Category: Professional Development
Podcast: Featuring – Brian Fugate
Brian Fugate, Department Chair of Gartner's currently #1 ranked undergraduate supply chain department will talk with us about how he got started in supply chain.
Understanding Supply Chain Functions
Keeping SCOR: A Good Way to Understand Supply Chain Functions Supply chains can be incredibly complex networks of companies worldwide that are transforming raw materials into products you buy and use. Materials may come from other countries, processed in still other countries, then travel by ship to ports in your own country, where they are put on a combination of trains/trucks/vans to get to your local store to be picked up. Many steps. A high amount of travel. Typically a lot of time and expense involved for a large number of supply chain employees. For some companies, however, their supply [...]
Supply Chain Networking Opportunities are Everywhere
Your supply chain network is an incredibly valuable resource throughout your career. You may have heard someone say, “It’s not what you know, but who you know that makes a difference”. Actually, it’s both. The point is to emphasize that everyone can learn some of the principles of supply chain, but in the end, it is groups of people that solve supply chain problems, together. Every encounter is an opportunity for supply chain networking and to learn from others and possibly make a connection that can serve you both going forward. Your network, at its most basic, is everyone [...]
Build Your Brand – It’s More Than a Resume
What sources do you check out when you want to find out more about a person? It’s probably more than just one. Do you just think about their skills and capabilities, or are you also concerned with the way they behave and communicate? Again, it is a combination of a wide range of hard skills and soft skills. Employers typically think the same way, but most often it is centered on the resume because they have so many students to consider for positions. But it can be and should be so much more. Positions that really matter strongly to a [...]
Using Supply Chain Career Services
Students - make your Supply Chain Career Services office one of your first steps in getting started on your supply chain career. And keep using them as an ongoing source of self-assessment and job-hunting partner. Two big mistakes students make while in school are 1) never visiting the Career Services offices, and 2) thinking they only need their help when it is time to start looking for a job. Supply Chain Career Services Offices: Get Started Early and Use Often Yes, supply chain career services are great at assisting on your search process, but they do so much more. Career [...]
Podcast: Featuring – Debbie Haseley
Debbie shares her career journey starting with two decades at Coca Cola where she moved from financial services to the North American Supply Chain, to the global supply chain.
Podcast: Featuring – Erich Wachendorf
Erich shares his career journey from the leadership lessons he learned while being a supply officer in the Marines to his first civilian supply chain position in operations at Target, to becoming SR Vice President of Supply Chain at Macy's
Digital Networking Tactics For When You Can’t Network in Person
Throughout the pandemic crisis, the traditional methods for making new connections with other professionals, such as lunch meetings or attending supply chain events, went out the door. This in turn has made digital networking the new normal, and paramount for success as it relates to making new business connections or finding a new job. The good news is that with more people working home than ever before, your odds of getting through to those you’re reaching out to greatly improves, as people tend to be more accessible working from home as opposed to working in distracting office environments. Here [...]
Offer Evaluation and Negotiation Do’s and Don’ts
Here are some quick tips to consider when you find yourself in offer evaluation and negotiation mode: DO Do research the average salary and average salary ranges for the type of job you’re interviewing for. Do research the company to determine opportunity for career growth, company reputation, etc. Do withhold salary information for as long as possible until you’ve learned more details about the job, company, etc. Do concern yourself with the type of work you’ll be doing and the opportunity for growth as much as you concern yourself with initial starting compensation. Do ensure that the compensation that’s [...]
3 Part Webinar Series – Obtain the Supply Chain Job You Deserve: Pandemic-era Job Search Strategies
PART 3: Interview and Offer Negotiation Webinar! Presented by ASCM Career Coach and SCM Talent Group President Rodney Apple WATCH RECAP HERE PART 2: Job Search & Networking Strategies Webinar! Presented by ASCM Career Coach and SCM Talent Group President Rodney Apple WATCH RECAP HERE PART 1: Resume and Linkedin Optimization Webinar! Presented by ASCM Career Coach and SCM Talent Group President Rodney Apple WATCH RECAP HERE Meet Rodney Apple: Rodney Apple is the founder and president of SCM Talent Group, a national supply chain recruiting and [...]
