For Supply Chain, do professional certifications make more sense than an MBA?

As a 20+ year lawyer with no big law experience (smaller and mid size firms plus government and in house experience), would a BigLaw firm even consider me? Perhaps an of counsel position? Even a senior associate?

I’m looking to go back to school for my bachelors in health administration but I have 3 kids and a full time job so I’m looking to do online classes, does anyone know if a online degree from SNHU is respected in healthcare at all

Does anyone have advice in how to transition into a corporate job from a small company?

Anyone have experience starting a product consulting side hustle?

I’m about 6 months into PM, and searching for ways to earn more and learn more. Might be too green, but open to thoughts

Anyone have any advice for someone interested in getting an MBA to either go in-house or break into securities litigation. 5th year associate here.

Best consulting firms for PE work (CDD,Value Creation)? Looking for the best firm for exit ops to PE ops eventually. Thanks!

29, Currently a Deli Manager with over 3 years experience. I am completely burned out. I need a immediate career change we’re I can continue to support my self. I have experience in Banking, Real Estate, Shipping, caregiving, and the obvious retail experience. I do unfortunately have a deferred adjudication for theft it was dismissed a year ago, so I have 4 more years to seal the record. I would appreciate any recommendations. Background check anxiety holds me back .

Hi Fishes,

I have 7+ YOE as a SAP Functional consultant. I am trying to learn and switch in SAP BTP.

Can someone advise roadmap to transit to BTP? Also how much coding involved in BTP?

Any insights on program manager roles for scaled ops at Facebook? They are describing this as strategy type work. Doesn’t seem like it. What are the exit ops if you go from being in finance to doing PM work at FB

Online course certificates for skills like SCALA, BIGDATA, BIG QUERY, SPARK etc matter?? Who asks for it?

For all the 🐠 that switched from consulting to product, which role provided you with more tangible skills? I know I’m making some broad strokes here, but thought it might open other discussions as well

Hi Fishes,

I am thinking to diverting my career towards freelancing in accounting.
For that I have to resign from my current job in Pwc. I am thinking of starting a job as accountant and work as a freelancer as part-time.

Any thoughts or advice?

Is it hard to get into Salesforce? Big 4 consultant with 10 yoe, mostly in ERP/CRM implementation and program/project management, have Salesforce Admin cert but not much hands on experience due to mostly management exp, looking into Director TPM roles - should I apply? Or should I wait until I somehow gain more hands on SF experience?

Any young professionals consider moving to Middle East for work?
Curious if I would be considered since they usually want a lot of experience. I'm a mechanical eng with about 5 YOE.

Govt attorney here. Trying to jump into privacy now. In house or big law ? Pros and cons in the world of privacy ?

EY TARAS or EY GCR??? Between these 2 service lines which has better pay and opportunities??

£50k TC, 2.6YoE working within the change arm of a bank ——- what do experienced fishes think is a good next move for someone like myself? Might want to move into consulting one day with ultimate aim of MBB but also enjoy technical coding work, particularly in credit risk / counterparty credit risk in banking — could use some fresh perspective ; quite confused atm as interested in many things! Don’t mind staying in change management either TIA - appreciate any advise

Hi all! In which order do you recommend studying BEC chapters ? Which ones are heavily tested compared to others ? (For example in AUD A3-A4 were tested for sims and I’ve studied A1-A5-A6)

I’m currently doing IR work but would like to do something more on the technical side (ie: more forensics or technical). Does anyone know if forensics firms or any firm that offers a mix ? I have both a Cipp-Us and cyber/ Sec+ certs.

How much TC can I expect for Senior Cybersecurity Advisor (level 1 or level 2 depending on how my interview went)? Interviewing for San Francisco location. YOE: 4 years of tech/consulting experience

How can you gauge whether a LMM pe shop with limited past employees has a good culture or not? I’m interviews with a few but feel like I have no clue if itll be sweaty, chill, etc. What questions can I ask to get insight into this?

What does comp look like for PE ops associates?

Looking to make a change from Canada (Toronto) to Dubai. Any thoughts or Big4 Cloud Consulting roles in the ME? Deloitte is generally the global leader. Any thoughts on Digital/Cloud Transformation in MENA?

Going through first full cycle with EY as Advisory PI Manager in Tier 2 city.

What in your experience is average raise for high performer vs meets expectations?

Thoughts on Prime Ocean here?

Hi all!

Apologies in advance if this is the incorrect space for this - but my agency - Spark Foundry - is hiring at multiple levels within the analytics team. If you’re interested, private message me. A lot of growth here!

I went from meeting HR to the head of my department I’d be working for in 3 days. This seems fast. Does it to anyone else? It’s a super fast growing fin tech. I think they may just need bodies.

Here’s a question for the recruiters out there: do you want to see my portfolio?
I just started freelancing after having been FT for a long time. Top agency experience, Cannes Lions, NYC-based, DM me!

Does anyone actually get jobs through using LinkedIn easy apply? If there’s a cover letter submission component- how important is that part? In general are cover letters super important?

Does anyone know if new hires at PwC CA are getting a WFH stipend to buy a second screen?

What is the best parking garage for downtown parking for the best price? Anywhere near the Frost bank is a huge plus

It’s pretty boring. What’s the fun thing we can do in Bangalore for this weekend

Dreaming of less stress and more freedom these days. What would you all be doing if you weren't in this field?

I've applied to work at Facebook three times but I can't make it past the initial interview with HR each time. What am I doing wrong?

Anyone hiring in planning process or transformation practices? Not really happy with my boutique. Experience would likely translate to experienced M level at bigger firms. Have experience leading process design projects, IBP and Anaplan implementation projects. Getting more involved w/ o9 too but no project lead experience

Cross post—- 🐠 need your help. Has anyone deployed Oracle iProcure or P2P can you share your experiences and what functionality the platform is missing compared to Ariba and Coupa. Thx so much

Thoughts on GEP?

Early in my career and feel like I’m in environments that are really struggling in their SCM development. I would love to spend some time in an org that has good practices to get first hand experience in action. This way I can be better prepared to help clients from a practical perspective. What orgs do you think fit that?

Where are the main hubs for supply chain consulting in the US? Where is your firms largest SC team located? Or are most SC consultants spread out all over the country to serve local clients (similar to Europe)? I have been hinted by a partner for an opportunity to relocate and I am looking for tips regarding location.

I’m in ERP consulting at the moment, focused on manufacturing & supply chain. If I want to eventually transition into more of a tech strategy role, would a CSCP be worth having in my belt?

Does anyone want 2016 APICS CSCP exam materials? Totally free, asking for the shipping cost tho. They haven’t been used, someone gave me their version and I used those to study

What’s the most valuable supply chain skill at the moment, and why? Trying to decide on an investment strategy and welcome input

Supply chain strategy work (design, transformation) versus implementation? What firms have the strongest practices for each?

Anyone have experience interviewing with Mckinsey for Logistics/Transportation TMS Specialist role? Looking for tips on what to look out for in Expertise interview

Hi all, has anyone in supply chain taken one of the certification exams? (CPSM, CPSD, CSCP)
Does it help in any way besides refreshing contents about supply chain? I was thinking might be a good way to strengthen my resume (most of my career in investment analysis) but not really sure if it really brings that much value. Any insights appreciated. #supplychain #cpsm #cpsd #cscp #education #certifications

Anybody did the apics certification in logistics ? I have the choose between the cslp and cscp but not sure which one I should be doing

One of my client is the greater Philadelphia area is looking to fill two roles: 1. Senior Manager Category Management, 8+ YoE
2. Procurement analyst 2-4 YoE.

Hey folks, what’s everyone’s thought on sustainability as a focus for supply chain. A lot of the work I do is optimization, supply chain excellence and the like of that. I’ve done some work in carbon footprint, it what’s everyone’s take on getting a masters of sustainability and going deep in as a SME in supply chain sustainability?

any startups worth looking at? I think I'm done with consulting and would love to go to a SC startup that's using analytics and tech

Any book recommendations on advanced procurement/sourcing concepts?

Most popular books I find such as 'Procurement and Supply Manager's Desk Reference' are not detailed/deep enough.

Network design exit opps? I love working on network design and optimisation project but I am a bit reluctant to specialise there because I am not sure what kind of exit opps exist.

Anyone with connections to potential in-house scm opportunities in the NYC area?

At this point in my life, consulting is really burning me out, would love to be in house where I can learn and grow at a pace that is more sustainable.

I’m currently in change management and have no experience in supply chain but I’m interested in getting into it. Realistic to transition in? Would CSCP be my best shot?