry similarities (15:08) What does it take to move from hospo to corporate (18:30) Advice for anyone who wants to apply to a corporate company (23:22) On the bottled cocktails (26:27) Advice for anyone who wants to start up a business (28:30) What’s helped you maintain life balance (31:40) Challenges and getting through them (23:20) Skills developed in hospitality transferable to other career paths (36:15) Words on industry change (40:08) Perspective & what’s getting you through this year (45:54) Advice for those in hospo going through a challenging year (48:45) Life in Whistler during the Winter Olympics (52:04)