Author: Sime Curkovic

Should college grads negotiate a job offer (i.e., a higher starting salary)? Yes, but only if you know how to negotiate. I routinely have students get offers in the $48K-$55K range & most successfully negotiate > $60K. That is a 10-20% bump before you even start! Many people have to work a few years to get that bump.  https://lnkd.in/gB9bTdgJhttps://lnkd.in/gW5uwkkE Our supply chain program avg is $64K. You need to position yourself within...

Americans are the most anxious negotiators? Why?My theory: lack of formal training & we throw them into these roles too soon. ISM identifies negotiation as the most important skill of SCM professionals & yet the weakest in terms of delivery. Per a LinkedIn survey, of 8 countries examined, workers in the U.S. are the most anxious negotiators. More stats:Almost half of the employees in the U.S. do not feel confident...

FYI: International Students majoring in Business Analytics at WMU can get a 3-year visa extension for their OPTs. Why is the U.S. doing this? Answer: we need more people with data analytics skills... The US government has added data science and financial analytics to the list of degrees where international students can get a three-year visa extension after graduating instead of the standard one year. https://lnkd.in/gTDtDavDActually, at WMU, Business Analytics is in its own STEM...

SCM Data Scientist (171K jobs on LinkedIn!), Does your school teach this (we do)? Employers place a premium on - 1. Advanced Excel (power query & pivot) & macros; 2. Data visualization (Tableau, Power BI & python w/ seaborn & matplotlib);3. Data mining/RapidMiner, machine learning & data science;4. Python & Jupyter notebook (data analytics & statistical libraries such as pandas, numpy);5. Relational data models (Excel data model);6. Graphic & statistical libraries...

11 trendy things we are doing in the WMU ISM supply chain program… 1.     Global Negotiation: The fastest growing class in the WMU ISM program - https://lnkd.in/guTUcvdu___2.     Getting hit with a price increase? We will be looking at raw material market data from multiple sources, we will visualize and analyze historical pricing scenarios, & do some simulating on planned purchases & what-if scenarios against forward price curves. Managers love this cloud platform. https://lnkd.in/gJnbxSBk___3.    We use...

Great read: https://lnkd.in/gCiYgwS2 - "Salaries in SCM are going up & already average $10K-$20K higher than entry-level positions in other fields." Quickest way to six figures? Answer: SCM - https://lnkd.in/guSURWFFEven though ‘Supply chain’ makes Lake Superior State University’s list of banned terms for 2022 - https://lnkd.in/eeeNxAHz,the placement success & starting salaries for WMU ISM is off the charts. *Median salary for all WMU ISM degrees was $60K-$65K (around 10% of grads hired on w/ one auto...

Who wants to become a college professor? If so, let's get started..."The salaries of Associate Professor Supply Chain Management in the US range from $136,000 to $204,000 , with a median salary of $170,000 . The middle 67% of Associate Professor SCM makes $170,000, with the top 67% making $204,000."https://lnkd.in/eg7Gvwhs https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_advice-on-getting-a-phd-in-business-ie-activity-6884134251969736704-P1DQ Advice on getting a Ph.D./doctorate (i.e., in Business or Supply Chain Management). https://lnkd.in/ekpgzBs - even though Lake Superior State University has dubbed SCM...

Even though ‘Supply chain’ makes Lake Superior State University’s list of banned terms for 2022 - https://lnkd.in/eeeNxAHz, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_median-salary-for-wmu-ism-degrees-was-60001-activity-6884163581013745664-6SPa the placement success & starting salaries for WMU ISM is off the charts. *Median salary for all WMU ISM degrees was $60,001 - $65,000 (around 10% of graduates hired on with one automotive OEM at $78K!). "Supply Chain" + "Degree" = jobs and $$$$. There are > 20,000 jobs on LinkedIn not filled...

I have had several people ask me about “Industry 4.0” or “Supply Chain 4.0” or “Digitization” of the Supply Chain.  https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_i-have-had-several-students-ask-me-about-activity-6885560467666862080-yYNf https://lnkd.in/eZfHNqyMost simply want to know what it means & how it will impact SCM.For a quick commentary on why employers now also expect you to be a Data Scientist, see: https://lnkd.in/eqs3qwG Notice in the video that I repeatedly said a huge part of Industry 4.0 will be taking all the...

Supply Chain Management (SCM) + New Product Development (NPD) = The Future of Competitive AdvantageFYI: WMU has one of the best Product Design Programs in the world and WMU ISM is going to collaborate with the program’s transdisciplinary approach to incorporating product design w/ engineering and business principles (i.e., SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT).  https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_richmond-institute-for-design-and-innovation-activity-6886026662174167040-cfKw https://lnkd.in/gsYKvc5n Create the future of designThrough immersive coursework at the intersection of art, design, engineering & entrepreneurship,...