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As we've written about recently, it's a hot job market for Supply Chain and Procurement, with strong hiring across a number of industries. As fall begins and the weather gets colder, we thought it would be useful to look back at what our recruitment practice has seen...

Written by Supply Chain Executive Mike Mortson. This guest post first appeared on Mike’s industry blog, Supply Chain Game Changer.   The Supply Chain function within your company has many responsibilities.  From planning to negotiating to buying, from moving goods to...

  It’s no secret that Canada’s economy is at high tide right now. GDP growth is regularly eclipsing forecasts – growing at an eyebrow-raising 4.5% rate over the course of 2017 so far – and unemployment is at its lowest rate in nine years, with the economy adding...

  A simple Google search reveals literally hundreds of articles with tips for job interviews over the phone – heck, we’ve written advice for phone interviews ourselves. In today’s world of hiring, phone interviews are pretty close to ubiquitous, as the huge...

This guest post comes from Fronetics, a boutique marketing firm focused on the Supply Chain and Logistics industries. Written by Frank Cavallero.  With increasing consumer demands comes an increasing need for electronics manufacturers to adapt and change with the...

    As we’ve chronicled on the Argentus Blog, it’s no secret that the world of Procurement is changing and fast. With automation, big data and burgeoning AI systems removing more and more of the profession’s “tactical” or “clerical” tasks, companies are...

  The ability to negotiate with suppliers is a major differentiator in Procurement. In a world where the function is becoming more strategic – with more “administrative” tasks being automated out of existence – the ability to get value from interactions with...

Written by Supply Chain Executive Mike Mortson. This guest post first appeared on Mike’s industry blog, Supply Chain Game Changer.  In this age of social media it is amazing how powerful that “likes” and “dislikes” and comments are to any single Brand. Marketing...

      In our post-Malcolm Gladwell, post-social media world, networking is one of the most revered skills in business. Across every white-collar profession, the gospel of networking holds forth the possibility of fast career advancement, access to new...