Jillian Moseley

I would say my support system. I've had a great support system throughout my career. Manager-wise, I've had great relationships and long-term managers who have been incredibly helpful. At Chevron, I had the same business manager for my first 5 to 6 years who was very familiar with refining and manufacturing. At Arcelor Mittal, my manager had actually started with the company when it first started up, so he was really knowledgeable and has been with me for all 5 years. Having that consistent mentorship and guidance has been crucial. But I also have a great support system at home. My parents have been a great support system, even back in my 20s when I decided to pivot and take the job instead of physical therapy. I've just been fortunate because not everybody can have a support system. When you're alone and making these decisions, that's hard. So for me, I think it's just the support system.

The best advice I've ever received, which I think really has gotten me to this point, is to make a decision and go with it. Whether it turns out good or bad, you will deal with the consequences. You can't spend days and hours and stress going over every finite thing that could come from a decision. Sometimes you just got to use the information you've got, make a decision, and deal with the consequences as they come, whether they're good or bad. I talk about this all the time with my husband. It's not necessarily really like career advice, but it's really portrayed me and gotten me to this point. We always walk that out in our household.

I would say be confident. That will portray even if you don't know, just confidence. I think that goes a long way. Shoulders back, always portray confidence. I do work in a predominantly man-driven field with manufacturing. A lot of times, people expect women to take a backseat, or maybe expect us to be more meek. You don't have to have all the answers, you don't have to be the smartest person in the room to be confident. Hold your own in a room full of men, or a room full of extremely successful people.

I've been in the industry 15 years, and I'm kind of working towards my next 5 years, what's my end goal. My kids are gonna be older, I'm gonna have more time to spend career-wise. And it's gonna be promotions. Being that it is a predominantly male role, it's hard to develop those close-knit relationships with males. You always feel as if you're not a part of maybe their inner circle. So that part, I'm always up against someone who may, I'm always up against men, not that it's wrong or bad, but I'm always up against men. So being able to have the confidence and hold my own and portray that I can hold my own in a room full of men and have the respect, I'm hoping I can keep pushing and doing that. And in the next 5 years, be team manager, then department head, things like that.

In our house, we're very family-oriented. I've been very lucky to work for family-oriented companies. But I think as far as one that we teach in our house, a value and core value that transfers over to work, is just integrity. We value honesty and truthfulness, and the ethics of being a good person, whether someone's looking or not. We teach that to our children. And then also being able to do that at work. That's just one value we've always lived by, that's how we live our lives. Having a community outside of my corporate organization is important. Being able to see and hear other women and what they've been through, and see their advice, and use the relatability of it is really important.