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Students getting ready for career fairs: I actually have employers tell me they will NOT consider a student if they do NOT have a strong professional LinkedIn presence...How to effectively join LinkedIn. https://lnkd.in/dAwyTUy. I have former students that found new jobs & they were not even looking! Interviewing tools: https://lnkd.in/gipsXEsK. Also, most employers will not even look at your resume if it looks like a lazy effort. Aesthetics matter! Yale advice:https://lnkd.in/gggJFADWhttps://lnkd.in/gxkjy3sm Harvard:https://lnkd.in/ghEYr3Qwhttps://lnkd.in/gc4Kd_SE MIT: https://lnkd.in/g3xqeDyc...

Are Supply Chain pros using ArcGIS Pro technology? Do you think our SCM students should learn this? ArcGIS is a technology that can help companies manage risk. Nationally, almost zero SCM graduates will have this on their resume. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_can-gis-help-ease-supply-chain-problems-and-activity-7022905785575776256-NasK?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop https://www.gislounge.com/gis-supply-chain-inflation/ I had a GIS analyst reach out to me & ask: Is there a business geography specialty group that addresses supply chain issues? Where could people find GIS supply chain problem...

Yes, you can major in Digital Marketing & eCommerce at WMU & be taught by one of the best…New SEO class pays off in job opportunities for marketing students. https://lnkd.in/dGPDj5YP. KALAMAZOO, —Dr. Scott Cowley, associate professor of marketing and director of the digital marketing and eCommerce program at Western Michigan University, won the 2022 Marketing Management Association’s Master Teaching Competition, which recognizes the organization’s outstanding marketing educator of the year. Competition...

Every SCM major now has to take: Global Negotiation…The fastest growing class at WMU. https://lnkd.in/ekhu3YHA. Thank you Dr. James Eckert! Almost 1/2 of U.S. employees do not feel confident in their negotiation skills… > 40% don't feel confident in their negotiation skills, while a 1/4 admit to never having negotiated at all in the workplace, per a LinkedIn survey. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_fall-2023-every-scm-major-now-has-to-take-activity-7024697205655576576-hMMf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop The results revealed that men feel more confident about negotiating than women,...

Python + ArcGIS + SCM = Jobs.If you want to specialize in data & become a Supply Chain Analyst (25,000 jobs on LinkedIn) / Supply Chain Data Scientist (500,000 jobs on LinkedIn - that's all), Python is a must-have skill. https://www.linkedin.com/company/esri/ A while back, I made these points about our CIS 2650 class (Programming for Data Analytics) and our Business Data Analytics minor in general. Do these points still largely apply?… CIS 2650...

How Does Your Personality Type Affect Your Income: https://lnkd.in/g7z_ZNV3. Do you know what your brand is? Become the Nike swoosh of your life! Most students & even managers put little effort into developing & promoting their brand. How about a personal SWOT analysis? For details on how to build your brand (with a workbook): https://lnkd.in/dSAA6wF Here is a website that is similar to MBTI and it is free: https://lnkd.in/ey4TEUY Also, here is another...

FREE resources for Info on Suppliers, Customers, & Prospects. A former student working in B2B industrial sales, suggested the following list of free websites as a resource for research on competitors, customer supply chains, & prospect contact info. Many of these links may already be in your resource list, but if not, they can be helpful:https://lnkd.in/gV786uxYhttps://www.datanyze.com/https://lnkd.in/gqEUT3BBhttps://lnkd.in/gV2KB5dahttps://www.apollo.io/https://lnkd.in/gqR4ZPst Students, you can use this stuff for class. More stuff:Students: 3 supply chain orgs...

Students: Data shows that people earn more and have more job security if they become engaged members of their professional discipline. One way to do that is to join industry specific associations related to your majors.  Further, these associations often have certifications with them that externally validate you as a subject matter expert ($$$).  I would give serious consideration to these moving forward in your careers.  In fact, for some of these, you can...

Surprised by price increases? 70% of current contracts have price increase provisions?! We look at raw material market data from multiple sources, visualize & analyze historical pricing scenarios, & simulate planned purchases & what-if scenarios against forward price curves.  At the WMU ISM supply chain management program we teach our students to track commodity forward price curves. Here’s a quick video (see below) of Net Alpha’s cloud based materialx Decision...

Do not be a victim of technology! Recessions tend to be very bad for college grads. However...The number of job openings fell for the 3rd straight month to 10.698M in June which is the lowest since 10.629M in August 2021 (off the record high of 11.855 million in March). That means there are only (sarcasm) around 11,000,000 unfilled jobs. That’s a recession?! College grads, worry not (for now, not even close). For...