Her Story
About Tashley
My career path began with a short stint in property management, where I found satisfaction in helping potential residents through the process and sharing insights about properties. That experience naturally led me into recruiting, which really kicked off my HR career and has been at my core ever since. Throughout my career, the majority of my work has been in early careers, with a bigger focus on program management under the overarching umbrella of talent development. In my day-to-day work, I do a lot of analysis to understand our current population, what's working and what's not working. I also look at predictions to understand what might be required from both a short-term perspective and longer term, ensuring that what we're doing today truly supports the company holistically. One of my most notable professional achievements is something I always reflect on to this day. I worked very closely with the founder of WayUp for the first ever National Intern Day. Seeing it fast forward to now, where it is truly a national event where all companies actively engage in it, seeing it all on social media and within organizations, and then seeing the recognition expand to have multiple categories, knowing that I was personally involved in the first ever event is truly something that I'm super proud of. I've always been an athlete and was a Division I basketball player in college, which taught me valuable lessons about teamwork and balancing multiple priorities. I was an organizational leadership major, and after that I pursued certain courses from a healthcare perspective. I received my PMP certification in the fall of 2024, which is fairly recent. Outside of formalized training, I'm always an advocate for learning because I'm always very curious, so from a micro-learning perspective, I'm always on the hunt for knowledge.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Tashley
01What do you attribute your success to?
I think my natural curiosity and the drive for operational excellence have been key to my success. I always strive to generally treat others how I want to be treated, and I think that's carried me very far. Having long-standing relationships has been incredibly important to me throughout my career.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say you are 100% correct in how you're thinking. Believe yourself the first time. I think I would also say definitely have mentors and learn from others' experience. That was something that, even just growing up, was kind of difficult for me. Now, as an older person, I'll think back on advice that was right, but I just disregarded it. But also trust your own mind. If you're thinking something and it's something that keeps coming up, trust yourself. And it's okay to fail. I think that's the piece. Failing is inevitable, but the art of failing fast will take you much further. Being okay with failing is so important.
03What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
I would say there are many different generations within the workforce today, and the overall desire for recent graduates from a high school perspective to pursue certain skill sets is depleting. You see a decline in students pursuing certain areas that are needed within the workforce of today. I think also, from an enterprise perspective, most companies are doing quite a bit of analysis to understand overarching how the integration of AI and things of that nature truly impacts the workforce and the overall needs of the business, and translating that into people and skills. There's a lot of work right now just understanding overarching impact and understanding what are the new skills. Understanding, do we buy that talent, do we borrow that maybe from a different market that we have, or do we develop that? I would say that's probably the biggest challenge right now from a talent perspective - understanding the overarching needs and how those needs change over the course of the years to come.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I think definitely respect - respect for people, but also for processes and things of that nature. And with that, probably also care. I'm very passionate about my work, I'm very passionate about people, and care is at the core of that. So I think respect and care are two values from a personal and professional perspective that I live through.
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