Category: Professionals
Candidates Using AI in Interviews Take a Big Risk
Candidates using ai in interviews lose a chance to present their true selves. Employers and talent pros can spot a lack of authenticity.
Master Your Supply Chain Interview: How To Impress Employers
Learn how to prepare for supply chain interviews from industry experts. Discover proven strategies to communicate your value, answer tough questions, and land the offer in this episode of the Supply Chain Career Catalyst podcast by SCM Talent Group.
Avoid the Spray-and-Pray: How to Execute a Supply Chain Job Search Strategy
Your supply chain job search strategy should involve making your job search your job. A clearly defined and planned process always wins.
Succession Planning and Onboarding Prevents a Thin Supply Chain Talent Bench
By Joshua Stack & Chris Gaffney Introduction Talent management and succession planning in the workforce have become more of an issue in a post-COVID supply chain world. As technology and artificial intelligence advance, employers must develop a talent pipeline while grappling with an aging workforce. This is clearly not your dad’s supply chain, but that doesn’t mitigate the dire need to replace the retiring Baby Boomers and their institutional knowledge. Factor in massive trade disruptions and sudden shifts in supplier relationship management tactics, and it’s a forecast that creates A LOT of headaches from a talent perspective. Labor costs [...]
Upskilling Strategic Sourcing & Procurement: Learning from China and Elevating U.S. Competencies
Introduction Procurement and Sourcing talent is one of the hottest commodities in a highly disrupted supply chain environment. Emerging technologies, geopolitical volatility, and trade wars strain the limits of existing skillsets while reducing access to once vibrant trade and sourcing partners. Without adequate upskilling and long-range forecasting skills, supply chain practices can falter and lag behind competitors. Procurement and strategic sourcing professionals have long driven success in these circles. And as Cameron Johnson highlights on a recent edition of the Bloomberg Odd Lots Podcast, companies are now asking, “How do we get talent in different areas that we need [...]
