As a boutique recruitment agency, we at Argentus are huge proponents of LinkedIn. We love it as a tool for us to find the top professionals in Supply Chain (our area of specialty), as a platform for our content, and as a tool for professionals to network and...
Month: March 2016
Supply Chain Career Stalled? Get Motivated!
This guest post comes to us from Elaine Porteous, a freelance business writer with a focus on career management in Supply Chain and Procurement. Most people in supply chain go through a period of feeling that their career is in limbo. Great opportunities can be few,...
Quick Job Interview Tip: Don’t be Afraid to Research the Person Interviewing You
Here’s a great tip from Rosanna Palermo, one of Argentus’ senior recruiters: if you’re going for a job interview, don’t be afraid to research the individual who’s going to be interviewing you. It’s very common for Argentus’ recruiters (and any hiring experts,...
Argentus Search Stories: How to Avoid Risk in Contingent Staffing
The rise of a wave of high-skilled professionals working on contract (what Deloitte calls “the gig economy”) has led to an expanding gray area about the difference between a contractor and a permanent employee.
Is it Possible that Automation Will Actually Increase Hiring?
Last week, we posted an analysis of Deloitte’s 2016 Human Capital Survey that focused on the rising role Contingent Workers are playing in the 21st-century economy. As a brief aside in that article, we mentioned a surprising fact from the survey related to the issue...
What are Companies Looking for When Hiring in Procurement? (Infographic)
A few weeks ago, we offered an infographic aiming to answer the question: What are companies looking for when hiring in Supply Chain? That post clarified and condensed some of our recruiters’ most commonly-given advice to candidates into a...
Major Survey Says: The Contingent Workforce is Taking Flight
This week, we want to highlight a fascinating survey by global management consultancy Deloitte. Titled Human Capital Trends 2016, the survey solicited 7000 responses from executives at 130 countries about a vast array of workforce topics including...
Welcome to the Future: Your Job in 2020
This guest post comes to us from Elaine Porteous, a freelance business writer with a focus on career management in Supply Chain and Procurement. In Supply Chain, there are job roles now that didn’t exist 5 years ago. In four years’ time there will be job...
Exploring the Financial Benefits of Working as a Procurement Contractor
One of the biggest areas of our recruitment practice at Argentus is helping companies leverage the high-skilled contingent workforce for their Procurement and Supply Chain functions. The world of work is changing, with more companies looking to leverage...