Handling Rejection
by JD Harvill CPC

Some people are adequately thick skinned to take rejection as it comes. Most of these individuals are actors, sales people, or politicians. The rest of us suffer self doubt every time our resume gets shuffled into the stack that doesn’t move forward or worse yet we don’t get called back for that vital second interview.

But, to succeed at finding a new job, or harder still a new career, we must send out those resumes, make those phones calls, smile and shake hands at every meeting, and get those interviews. Hesitation in pursuing any of these tasks can multiply the work ahead of us, and create additional rejection to contend with as we fail to appear assertive and self-confident in our dealings..(more) 

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The Value of
Professional Certification

Every day we see higher starting salaries being strongly correlated with the possession of one or more an certifications awarded by professional associations.  Involvement in those organizations continues to be looked upon as a value add by smart hiring officials.

Just as a diploma, a four year degree or an MBA imply a level of capability and therefore create an expectation of a certain level of performance, a professional certification raises the bar of expectation. Frequently, work capability and performance follow that expectation. "We expect more and therefore we get more."

In APICS, the Association for Operations Management, the new CSCP is getting good reviews for preparing individuals with supply chain body of knowledge and with the ability to apply best practices.  The old CPIM and even to some extent the CIRM have not lost their value, but the addition of updated materials has bolstered the value of candidates with a CSCP certification.

Within the Institute of Supply Management (ISM), formerly known as the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM), the newest certification is the CPSM, and here in Atlanta the first certifications have been handed out very recently.  The C.P.M. is still considered the standard for sourcing professionals, but the value of the new certification will certainly be felt over the next several years.

The kind of individual who puts forth the effort and sacrifice to attain certification, typically also does other job related activities with the same relative excellence and professionalism:

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