March, 2012 | Argentus

BEST BUSINESS NETWORKING BOOK

March 29, 2012 / Leave a comment

Here ia one of the best books we have read on Networking. A read we would put on the top of the list for anyone career transitioning in Supply Chain, Procurement, Change Management or Retail Executive level, Work The Pond is full of fantastic practical reminders of what we should all be doing everyday...
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS DO MATTER MOST – THE $$$ COME

March 28, 2012 / Leave a comment

Thanks to Tim Mayeur (Argentus’ guest blogger TODAY), Ecommerce Operations Professional within the Retail Sector and with one of North America’s largest Big Box Retailers, for giving us some further insight about why Relationships with Customers is so very important. He wrote: I believe this will be the battleground of...
CONTINGENT WORKFORCE – Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain A Solution to Balance your Budget

March 14, 2012 / Leave a comment

One of the advantages of experience is that you get to see what’s old become new again. We cut our teeth on providing IT contingent/contract labor in the 80’s, and were part of and watched the growth of the industry into the monolith it is today, a worldwide multi-billion dollar...
want to be interesting…BE INTERESTED (networking better)

March 13, 2012 / Leave a comment

I would like to say a big thanks to Michael Marco who is in my network (http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmarco) for his LinkedIn posting recently reminding us avid one track networkers that “If you want to be interesting, be interested. Give before you get.” I was struck by how profound a statement this really...
What’s in a TITLE? SCM & Purchasing Groups Putting Too Much Emphasis on Job Titles vs Role Content

March 12, 2012 / Leave a comment

A word of caution for everyone involved in the hiring process: Hiring Managers, Third Party Talent Acquisition Specialists & In-House Recruiters. This is an easy trap to fall into. A title shouldn’t be a deciding factor on whether a candidate’s resume gets on the shortlist or thrown on the NO...
Recruiter’s Weekly Reflection

March 8, 2012 / Leave a comment

We know what the middle man feels like. So we have to try and tell a client what they think is a self serving message (on our part), which is, there are simply more jobs than people. Just do a search on any job board for Procurement and Senior Logistics...
Internal HR/Hiring Managers most DEFINITELY folding in LinkedIn profiles as part of Job Screening

March 6, 2012 / Leave a comment

How many interview opportunities for key roles are you missing out on simply because your LinkedIn profile is just way too THIN in content? Here’s a heads up, you are likely getting passed over way more often than you think. From the recruiting partner’s perspective, working with top companies across...
Networking Etiquette & The Value of Loose Connections

March 5, 2012 / Leave a comment

Those of you who follow my blog know that I am a huge, huge proponent of business NETWORKING. These days, life moves at such an alarming pace that the pressure is on to find ways to increase one’s reach to others who one normally would not be available to them;...
PURCHASING/SUPPLY CHAIN FASTEST GROWING JOBS

March 1, 2012 / Leave a comment

It’s fantastic to know that Argentus continues to be at the cutting edge of sectors which are growing at a faster rate than many others in this soft economy. Procurement and Supply Chain roles (Demand Planning, Purchasing Managers, Supply Chain Consulting to name a few) remain extremely bouyant. Michael Koploy...

Supply Chain. Procurement. Category Management.
416-364-9919 recruit@argentus.com

BEST BUSINESS NETWORKING BOOK

BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS DO MATTER MOST – THE $$$ COME

CONTINGENT WORKFORCE – Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain A Solution to Balance your Budget

want to be interesting…BE INTERESTED (networking better)

What’s in a TITLE? SCM & Purchasing Groups Putting Too Much Emphasis on Job Titles vs Role Content

Recruiter’s Weekly Reflection

Internal HR/Hiring Managers most DEFINITELY folding in LinkedIn profiles as part of Job Screening

Networking Etiquette & The Value of Loose Connections

PURCHASING/SUPPLY CHAIN FASTEST GROWING JOBS

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