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4 Quick Tips for Creating an Accomplishment–Based Resume
In recent years, “functional” resumes have gone out of fashion. That’s because they’re not the most efficient or compelling way to explain what you as an employee has contributed to a company. A functional resume shows how you fit into a job description, doesn’t show...
Why HIRE when you can RENT – SCM Contracting booming
IT and Engineering has been benefitting from a strong Contingent/Contract workforce for over twenty years now. They really do understand the cost saving associated with Renting talent rather than Hiring them. Today, other critical business areas within organisations...
New Research Says: There’s a Supply Chain Talent “Perfect Storm” on the Horizon
It's a talent deficit - how can organizations respond? For well over a year, we’ve been writing about the talent gap in Supply Chain. A combination of Baby Boomers moving towards impending retirement in the middle to upper echelons of SCM, and the lack of education...
“Take a chance on me.“ – Hire Talent and Train some Skills for a Change
Rosanna Palermo, one of our most seasoned recruiters here at Argentus in the Strategic Sourcing and overall Supply Chain space, recently posted a comment to LinkedIn that got some great discussion going in our overall network. The point she was making was to do...
Food for Thought: Why don’t Supply Chain successes make the news?
Interesting... We all know that Supply Chain Management is a growing critical business function for any company that brings product to market and that wants to compete in the global marketplace. Additionally, companies that offer services (i.e. non manufacturers) also...
A Global Procurement Leader speaks: Talent is critical in Procurement Transformation
We were very excited to read an excellent piece of thought leadership that recently appeared in Procurement Leaders magazine. We felt it was so bang on that that we would make our own comment because of our close connection to the particular subject of Talent in...
Patricia Moser SCM executive speaks out
WHAT ABOUT THE INTERVIEWER? I was so impressed by something I read on my feed yesterday I wanted to be sure I got it out to everyone in Argentus' network. This is a REALLY GREAT BLOG and the subject of how clients treat prospective hires in the interview process is...
9 Reasons to Leverage the High-Skilled Contingent Workforce
9 Reasons to Leverage the High-Skilled Contingent Workforce Filed under: Contingent Workforce. We’ve talked a lot in the previous months about the benefits of working as a contractor in high-skilled fields like Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, and Supply Chain (Demand...
Strategic Expansion for 2014: Introducing Rob Atherton, the Newest Member of the Talent Acquisition Team
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, ON – January 14th, 2014. Just in time for the New Year, Argentus is pleased to announce a new addition to the team: Rob Atherton, a rising star in the recruitment field. See below for some quick introductory remarks: Embed by...
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