Introductory Blog Post!

Welcome everyone from EMPR 200, I’d like to introduce you to a few parts of my life!

Personally
My name is Julia Golden and I am in the last semester of my Bachelors of Linguistics. I am originally from the GTA, with a diverse family of first generation Canadians.
I am (almost) quintilingual, speaking English, French, Spanish, German and currently learning Punjabi.
Fun Fact, I also have a lovely pet snake named Noodle.

Professionally
I am a full time General Manager of a popular pizza store in downtown Kingston. I worked my way up from my part time position as a CSR to General Manager during my second to my fourth (current) year of my degree, and have thoroughly enjoyed balancing the full time school and full time work life! I now manage an amazing team of 50+ team members whom I have almost all exclusively recruited, interviewed and trained.

Interest in Employment Relations
I believe my interest in employment relations begins with my mom, who has worked as a change-management HR leader for the past 10 years; the material she now teaches globally was unheard of before, and her team brought forth its importance.
My interest has only continued to grow due to my own management experience. I have generally done my own research and learned via my own experiences the majority of the laws & techniques I know and use today. The interactions i have with my team and my customers continues to intrigue me more and more into all the complex aspects of the various relations that can arise. The section of the syllabus about our Professor studying the dynamics of conflict and collaboration at work really spoke to me, as that is one of the key aspects of what I have been doing the past two years!
I genuinely look forward to increasing my own knowledge of the different aspects of employment relations. I hope to employ my newfound knowledge at my own workplace, and hope to help pass along this knowledge to my Assistant Managers to continue in their own personal development!