Category: Professional Development
7 Tips to Ace Your Next Phone Interview
Time and time again, candidates underestimate the importance of the initial phone interview and choose to "wing it" instead of taking ample time to prepare in advance. While phone interviews are more informal than face-to-face interviews, it’s the critical first step in determining if you move onto the next round. This is the first impression that you leave with the employer, so you want to make sure that you shine! Here are our top supply chain phone interview tips that can increase your odds of moving forward to the next stage of the hiring process: Give Yourself Time to [...]
APICS Career Coach Webinar: Top Career Tips from Top Supply Chain Leaders
APICS Career Coach Rodney Apple, the Founder and President of SCM Talent Group, presented another webinar with APICS: Top Career Tips from Top Supply Chain Leaders. Date: Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm CT In this webinar, you will learn: Key career advancement tips that top Supply Chain Leaders have used to accelerate their careers The best advice on what Supply Chain Leaders wish they would have known early on in their careers Common career mistakes that you should strive to avoid & More! In addition, APICS Members can login and replay past [...]
7 Steps to Engage The Right Mentor & Advance Your Supply Chain Career (INFOGRAPHIC)
Looking to advance your supply chain career? Perhaps you’re seeking to sharpen up your leadership skills in efforts to advance into an executive leadership role? Having a mentor throughout your supply chain career can truly provide insight and leadership development for both the mentee and mentor. I’ve kept track of many of the 1,000+ supply chain professionals that I’ve placed in the last two decades and the most successful of the group have used mentors and served as a mentor. The best mentor for you might not be your coworker down the hall, but could be an experienced professional from [...]
Webinar: Top LinkedIn Profile Tips for Supply Chain Professionals
Is your LinkedIn profile working for you? How confident are you that your profile is well positioned to attract supply chain recruiters and hiring managers? No need to panic, as SCM Talent Group has your back! This webinar presented by both Rodney Apple, President of SCM Talent Group and APICS Career Coach and Scott Singer, President of Insider Career Strategies, discusses top LinkedIn profile tips for Supply Chain Professionals. Covered topics include: How supply chain recruiters & hiring managers look at your LinkedIn profile Top profile optimization tips to get noticed on LinkedIn from Certified Professional Resume Writer [...]
8 Avenues to Expand Your Supply Chain Network
Looking to experience new ways of thinking? Build beneficial business relationships? Find career opportunities available nowhere else? Network! Networking is one the most valuable career development strategies for any professional at any stage in their career. Job seekers and employers alike constantly ask: “How did you build your supply chain network? Where are some of the places I can go to find supply chain professionals?” While there are many answers to these questions, here are a few great places to expand your supply chain network: Supply Chain Associations Supply chain associations offer a wealth of advantages for supply chain [...]
APICS Career Coach Webinar: Understanding and Navigating the Various Career Paths in Supply Chain
APICS Career Coach Rodney Apple, the Founder and President of SCM Talent Group, is presenting another webinar with APICS: Understanding and Navigating the Various Career Paths in Supply Chain. Date: May 17, 2017 Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm CT In this webinar, you will learn: -Thought leadership success stories and key tips about how to maximize opportunities to accelerate your Supply Chain career -Best practices and key tips to cross reference throughout the Supply Chain industry -Identify the solutions that will help you accelerate your career If you can’t make the webinar, APCIS members can access the recorded version via https://www.apics.org/careercoach. [...]
5 Keys to Launch a Successful Supply Chain Career
The field of Supply Chain Management offers a very broad and diverse range of career options with many opportunities for growth, making it both an exciting and overwhelming place to begin a career. It’s very important to gain a baseline understanding of the supply chain career spectrum in efforts to set yourself up for success when launching a supply chain career. Understand your personal strengths, passions & talents The first step to launching a supply chain career is to understand your core strengths and the type of work you will likely be good at and enjoy doing. Many universities [...]
APICS Extra Live Webinar: LinkedIn Profile Optimization Tips for Supply Chain Management Professionals
In early 2017, SCM Talent Group Founder Rodney Apple, who serves as the current APICS Career Coach, joined the APICS magazine staff as author for the newly created Professional Development department. With this new role, he will be presenting in his first APICS Extra Live Webinar titled "LinkedIn Profile Optimization Tips for Supply Chain Management Professionals". APICS Extra Live webinars are designed to provide additional insight and information about recent articles from APICS magazine. Date: April 20th, 2017 Time: 1:00 pm CT (2:00 pm ET) Be sure to check out Rodney’s APICS Magazine article “Simple Steps for Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile” before [...]
APICS Career Coach Webinar: Top Strategies for a Supply Chain Job Search Campaign
SCM Talent Group Founder & President, Rodney Apple, who also serves as the APICS Career Coach, will be presenting a webinar with APICS: Top Strategies for a Successful Supply Chain Job Search Campaign . He will discuss concrete steps to develop and execute an omni-channel job search strategy. In this webinar you will learn: Pinpoint the exposure of your professional social media profiles Identify the value of building a network portfolio and the process of going through the "back door" when applying to opportunities Locate online resources, apply best practices to your supply chain job search activity [...]
APICS Career Coach Webinar: Fast Track Your Supply Chain Career through Mentorship
SCM Talent Group Founder & President, Rodney Apple, who also serves as the APICS Career Coach, will be presenting another webinar for APICS members on Wednesday, August 17th from 2pm-3pm CST. He will be discussing his experience, wisdom and the importance of mentorship in supply chain. Learn: The advantages of using a mentor and how they can help accelerate your career How to identify the right mentor throughout each phase of your career The steps you need to take to get the most out of your mentor If you can’t make the webinar, you can always replay it after August [...]
