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Most good paying jobs are highly specialized (e.g., purchasing, operations, and logistics). Your degrees are highly specialized but you also have to get good practical work experience related to what you are majoring in. Quite simply, students without work experience in their major do not get good jobs in their major. That means you have to make getting an internship one of your top priorities while in school. You have...

Become the Nike swoosh of your life! Most students put little effort into developing and promoting their brand. Here is a workbook to help build your brand, just click I put the below video together for a group of college students in the Balkans.  You can begin at the "4:15" mark to avoid the details about the charitable organization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIGQnFk5w4g Here is a website that is similar to MBTI and...

I would either begin and/or end with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BJPXcW5kNo&t=856s Let’s say you just graduated from a SCM program.  You have accepted a job offer from Boeing as an Assistant Buyer.  The job takes you to Seattle, Washington.  You will help Boeing identify suppliers to help meet its material needs.  You must immediately find a supplier which can supply Boeing with electrical wiring harnesses.  You find a supplier in Japan...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EePQkl7Lwws I usually have guest speakers from JB Hunt & Lineage Logistics come into class...Great jobs, great companies.With truck drivers collectively racking up 93 billion highway miles in the U.S. every year, 40% of the trips are made with empty trailers.  40%?!!!! The market is mostly made up of small trucking companies, with 91% of companies having six trucks or fewer.  91%?!!! "Convoy", which ranked No. 11 on CNBC’s 2019 Disruptor...

The first video was put together by an ISM grad.  She asked to help out.  Just another example of great alumni trying to give back.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu4LP_2Vm3E Feel free to connect with her on LinkedIn to say thank you.https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-karels-00a7782/Notice her reference at the beginning to her first full time job and a job rotation.Do you want a full time job to begin in a job rotation (watch below from me)?... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NsmpiJ-Vxg&t=26s...

Do new college grads really need to participate in a 401K Retirement Savings Plan? Yes!  I spend around 15-30 minutes on this in class because my students need it. When they get their job offers, I ask them to look over this part (they usually need help). Please watch this if you want career mobility & financial independence in your 40s & beyond. In order to achieve this, you will need to...

Practice before it really matters (this will be mainstream during the year of covid and beyond)...  Note, it is my understanding that these robot interviews are simply being used to weed out students.  Also, that does not mean there is anything wrong with you if you do not get a face to face and/or onsite interview with a hiring manager.  These robot interviews often simply are trying to develop a psychological profile of you...

Yes, companies are outsourcing commodities to increase value.  Value is lowering costs and improving performance (e.g., quality, service, and flexibility).  A commodity is defined as being something for which several qualified suppliers exist. Typically, buying organizations will use several rounds of the competitive bidding process to pick a low cost supplier.  Buying organizations will send out RFQs to get bids from suppliers.  RFQ stands for a Request for Quotation.  In...

Do not underestimate the power of a professional email signature (most do not even have one, or they have very boring ones). The email signature should be filled in with some relevant details to catch the potential employer's attention and earn yourself some credits for successful branding.  Good email signatures for college students can be a great touch point in an email. If you add some extra contact details and...

Here is an astounding fact - readers make more money - a lot more! It's true. According to a number of studies*, business people who read at least 7 business books a year earn over 2.3 times more than people who read only 1 book per year.Why exactly do readers earn so much more money? One of the core reasons is that they have a constant stream of new ideas...