This episode of Work This Way by FOUNDRY features Carmen Davies, the community manager for the Dolphin Shopping Centre, who shares her diverse career journey. Carmen's unique path includes roles as an NHS night receptionist, a motorbike training center worker, insurance seller, and a French oven company product manager. She moved from South Africa to Poole at 12 and lived in various places. Carmen narrated her experiences at her first job in an advertising magazine, working for Zurich insurance, her travels in a Winnebago across Europe, and her stint at A&E as a receptionist. She also discussed managing the clash between family responsibilities and work, and what led her to hospitality and eventually to managing community initiatives at the Dolphin Centre.