Talent and people teams have more shared work than most companies realize.
Asha Beirne, Senior Manager of People Operations and Systems at Rula, joins Shannon to discuss how recruiting and people ops can work together across the employee lifecycle. Drawing from her move from recruiting operations into people operations, Asha shares what talent teams often miss when they do not have visibility into turnover data, engagement scores, onboarding feedback, and workforce trends.
Asha explains how Rula built stronger feedback loops through biweekly meetings, shared data reviews, and clearer guardrails around sensitive information. She also shares how her team improved onboarding communications, raised new hire survey scores, and began using AI to reduce manual work while creating more consistent employee experiences.
Key takeaways:
- Data improves alignment: People ops insights can help recruiting teams forecast capacity, understand attrition patterns, and support stronger hiring decisions.
- Guardrails build trust: Aggregate data, clear confidentiality norms, and thoughtful sharing help teams learn without overcorrecting.
- Onboarding needs continuity: A better handoff from offer acceptance to start date can improve the new hire experience quickly.
- Relationships come first: Regular conversations between talent and people teams create space to solve issues before they become bigger problems.
Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:43) Meet Asha Beirne
(01:44) Why People and Talent teams need stronger partnerships
(03:00) The People Ops data recruiters should advocate for
(05:29) Using early turnover to improve hiring conversations
(06:37) Forecasting attrition with a fuller People Ops picture
(08:39) Closing the gap between offer acceptance and onboarding
(10:12) Creating a regular operating rhythm between Talent and People Ops
(12:34) Using AI to reduce workload and create space for partnership
(15:33) Balancing compliance, speed, and candidate experience
(17:00) Connecting performance data to quality of hire
(20:41) Where to connect with Asha
