Supply Chain Management is emerging as a major growth area of the 21st century economy. Why you might ask? Because it’s such a diverse and important business function which crosses basically every industry and business sector in one way or another. It’s not surprising...
For Contract Procurement Jobs: Prescreening is Everything Because Contract work has been really building up a head of steam in Supply Chain Management in the last 24 to 48 months – running neck and neck with Direct Hire -- we’ve been doing a lot of listening lately to...
A recent article in the Wall St. Journal titled “The Hot New M.B.A: Supply Chain Management” caught our eye. We have our ears to the ground in the world of staffing for Supply Chain and our other specialties, and if you’ve been reading our blog in the past few months...
New Survey Shows: Logistics Costs are Still So Poorly Understood: Logistics is a crucial component of any business in bringing a product to market. It’s the function within the Supply Chain that deals with paying for freight, transportation of goods, and getting goods...
Anyone who’s opened a newspaper in the past five years (or, more likely pointed their browser to a news site) knows that mature job seekers haven’t had an easy time of it in the post-recession era. After the 2008 financial meltdown and the “Great Recession” that...
Yes we are singing our own praises a little bit today for our successes on our fast growing Contingent - Interim business in Procurement – Supply Chain Management. As is very often the case with CONTRACT needs they do tend to usually be last minute in nature. Our most...
STRATEGIC SOURCING - PROCUREMENT Someone Who Made THE MOVE TO CONTRACT explains Its Benefits: We recently interviewed a Strategic Sourcing professional who currently works in the Financial Services Sector as a senior Contractor for Argentus. He made the switch a...
Sam Manna – (bookmark his information - sammanna.com) is our expert in Supply Management Recruiting with an emphasis in Manufacturing, 3PL and Electrical/Auto. When Sam moved to Argentus from a global competitor several years ago, we knew we were getting a real...
From Forbes in the U.S. last week comes an interesting post about the legality of companies who hire workers as independent contractors. We all know the global workforce is becoming more fluid and nimble. It’s estimated that by 2030, up to 40% of the workforce will be...