Supply Chain Career Toolbox
Your toolbox for everything related to productivity, advancing your supply chain career, optimizing your resume, and much more.
What is Supply Chain?
ASU’s Supply Chain Management Youtube Series– A 12 part breakdown of all the aspects of supply chain management
Supply Chain Management for Dummies– a great resource to help better understand supply chain and connect the dots between things like purchasing, logistics and operations
Productivity
Google Alerts – track the keywords, trends, etc. that you are interested in
Extensity– easily manage all of your Chrome extensions
JibberJobber Tracks all the information you collect during a job search, including target companies, application, application status, and resume submittals
Feedly – RSS news reader/organizer keeps track of your favorite news articles, blogs, and trade journals
Cloze – Automatically keeps track of your email, phone calls, meetings, documents, Evernote, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter
Email Tools
Hubspot Sales track your outgoing emails to see if they were received, opened, and even if the links were clicked
FindAnyEmail searches all publicly available data to find and validate email addresses on over 1.5 billion social media accounts
TruePeopleSearch see everything about your contacts right inside your inbox, including their LinkedIn profile information, what they look like, their location, and their profession
Meeting Sites
MeetUp world’s largest network of local groups, Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group, or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face
EventBrite is the world’s largest self-service ticketing platform- a great resource for identifying networking events in your local area
LunchMeet allows for meaningful, face-to-face networking wherever you are, whenever you are available
Facebook Groups includes many industry and career-oriented groups. Check out the Supply Chain Jobs group on Facebook, which was created to share supply chain management job vacancies, career development advice, and networking
LinkedIn Groups are similar to Facebook groups, features hundreds of groups across the supply chain discipline, from industry to practice area related
Career Advancement
ASCM (formally APICS) Career Coach ASCM (formally APICS) members can access insightful white papers and webinars written by our Founder Rodney Apple on a variety of topics from career advancement, job search strategy, resume advice and interview help.
Job Search Strategy
Job Search Strategy Tips to obtain the career you want and deserve, leverage our tips for developing and executing a supply chain job search strategy
Job Search Strategy Template helps you keep track of specific goals, contacts, job applications, interviews and key action steps, helping you refine your strategy
Job Search Strategy eBook 24-page guide that’s chock-full of tips and advice to develop and execute a winning job search strategy.
Interview Tools
Supply Chain Interview Questions– most common questions with the best way to answer
Top Interview Tips on how to prepare, what to do after, top interview do’s/ don’ts, and more!
Resume Tips
Supply Chain Resume Tips on how to best market yourself with open positions
Resume Writing Services: reach out and use our professional
Resume Template: use this outline to your advantage
Hiring Advice
How to Hire Supply Chain Professionals in 2021: A guide that contains tips for attracting, hiring, and retaining supply chain talent
