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What are the Hottest Skill Niches in Supply Chain and Procurement?
Procurement and Supply Chain Management are heating up as career choices. The baby boomer generation is beginning to retire, and the field continues to morph into a strategic powerhouse within business – becoming more in-demand than ever before. But the field is also...
Executives, VPs, Senior Directors: Here’s How Recruiters Can Take Your Career to the Next Level
There’s a bit of a misconception about what it is that recruiters do. For the most part, recruiters aren’t able to “find” you a job. Our main responsibility – first and foremost – is to fill the jobs our clients need filled. Say we hear from a company that has...
Are Job Titles Holding Back Your Hiring?
Job titles. For some people in the corporate world, they’re an afterthought, and what’s more important is impact, responsibility, and compensation. For others, a big job title is a form of validation and respect. For others – i.e. hiring managers who need to...
Reader Responses: What Does it Mean to Be Strategic in Supply Chain?
A few weeks ago, we posted about the differences between tactics and strategy in Supply Chain Management. Companies are expecting more strategic advantages from their Supply Chains than ever. And lots of companies and professionals talk a big game about being...
Which Hogwarts House Does Your Supply Chain Company Belong in?
We're big Harry Potter fans at Argentus. So we're happy to share this great guest post that combines the worlds of Hogwarts and Supply Chain. It comes from Fronetics, a boutique marketing firm focused on the Supply Chain and Logistics industries. Written by Elizabeth...
Send us Your Career Questions!
At Argentus, we’re always looking to get our network more involved in the content we produce. Our blog isn’t a one-way street, and we’re not only here to share info with our readers. We see it as more of a conversation. Through efforts like guest blogging and...
Why it’s Time to Ditch the Job Boards
Every year, recruitment technology evolves. Skype comes along and offers an approximation of in-depth in-person job interviews. New Applicant Tracking systems make the job application process more humane or, depending on your luck, more arduous, albeit...
Here’s Why Some Recruiters are Falling Short
One thing that lots of recruiters need to step up is the “candidate experience.” Too many recruiters treat candidates as a boundless resource, an incoming stream of one-off resumes that will secure them a placement, rather than treating candidates as a...
What Should You Tell a Recruiter, and What Shouldn’t You?
It’s no secret that recruiters sometimes get a bad rap. Why? Because like people in any profession, some recruiters are more competent, more caring and more compassionate than others. Unlike many other professions, anyone can hang up their shingle and say...
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