Related Posts
l am currently a rising junior in
college interning this summer at
Amazon as a Business Analyst. I
would really like to break into
product management and believe in
my 5 weeks so far I have shown skills
to back that up. Would it be
acceptable to ask my manager to
recommend me for a product
management internship next
summer? My midpoint meeting with
my manager (and his manager) is
next Friday
CAIA vs CFA?
More Posts
I’ve experienced this!

Let’s see :)

Tuesday well spent

Additional Posts in Logistics & Supply Chain Management
New to Fishbowl?
unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.






Learn a “technical” skill like SQL and PoweBI, to make yourself more useful to potential employers. It absolutely changed my career, and I have no worries about being let go or left behind, since these are very portable transferable skills.
Started off self-taught but have taken online training for Excel. To be fair, Excel was covered and used in college courses. I’m good enough that I am actually doing Excel training at local libraries. Powerbi also has many online options, no reason to get a degree or certificate but, I did pay for Avi Singh’s program called Learn Power Bi. Well worth it, and it’s in the hundreds not thousands of dollars, so check it out.
What are your thoughts on CPIM certification? I’m in the same boat (trying to improve skills and knowledge overall become more valuable to the market).
That is a crap shoot: if a hiring manager values that certification it’s great but if they don’t value that certification it’s a waste.
So my advice is usually to pursue it if you are already in an organization who’s leaders are certified or value it. Otherwise, just join the ASCM or ISM so you can put in on your resume; attend a few meetings and start networking. You’d be amazed at what doors that alone opens, and then you can decide to pursue the cert or not.
Conversation Starter
Getting certs would be a good thing as well.
Pro
What sector where you gunning for? Healthcare, Transportation, Automotive, etc?