Category: Professional Development
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 [...]
10 Common Interview Mistakes to Avoid
When it comes to interviewing within the supply chain discipline, in person or over the phone or video the competition can be fierce, and the last thing you want to do is to be ruled out of a job you are qualified for because of simple interview mistakes. While I’ve covered supply chain interviewing tips in the past, here’s a list of the most common supply chain interview mistakes I’ve seen candidates make that can negatively influence the hiring manager’s decision. Badmouthing Former Employers Criticizing a former employer, manager, or peers will only make you look bad. You will [...]
Top Tactics to Advance Your Procurement Career at Your Current Company
In planning your procurement career, earning job promotions at your employer is a great way to reach your goals sooner, as opposed to transitioning employers every two to three years. This is especially true if you can get in with a high-growth company that has a strong focus on talent development and promotion from within. Are there certain strategies and tactics you can leverage to help accelerate your procurement career advancement with your current employer? Of course! Remember, a job promotion isn’t necessarily guaranteed year to year. You’ll have to put in the proper amount of effort and work [...]
How to Explain Short Stints on Your Resume
In today’s job market, it’s extremely common for individuals, even executives, to have short stints on their resumes, and the reason as to why can be endless. However, there can still be a stigma among recruiters and employers about the nature of a short stint. The fears of looking like a job-hopping flight risk, someone that can’t hold down a job, or a bad performer, are real. The last thing you want during a job search is to be eliminated from contention due to a short stint, especially an explainable one. So what do you do?? There’s always the [...]
