Here’s the latest installment of our Supply Chain Salary Info series. Previously, we’ve addressed Salary figures for Supply Chain Managers, Supply Chain Directors, and Procurement Directors (in the U.S. and Canada). Supply Chain Analyst is one of the perennial...
Take it from us, we love Social Media and have been lulled into believing that email is the most efficient way of communicating with our network. But we’ve been taking a second look at whether it’s really the best way of building and sustaining those relationships...
It might be summer here in Canada, but many companies continue to freeze hiring to control costs either by department or region or across the company as a whole. Those who follow our Argentus’ blog know we have commented frequently on the reasons companies do and...
We were working with a senior candidate recently in our Supply Chain space and as part of the on-going discussion, he indicated that he’s become accustomed to both HR as well as hiring managers and other interviewers asking him directly when he graduated from...
Today we offer a guest post by Greg Uhrlen of the Next Level Purchasing Association, a U.S.-based Procurement Certification group. Recently, Bronwen wrote a blog posted titled, “Take a chance on me.” – Hire Talent and Train some Skills for a Change. Immediately, it...
Utilising a Strategic combination of Direct Hire and Contingent Staffing can Satisfy critical Talent Shortages in Supply Chain As companies find themselves increasingly with their backs against the wall in the Supply Chain space - more Baby Boomers retiring and not...
We have quality QUALITY ASSURANCE leaders Similar to our Market Intelligence post of last week about demand for Planning staff primarily in CPG, we wanted to highlight another area that’s seeing quite a bit of activity in Argentus’ recruitment practice: Quality...
We have been hearing a lot from our network recently about the growing demand for talent in procurement. Naturally this demand leads to a rise in salaries for people in procurement positions. Following a great article from Supply Chain 24/7, the Purchasing and Supply...
But it’s a candidate’s market, and companies are losing out at the offer stage Here’s some midweek market intelligence. In the past few months, we’ve noticed a distinct uptick in Consumer Goods (CPG) companies tapping our network for Planning professionals,...