Category: Resume, Cover Letters, Linkedin
Building Your Supply Chain Resume
Your supply chain resume is the primary tool for obtaining your supply chain internship/co-op or landing a supply chain job after graduation.
Podcast: Certified Resume Writer – Scott Singer
Scott Singer, Certified Resume Writer and Founder of Insider Career Strategies talks with us about different supply chain resume and job search strategies.
Top 5 Tips For Optimizing Your Supply Chain Resume
What should you do to improve your supply chain resume? What works? I’ve evaluated thousands of resumes during my 30-year career and can provide some insight. There are several high-importance components to integrate into your operations management and supply chain resume to optimize its effectiveness. I believe these tips will help improve your job application to interview ratio and ultimately lead to you a much-improved job search result. As we exit the global pandemic, the economy is rebounding in much of the world and in most industry sectors. Combine that with huge issues in shipping, ports, product availability… the need [...]
Job Search and Networking Strategies for Supply Chain Professionals – Supply Chain Careers & SCM Talent Group:
Job Search and Networking Strategies for Supply Chain Professionals presented by: Rodney Apple and Hinesh Patel Co-Founders of Supply Chain Careers and Partners of SCM Talent Group Topics Covered: Networking How networking is a predictor of career success Networking Mistakes Networking Benefits Different Networking Avenues & Events in 2021 Online Networking Practices: Apps/Tools/Websites Job Search Strategies SMART Goal Planning Job Search Marketing Tools & Automation Tips Working with recruiters Meet Rodney Apple: Rodney Apple is the founder and president of SCM Talent Group, a national supply chain recruiting and executive search firm [...]
How to Optimize Your Supply Chain Resume & LinkedIn – View the recap!
We have posted the recap of this webinar so the content on Resume and Linkedin Optimization can remain of value to you!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
