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Beware the Golden Handcuffs
Here’s an interesting story that speaks to the way that the world of work has changed, and an interesting conundrum: One of our top recruiters was recently speaking with a longtime candidate—let’s call him Tom. She’s cultivated a long-term recruiting relationship with...
Top Retail Supply Chain Executive Speaks About Talent, Analytics, and the Future of Retail
"If you can get down to looking at a specific customer and what their needs are, that's gold." - Peter Georgacopoulos Welcome to Argentus’ Supply Chain Executive Interview series, where we speak with senior leadership in Supply Chain about the state of the talent...
“Precarious Employment” Isn’t Always as Precarious as it Seems
Last week, Toronto News outlets picked up on a report released by United Way in partnership with McMaster University about the state of employment in Toronto. The report examined the city’s workforce with respect to job security, and found that a recent trend away...
Retail and the Supply Chain MBA Experience: Our Interview With a Rising Star in Supply Chain
“Supply Chains are in every organization. Even a corner store has a Supply Chain. They may just not know it.” —Nadia Kassam, MBA For the past few months, we’ve offered numerous interviews with executives in Supply Chain, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, and Planning...
The Monday Review: Supply Chain Stories from May 18-22, 2015
In the Monday Review, we take a curated look back at the biggest insights and buzz about supply chain from the last week that are dominating the conversation in both national current events and global news coverage. Enjoy! Investment is the Key to Optimize Supply...
How Consumer Priorities Are Driving Major Supply Chain Changes
By Alexa Cheater. Originally published on the Kinaxis industry blog, 21st Century Supply Chain. Most of you have probably heard the old saying ‘"the customer is always right." In terms of making sure you have a host of happy customers, that’s probably good advice, but...
Quick Tip: Don’t Get Your Spouse to Send Your Resume!
In addition to providing Supply Chain industry news and insights from leading professionals in the field, one thing we love to provide at Argentus is career, resume and personal branding advice. We’ve blogged about how to supercharge your LinkedIn profile, how to...
The Monday Review: Supply Chain Stories from May 11-15, 2015
In the Monday Review, we take a curated look back at the biggest insights and buzz about supply chain from the last week that are dominating the conversation in both national current events and global news coverage. Enjoy! 2015 Technology Roundtable: Visibility Yields...
Employment Issues & Social Media: Shauna Hunt’s Heckler Fired From Job at Hydro One
One of the biggest Canadian news stories this week is about Toronto reporter Shauna Hunt and the outrageous verbal harassment she faced at the last TFC game. It's gone viral, and rightly so: the sexism women encounter in the workplace is still an ongoing problem...
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