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Supply Chain talent is in higher demand than ever before. Baby boomers retiring is part of the picture, as is the fact that many young people aren’t aware of the field’s huge potential to drive business strategy, and strong compensation – plus the fact that it’s a...

It's a talent deficit in Supply Chain. How can organizations respond? For several years, we’ve been writing about the talent gap in Supply Chain. A combination of Baby Boomers moving towards retirement in the middle-to-upper echelons of Supply Chain Management,...

One thing that we write about often at Argentus is the presence of the so-called “Hidden Job Market.” Just as there’s a vast reservoir of talent who aren’t actively looking for jobs (“passive candidates”), there’s also a large and hidden section of new job...

Written by Bill DuBois. This post originally appeared on Kinaxis’ industry blog, the 21st century Supply Chain.  In today’s networked global marketplace, organizations increasingly see supply chain performance as a source of sustainable enterprise vitality and...

Today, we're continuing our recent series sharing our most commonly-given advice to candidates in our network. From time to time, Argentus’ recruiters give talks to people entering the field of Supply Chain at venues like APICS, Centennial College, Rotman University,...

This guest post comes from Michael Massetti, a Supply Chain and Procurement leader and subject matter expert based out of the United States.  Prologue: Did you see it coming? Sometime during the droning sound of The Weather Channel announcers describing Winter Storm...

A strange twist in the story of eCommerce.     Amazon has dominated the eCommerce space by leveraging economies of scale and a particular advantage over traditional retailers: the fact that it doesn’t have to eat the real estate, operations and labour costs...

Here’s a story: A few weeks ago, we received a new role from a great client in the automotive service sector. Our contact at this organization had used Argentus’ services in three previous senior roles, and we had jumped into our network and found him talent for a...

Today we want to cover a recruiting issue that’s been a topic of discussion around the office: whether recruiters and hiring managers should ask about a candidate’s salary history during the recruitment process. For a recruiter, this conversation typically happens...