so one of the most commonly asked questions about supply chain is actually
how to get a job in supply chain and what kind of jobs are there in supply
chain and that is exactly the topic for this week's video
okay so a really common question that I see on the internet is what kind of jobs
are available in supply chain and how do I get a supply chain job now if you're
wondering why it's so noisy and why I'm looking particularly sweaty you'll see
a jeepney going fast in a minute I'm just with our support team in Davao in
the southern Philippines so we're talking about how do you get a job in
supply chain what types of jobs are available okay so you need to think to
begin with what kind of thing you want to be doing so in terms of the sorts of
jobs are available you can be doing finance and supply chain you could be
doing operations so you might be working in a warehouse or in transport where
you're dealing with people all the time if you're a bit more of an engineering
sort you could be in solution design say with a third party logistics company so
think firstly what kind of things you're into are you really numerous are you
into analysis and dealing with numbers and finance or you want to be managing
people so that's probably the first thing to think about
the next question that people start to often consider is do I need qualifications and I'd
probably get five or six emails every day saying you know what kind of
qualification should I get should I study for a degree should I do an 8 mix
qualification what I would say is if you have the ability and the time and the
money to do something that's really good you know do a business degree maybe with
a supply chain focus finance is always really important - if that's a little
bit beyond you right now maybe look at one of the certification courses so apex
for example runs some really good courses
but at the end of the day you know there are entry level positions that you can
get into as well and later on you can pick up the more formal qualifications
ultimately as you progress through your supply chain career you're probably
going to want to do a master's degree as well maybe you know a master's in supply
chain itself or maybe an MBA or something like that so that's probably
the second thing so the third part of this commonly asked question is really
about where do I find the jobs nope another jump you're going cost so yeah
entry points for supply chain career jobs obviously you know you can go
through the formal process of talking to recruiting companies and headhunters and
things like that but to be honest I think that's a bit of a numbers game and
unless you've got really good qualifications and good experience it's
very hard to stand out from the crowd so what I always suggest to people is
number one networking so if there are any industry type events in your area
get out to those there's always industry associations you know and meet lots of
people at those about events tell them you know the sort of thing that you're
looking to get into ask for their help you know what advice would you give me
start trying to start out or what kind of roles do you think might suit me what
was that one what kinda noise I sound like a siren so that's the first one
networking the second main thing is you've really got to put yourself out
there and start marketing yourself as well and probably the best platform to
do that on is LinkedIn I might do a whole video on LinkedIn I'm sure you can
find other information on LinkedIn on YouTube but you really want to be
putting your profile up there so that people can find you making sure you put
in all the keywords for the sort of work that you want to do so LinkedIn
definitely getting out to events and in terms of the sorts of businesses where
you might be able to get a leg up look some of the really big FMCG companies
are very good at taking on into so you know that's an opportunity a lot
of them had graduate programs so you know those big companies have a lot of
scope for you to grow so you could get an entry-level position there I always
say that people don't worry about what level you get in
just get in start gaining some experience and some of the best ways to
do that are actually with 3pls so third party logistics companies get in there
and work as a warehouse picker doesn't really matter what you're doing but
you're getting into the industry you're learning what goes on and you're going
to learn all strong kind of skills so you know friends of mine have started
out working on the warehouse floor then they become supervisors they then become
warehouse managers they then become the logistics managers supply chain managers
and so on obviously that's more on the operational
side just getting your foot in the door doesn't really matter too much what the
role is gets an exposure to the industry that's the really important thing so
what are those three things that I have to recap on first of all think about the
type of job that you want to look do you like analysis do you like working with
numbers you can do lots of that in supply chain do you want to work with
people managing people so maybe that Center more operational role if you want
to you're more an engineering type to want to work kind of solution design
type right so that's that one in terms of qualification if you've already got a
degree or some sort of certificate that's great maybe start on a program if
you haven't that's always going to look good on your CV and it interview and
then finding that role is very much about networking putting yourself out
there on LinkedIn and think about some of those
entry-level roles that can get you into the industry as well so yeah it's a
really commonly asked question I hope some of that has helped if you want some
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