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Propelling Gen Y Toward their Professional Destiny

May 19, 2010 by

[HTML1] Valerie Hausladen is an Austin-based author, speaker, and consultant, who coined the term and wrote the book Professional Destiny, in which she explains how you can discover the career you were born for.

Valerie joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about the idea that we all have special gifts and talents, and that we’re most fulfilled when we’re expressing those. She also shares the steps to overcoming obstacles, like fear, inaction, and self-doubt, to set you on the path to finding your professional destiny.

More about Valerie Hausladen
Valerie is an Austin,Texas-based author, speaker, and consultant. Through her interactions with thousands of Fortune 100 and entrepreneurial professionals, Valerie realized that those who are truly fulfilled by their work are making full use of their natural talents. She describes this as finding your Professional Destiny, and has written a book detailing how you can find the career you are destined for.
Valerie is also president and founder of Edge Leadership Group, a nontraditional management consulting team based in Austin and servicing clients nationwide. She is a graduate of Stanford University and has recently served on the Board of Directors for the Miracle Foundation, American Red Cross and the marketing committee for the People’s Community Clinic.
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About Tamara Bell

Tamara Bell is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Y Gen Out Loud, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that provides a platform for Generation Yto discuss national politics and public policy issues.

Tamara began her journalism career as a staff reporter for the Dallas Times Herald. A few years later, she moved to York, Pa., as a political reporter for the York Dispatch, covering local, state, and national government as well as writing investigative stories for the mid-sized daily newspaper.

A Texas girl at heart, Tamara returned to Dallas a year later to work as press relations director for the re-election campaign of U.S. Rep. John Bryant. The next year, she moved to Austin and the Texas Legislature, where she stayed for 15 years. While at the Legislature, Tamara worked for Democratic House members as Chief-of-Staff and Press Secretary, and as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Senate State Affairs Committee chaired by a Republicansenator.

In 1996, Tamara became co-owner of a political newsletter covering state issues and elections. As Editor-in-Chief, Tamara helped shape the weekly publication into a must-read for state officials, legislative aides, and lobbyists. More recently, Tamara wrote a regular column analyzing coverage by the Texas Capitol Press Corps for an online political publication. She also works as a lecturer in the Advertising Department at The University of Texasat Austin.

Tamara has also been a judge for the 2010 Bright Ideas Award given by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association, served as a panelist at the Society of Professional Journalists 2010 Region 8 Conference where the theme was How to Save Journalism, and has been a guest lecture for the Advertising Department’s Internship course, speaking about the jobs outlook for graduating seniors.

Tamara earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin, and her B.A. in Journalism from Texas A&M University. She resides in Austin with her son, Jackson.

Tamara Bell is also the Host of Keeping Up with Gen Y on WomensRadio. Keeping Up with Gen Y offers discussions, interviews, and commentary about important issues of the day from the perspective of Generation Y (18-to 30-years-old). Aimed at all generations interested in learning about and inspiring young people, this show features professionals, experts, researchers, and members of Gen Y who share insights and experiences about the topics on the minds of today’s young adults.